Few technological gadgets developed have the effect on man’s great interest to be upbeat with music; no doubt MP3s had made a dramatic impact on the music industry. The MP3s have revolutionized listening to music through easy downloads and vast memory storage leaving the compact disc technology behind. The songs could be stored in one computer file and transferred into these MP3s ready to be taken anywhere at any time. The MP3 technology involves a “way of encoding musical files onto a format that can be played either on computers or on portable player such as an iPod.” (Rosenberger)
An iPod is originally intended as an agent to be able to listen to music, and it stays the same however the iPods have been used for academic purposes. The Duke University made use of the iPods in their campus for more effective and easier teaching as the Duke Univesity reported in their annual report:
“Use of the IPods has enabled faculty to simplify course delivery and, in some cases, to improve course design and enhance course content. Many faculty involved in the iPod project had not previously considered the use of this type of technology for their courses. Other faculties whose needs for technology to support or enhance their teaching have not been met by initiative have more clearly articulated their needs through many discussions across campus.”
Pushing beyond the limits of the MP3 technology results to the development of MP4s, which basically like the MP3 is intended to hold audio and video files. MP4s have different catchy features which includes web surfing, email, instant messaging, voice recording and video technology. To me the MP4 is to compete with the Apple I-Phone.
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