by Karen Zortman-Loos

Created on: May 11, 2010

How the IPad changes the way people consume media content is really quite wonderful!

IPads were launched in April, and they have over 150,000 applications! Yes, this is an Apple product that offers not just the tech crazed person something to do, but even grandma!  Yes, Grandma!

What a technology it is! It can take a photo, hold its battery life for 10 hours, allow you to read a book, type on this 9.7 size screen, and leaf through icons such as the iBook as if it was a book.

Yes, the technology of this little program offers 16 GB, 32 GB, and 64 GB. This is the hard drive to hold your photos, and give you another way to communicate with the world! There are other types of IPADs that are out but they must have a contract with AT&T to get the 3 GB for the brain or turbo action!

Turn this device on its side, and you can change the size of the keyboard. If you want to "dock" the device there is an accessary to do just that. It offers you a chance to type, and put it on its side, and it holds it in place for you! Many accessories are out there to cover your precious device!

Downloading and streaming

You can download or stream movies with this device (Air Video) help make this occur! You just go to a website like Hulu, and download a video by a registration of an account with Hulu; within moments you can watch a video!

Many compare it to the IPhone. You can touch, tap, and twist screens to get what you need from the device!

Try it out, and enjoy the technology! Check out a puzzle, Sudoku, and there is no mystery of the fabulous things you can do with this!

It just might make time stand still, and limit the amount of baggage you take on a trip! Look mom no need  to pack a book, camera, games, and another computer (but only if you want to do a PowerPoint Presentation that takes lots of RAM!)

Safe

WIFI Wireless Internet can open the door to technology, and Blue Tooth can make the encryption safe! Blue Tooth is a technology that gives two devices a pairing (sharing of technology) only the encryption knows the special password! Very hard for your neighbor to capture this special password!

Think of the things you can do with this! Emailing grandma at the airport or sit at a local restaurant that supports WIFI! Checking your email from anywhere with a battery life of 10 hours! (Most computers only hold a battery life of 6 at the most hours!)

This little device could give you a host of things to also change how your children learn, and you learn as well! Reading a bedtime story to your daughter to writing notes on the tablet!

Don’t let technology scare you! Let it simplify your life!  It can save you time by keeping in touch, and much, much more! Isn't that what you want to do with your life? It's all about working smarter and not harder!

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