Tecnnological Convergence

Devices that can now store and play music:
- Phones/iPhones
- mp3 players
- iTunes
- computer
- games consoles
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What these devices offer:
Phones; most phones offer lots of technology such as a built in mp3, camera, internet, obviously calling and texting, and connection such as Bluetooth.
iPhones take it one step further, by building an iPod into a phone and allowing you to download and select from millions of Apps, letting anything you need to be stored on your phone.
Mp3 players; vary but most will hold a lot of songs on them, some also show videos and will offer various features.
ITunes allows you to download and store music, albums, videos, films and lots more. The only problem is you can only access it if you’re at your computer or have an iPhone.
Computers; will store lots of music, films and photo’s depending on the make and quality. You can access the internet and games by downloading them. The problem is they can’t easily be carried around unless you have a laptop, which also isn’t the easiest.
Games Consoles; such as Xbox and play station 3 will now allow you internet access and to store music, Xbox is creating new ideas all the time and it’s now possible to watch TV on them.

Phones/iPhones and games consoles are all technological convergence, the others are to a certain degree but they’re not possible to access all the time because you cant carry computers around, now that they are making laptops smaller and adding to the list of things phones can do, there’s likely to be more technological convergence in the future.
Most of these devices will allow you to download music with a great selection. iTunes is famous for downloading and holds almost any songs you can think of, any phones with internet are likely to let you download straight to the phone or through phone numbers which advertise on the TV. Most songs and videos are downloaded through computers and laptops though, put straight onto iTunes and then transferred to the device.
There’s a lot of options for listening to music on the internet, you can go straight to the bands MySpace where all the songs will be available, TV websites will supply some music and radio website such as BBC Radio One will let you listen to the show that’s now on, and shows that have been on throughout the last few weeks. YouTube is used famously by a lot of people to watch and listen to music and many other videos.
You are supposed to pay to download music, although a lot of people download the songs illegally for free but using sites such as Limewire. iTunes is used a lot for downloading and song price range, they’re usually about £1.30.
Out of all the devices that have been evaluated, I think the most useful is an iPhone, it has everything you need with easy access, its not as big as a computer or laptop and can easily be carried around. You are able to download straight from the phone and access the internet quickly. I think it’s the most convenient device from the list given.