| Steve Jobs presented the iPad to the world on | | | | However, trying to do either activity on the iPod can |
| January 27, 2010. Since that presentation many have | | | | be a bit of a chore due to its small screen. The iPad's |
| been wondering what the major differences are | | | | large screen allows for a richer multimedia experience |
| between the new iPad and the old reliable iPod | | | | and expands upon the iPod's feature set. Full-screen |
| Touch. When compared side by side the iPad does | | | | newspaper and book reading, spreadsheet editing and |
| appear to be a blown up version of the iPhone | | | | game playing all promise to be more enjoyable on the |
| Touch due to its similar layout and button placement. | | | | iPad due to its bigger, brighter and higher definition |
| However, upon closer inspection the iPad reveals | | | | screen. |
| itself to be the more flexible device. In this article we | | | | 3) Faster CPU - The iPad's processor runs at 1 GHz |
| will examine three ways in which the iPad separates | | | | while the fastest version of the iPod tops out at only |
| itself from its smaller counterpart. | | | | 600 MHz. That significant speed difference will be |
| 1) Battery life - The latest version of the iPhone | | | | realized with higher definition movies, more graphically |
| Touch can play music continuously for 30 hours until | | | | demanding games and smoother operation overall. |
| it needs to be recharged. The iPad is estimated to be | | | | While the iPad will not have the ability to run multiple |
| able to provide 140 hours of audio playback until it | | | | applications upon release, this could change at any |
| must be recharged. A similar advantage is also | | | | time through an OS update. |
| expected to be seen for general operation. With | | | | While the iPad does not make any significant leaps |
| over four times the estimated battery life, the iPad | | | | over the iPod Touch as far as features are |
| clearly comes out ahead. | | | | concerned, it does come out firmly ahead in terms of |
| 2) Practicality - Both the iPad and iPod Touch offer | | | | usability and technical prowess. |
| the ability to watch movies and read e-books. | | | | |