iPhone vs iPod: The Raw Battle

Two decades back from now, we could have never thought in our wildest dreams that we would be at the disposal of some of the most technologically advanced devices in the form of communication devices that we wield today. But the scene is entirely different today. Science has gifted so many, so useful devices for the use of mankind. Without delving into details of any form, if we try to concentrate upon a list of some important gadgets that has shaped the modern world, mobile phones would feature amongst the leading names. The immense progress of the mobile phone industry since the last decade has certainly made sceptics eat their words. In fact, the way things are moving ahead at the mobile phone arena, we can hope for even more scintillating developments ten years down the line from now.

Settle for now with Apple, one of the premier names in the world entertainment name which has shown keen interest in the word of mobile telephony by launching the iPhone. We will come to the features and prowess of the iPhone a bit later – for now let's analyse the mettle inside the iPod which had become a great rage the world over soon after its release. iPod is a brand of portable media player designed and marketed by Apple and launched in October 2001. The line-up currently consists of the original style hard drive-based flagship iPod classic, the premium iPhone-like iPod touch, the mid-level video-capable iPod nano, and the low-end screenless iPod shuffle. Former products include the compact iPod mini (replaced by the iPod nano) and the high-end spin-off iPod photo (re-integrated into the main iPod classic line). The current iPod classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other current models use flash memory to enable their smaller size. Like many digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices.

With such technological prowess at its back-end, the innovator has stepped into the mobile phone arena with its newest release – the iPhone. The iPhone, which is one of the most beautiful and feature rich communication devices, comes with dual functionality of a mobile phone and an iPod. The prime features in the Apple iPhone are 16 million colour touchscreen (320 x 480 pixels), 4/8GB internal memory, GPRS, iPod audio/video player, Google Maps, integrated handsfree, HTML (Safari) browser, Bluetooth wireless technology, WLAN, EDGE etc. The Apple iPhone measures 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm and weighs 135 grams and offers up to 8 hours of talktime and up to 250 hours of standby time. This Quad Band beauty is compatible with both MAC v10.4.10 as well as Windows Vista operating systems and takes in 4GB or 8GB flash drive. A 2.0 megapixel camera has also been equipped for added attraction.

In the mankind's long history, technological inventions have drove many go crazy about possessing gadgets and surrendering to the comfort of their specialities. If there are gizmos enamouring million men, their female counterparts are no lacking behind with the handful of machineries and their services to avail. Mobile phones of late, do add to the long list of desired accessories. And they are making men and women alike to turn in a long queue to get a hold of a specimen that counts worthy amongst the lot.

iphone holds similar commands to all those (both men and women) who love freedom, power and fun. Truly, soon after its launch iPhones have become a household name just its erstwhile brother iPods did once.