'My use of ICT – iPod (personal)\r'

'My iPOD is a 20GB white iPOD. Me and my pal bought it ab unwrap(a) a year and a half(prenominal) ago to shargon between us. We decided to restore that particular model of iPOD beca hire, although it wasnt cheap, it had a truly biggish memory so that meant we could store both of our medication on it as we handle very antithetic music.\r\nTo lodge the songs onto the iPOD you down to pick up a computer. With the iPOD comes a program to go on your computer called iTUNES. You load the songs onto this program via the disk drive on your computer. then(prenominal) you connect up the iPOD to the computer and the iPOD automatically begins to download the songs onto it.\r\nDescribe how the ICT is being single-valued functiond\r\nI use the iPOD mostly to perceive to music, tell the period, and occasionally conform to games when I am extremely bored. My companion uses the iPOD for the equivalent reasons although he ilks to play the games on it more(prenominal) than me. I like trying to music, I often listen to it while on my paper round every(prenominal) morning. I have found it invaluable on long journeys, with me and my pal stuck in a simple machine to constructher for some a(prenominal) hours. For the occasion when both me and my br new(prenominal) want to listen to at the same sentence we bought a splitter and an extra pair of head send fors. So in that elan we listen to music together. We brooknister also, which is very utilizable too, plug it into the sound brass in the car so the whole family sack up listen. I dont skilful use my iPOD to store music on though. Because my iPOD has a huge memory I can put on story tapes like the Harry Potter CDs. So we can listen to them in the car as well. I use the iPOD to occasionally tell the term too, its clock has been useful on several occasions when I havent had my phone with me.\r\nThe advantages of using this technology\r\nI in reality like the iPOD. It is a clever design and has m bot h advantages. Firstly, it can be used in so many different ways, plugged into headphones, into the computer speakers, into CD musician speakers, into car speakers, its so easy! In this way it has encouraged the use of more music. Music relaxes many precisely gives them the freedom of listening to what you want, when you want. I vex it useful on the airplane too as its so small and portable. It has a huge memory too so t here is a very high limit to the number songs it holds, something like 5,000. opposed the CD player, it rargonly jogs. This is useful in general. nonetheless, having a hard disk, it can be damaged by shaking.\r\nThe disadvantages of using this technology\r\nTo transfer music onto the iPOD you have to have a computer. If someone doesnt have a computer, the iPOD is pretty useless. We do have a computer, but it is quite heavily used so I find it hard to find enough time for it to sit there and upload music onto it. I conceptualize the iPOD also can encourage irre gular copying of music. The majority of music recorded on iPODs are in breach of copyright laws. I personally try not to do this, as the music companies will end up loosing money. However it is very hard to feel sympathetic towards them when you here about them ripping off all these small, new, defencelessly bands. I do feel that I could be breaking copyright laws, but I really dont pick out exactly what constitutes breaking the copyright. I know that you arent meant to copy CDs between friends but what about if me and my brother have paid half and half for a CD? Are we only allowed to put it on one iPOD? Since I am not indisputable of the finer brains of copyright, I dont really worry that often if I break it. Another bad point of the iPOD is that listening to very loud music contend directly into your ears can damage them.\r\nI have been told off by my mum many multiplication for playing music too loudly. Because people are listening to music they are not so aware of their s urroundings so people are more likely to walk out in front of cars or get mugged. Music that is bought on iTunes cannot be used on any other MP3 players and vice-versa. iPODs are also iconic. Many people, including me, think of iPODs to be the main MP3 player this makes them very expensive. The other is that iPODs get old very quickly. The makers detainment bringing out new versions with added things. For example, as soon as we got ours, they brought out the same one with the ability to play videos for the same price. This is annoying but good business for the makers as they make money from us as we keep buying newer versions of their products.\r\nIf I lived in a time without iPODs I would have to play my music on a CD player or up to now on tapes. The tapes get chewed up and CD players just arent as portable.\r\nSo in summary, I think that although there are many disadvantages of the iPOD, the advantages out-weigh them. Having an iPOD, or any kind of portable MP3 player gives you freedom and more choice when and what to listen to.\r\n'