Smaller screen.Apple's new iPod--equipped with a display ready to receive downloads of TV shows and movies--allows viewers the opportunity to watch "Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios - The Walt Disney Company's main television studio - and Cherry Productions. ," but on a screen so small it fits in the palm of your hand. Cell phones and other hand-held devices carry options for film and video display. So the Business Journal asks: Would you like to watch TV programs and films on an iPod or your cell phone? Fred Frank Partner Moss Adams Moss Adams LLP is the 12th largest public accounting firm in the United States and provides accounting, tax and consulting services to public and private middle-market enterprises in many different industries. LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol I have one of those integrated cell phones with my calendar, e-mail and all that set up on it so it would be nice to continue having all that and watch a program on my phone. I will eventually watch programs on the iPod but the screen quality is not good enough right now. Also, I don't like that their software is proprietary. Besides, I don't have a lot of free time between work and home, so I don't have the time to watch programs on the iPod or cell phone and also the TV. John Jackson John Jackson may refer to: Politics:
Director P.S. Arts I don't have an iPod and the cell phone is just too small to watch anything on, so I would rather stick with the TV. If I were to do it though, I'd do it with a cell phone. Melia De Wilt Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Specialist Financial Partners Credit Union I'd rather watch any video program at home the way everybody else does. I think cell phones and iPods are a little too complicated for me. If I traveled a lot then I probably would use the iPod to watch programs, just to keep it separate from my cell phone. It is also because I can't talk to anyone if I am watching something on my cell phone. Christian Gaines Director of Festivals AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación It wouldn't be ideal viewing, but if it was all I had at the airport or in a plane or the backseat of a car going long distance, I would use the iPod. I prefer watching videos on my laptop. I'm a long-distance runner and downloading podcasts to my q iPod gives me something to do when I'm running 18 miles. I also travel a lot and so it is always there and I can make a spot decision to watch something or not. Also, I would rather listen to a good radio program than watch a bad TV program. Besides, I can listen and run but I can't watch and run. Elsa Lopez Education and Partnerships Program Manager Water Replenishment replenishment the addition of an appropriate quantity of properly prepared solution containing the correct concentration of chemicals to the developer solutions used in radiography. District I don't think I would do it unless it had some importance like breaking or emergency news. I would use the iPod or cell phone just for that. Mainly, if you are up and going and not near a TV, then these are good to get that kind of important information. Otherwise I think it would be too distracting dis·tract tr.v. dis·tract·ed, dis·tract·ing, dis·tracts 1. To cause to turn away from the original focus of attention or interest; divert. 2. To pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle. . I see other drivers on the roads with their iPods and they are all so distracted and it becomes dangerous. |
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