| With the evolution of technology, companies like | | | | CPR, deliver babies, perform tracheotomies, |
| Apple have developed mini-multimedia devices called | | | | amputations or any other critical procedure just in |
| iPods. These small, but sturdy hand held media | | | | case of emergency. This is just one way that this |
| players have captured the attention of the world as | | | | piece of technology can be used to save lives. |
| they have sold over 42 million in recent years. They | | | | There really is no limit to the usefulness of the Apple |
| can now hold over 60 gigabytes of your favorite | | | | iPod when creative imagination takes hold of one. |
| music, videos, data and files that you would like | | | | There will always be, of course, the regular videos |
| transferred from one pc to another. | | | | that it can play while you are on an airplane to a |
| There are wireless additions and open source | | | | foreign country. It can hold more music than the |
| software that can customize the operating system | | | | average jukebox found at dance halls and social halls. |
| to handle applications designed by individual | | | | It even categorizes your favorite genres and will quiz |
| developers. The versatility of the iPods over palm | | | | you about the very music downloaded into the iPod. |
| pilots and other similar devices has made them | | | | With wireless technologies becoming cheaper while |
| valuable tools for work and play. It has been | | | | covering wider ranges of distance, the iPod can keep |
| reported that some medical firms use them to | | | | constant connection within a corporate setting which |
| transfer x-rays and client files from one practice to | | | | can synchronize with everyone who uses the same |
| another while also being used to play medical videos | | | | information. |
| for patient care. An iPod in the hand of a forward | | | | There are companies who can customize your iPod |
| thinker can become a powerful tool, which can | | | | as well so that it matches your company logos or |
| revolutionize work flow within many industries. | | | | colors. Mostly the iPod will continue to be the toy |
| Training videos are another great use for the iPod | | | | that teens and young adults use to watch videos and |
| and with the large storage capacity they can be used | | | | listen to their favorite songs while adults add the |
| to coach through many medical procedures. For | | | | customized features listed above. As storage |
| example, imagine ambulance services with personnel | | | | devices, the possibilities are endless. How will you use |
| who carry iPods with videos that explain how to give | | | | yours? |