Music Technology

"I haven't never owned an Apple iPod but I have heard enough about them to feel that I have a valid opinion. I mean, I have never been into space but I can honestly say that living without gravity is a nightmare LOL!!! Anyway, I have always been a music lover and I am from the old school, when music was on tapes and e CD was an alien concept. So when the original Walkman first came onto the market in 1979 as the Walkman (built by audio-division engineer Nobutoshi Kihara for Sony in Japan way back in 1978) I can remember it like it was yesterday....  It was what I imagine it being like bumping into Buck Rogers in the 25th Century whilst shopping in Tesco.. WIERD AND A BIT SCARY!!!  Fast forward 33 years and technology has reached an all time high:

• Mobile computers
  • Mobile collaboration
  • Mobile internet device
  • Mobile Web
    • Smartphone, Tablet computer/Tablet PC
  • Personal digital assistant/enterprise digital assistant
  • Calculator
  • Handheld game console
  • Portable media player
• Digital still camera (DSC)
• Digital video camera (DVC or digital camcorder)
• Mobile phone
  • Smartphone, Feature phone
• Pager
• Personal navigation device (PND)
• Tablet computer

iPods have won several awards ranging from engineering excellence,[72] to most innovative audio product,[73] to fourth best computer product of 2006.[74] iPods often receive favorable reviews; scoring on looks, clean design, and ease of use. PC World says that iPod line has "altered the landscape for portable audio players".[73] Several industries are modifying their products to work better with both the iPod line and the AAC audio format. Examples include CD copy-protection schemes,[75] and mobile phones, such as phones from Sony Ericsson and Nokia, which play AAC files rather than WMA.

Besides earning a reputation as a respected entertainment device, the iPod has also been accepted as business devices. Government departments, major institutions and international organisations have turned to the iPod line as a delivery mechanism for business communication and training, such as the Royal and Western Infirmaries in Glasgow, Scotland, where iPods are used to train new staff.[76]

iPods have also gained popularity for use in education. Apple offers more information on educational uses for iPods on their website,[77] including a collection of lesson plans. There has also been academic research done in this area in nursing education[78] and more general K-16 education.[79] Duke University provided iPods to all incoming freshmen in the fall of 2004, and the iPod program continues today with modifications.[80] Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Yes, children, there really was a time when we roamed the earth without thousands of our favorite jams tucked comfortably  into our hip pockets. Weird."[81]

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