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Our research aims are to discover how people uses the IPads.

Long time ago people used to have books to study, and the main resources of information were from books those information were valid and trusted. They transformed the education from using papers and book to technology such as IPads and laptops. Nowadays you'll find in everywhere people have IPads, IPhones and electronic things. First it started for business and entertainment, after that it moved to houses. Well, the education found it useful so they used it for schools and universities. We will achieve our aims by making some interviews with students, teacher, and the people who use IPad for their daily work or their daily studies. In the interview well ask them some questions, starting with Are you with or against using IPads?, them moving to the other question Give us valid reason why with/ or against? and that will be followed by Do you have experience with Technology? . Moreover, this research will be useful in many fields, starting with the management and teachers, also The new generation who using this technology in the studies. In addition, its one part of developing, and the best part of all that well discover the advantages and disadvantages of using it.

Any successful invention must have been though uncountable tests and experiments with facing countless failure results, but that didn't stop it from coming up with what we call it now iPhone. If we go back to look in 1988, Apple started their mobile device to be in Newtown. They kept developing their ideas until in November 1997 MessagePad 2100 was on market; however that ended the era of the Newton by Steve Jobs after he returned back to Apple's Company in same year (Morrissey, 2010, p.1).

Morrissey, (2010) claimed that Newtown wasn't the only model because they had six more models but all of them got similar features and they were ARM processors, clock speed of 20 to 162 MHz. Apple created an operating system called NewtonOS for MessagePad. It was a good idea to add some new touches unlike other devices at that time. People got interested to try screen touch and controlling by using finger or small special device that use only for its' screen. Newtown device wasn't interesting enough to get customers' attentions even though it had some useful applications .

According to Morrissey, (2010). Failing is nothing to be ashamed of, it is a way to find the success road and keep struggling to thrive for excellence. Steve Jobs was an intelligent inventor; he didn't allow anything to hinders to stop him his creativity to keep developing Apple at the last moment before it became something forgotten. He was thinking out of the box and brought amazing ideas and new generations of Apple as what we know them nowadays such as iPod, iPhone, and iTunes.

Because Apple brought an interesting way of using the phone, other competitors companies simulate some features specially the touchscreen. Apple counts that simulating is success because it's their creativity changed the way we use our cellphones. We can see it clearly in the new generations of customers is looking for what the new things are in the new versions of mobiles. When iPad was on sale in 2010, it didn't replace the iPhone, not like what happened for Newtone after releasing MessagePad in 1997 (Morrissey, 2010, p.8).

Year by year, Apple is still generating the most creative and wanted devices that fill full users' need from information, and they dont stop to that point, now we can use

iPhone as mini laptop, all documents and spreadsheets including PDF files can be saved and being used it without facing trouble in browsing or transfering files from one device to another. Apple planned well and implemented greatly, what I mean is The Operating System of the least device which is iPad has same OP of iPhon and iPod, however Apple is on way to upgrade OS (Morrissey, 2010, p.8). Morrissey, (2010) believed that for a change and being away from the boredom, Apple always tries to understand the consumers. Sometimes the repetition is not a solution to grasp customers' attentions, some abilities in iPod is a bit different from iPhone. It doesn't effect on the products because some people might find that suits them by viewing photos then videos while others might find they prefer the other device more, after all iPhon and iPad are completing each other. Apple never uses old ideas anymore and look what is new and modern devices develop so they keep their mind always ready with their inventions which are suiting for other brands devices. USB port is one of demanded and used ports to transfer files or charging mobiles and Apple provides USB cable with their all products.

Thanks to Steve Jobs, his returning back to Apple with his hard working projects is the reason for having smart phones nowadays, and indeed how useful these small light devices similar to Personal Computer and Laptops can be. iPod carries the story of Apple's success after failing with Newton. Truly no matter how many competitors try to simulate Apple creativities, they might come up with some products but they are not comparing to the original creator and unique ideas. Apple was able to change our view of using cell phone, and that is not enough because Apple's successful career made the

people to wait for what new things that Apple is working on to give the best to our world (Morrissey Sean, 2010, p.2). For this research well be asking teachers and some students. In fact, well ask 10 students and 5 teachers, because lately the foundation in Fujairah Womens College study using IPads. However, We choose this those specific questions because it is very easy to be solved, itll be for all levels and also well try to solve all problems for using the IPads. The first question is Are you for or against using IPads? and explain why I think most people will say they with using IPads because its a new method of studying using a technology. Well, all people want to use something easy and more smaller without heavy materials which will cause stresses. On the other hand, What do you Think about using IPads ? some people might disagree for some reasons, because they dont like to use any technology or they are unable to use it. Moreover, What can be done with the problems of broken IPads ? this question is one way to find the students creativity. They will be able to develop the solutions for their IPads. The second question was Do you have experience with Technology? I think the majority of people UAE have an experience with technology, because every home have many different types of technology such as laptop, IPods, IPones, etc. The third question was The IPad is helpful for studying? I think this question depends on the person himself. If he know how to use it that means the IPad will help him not only in studying, even in their real life. However, if the person dont know how to use it, the person will struggle in his studies. The last question is The IPad is bad for health? all technologies are bad for our health , and the expected answer is yes, but we want to know how far the people will admit it,

or if it very bad for their health or maybe they can manage their time so it wont affect them badly.

We interviewed 15 people for our project, and we expected some answers and as we said. The people who we interviewed are 10 students and 5 teachers, and we got different result
5 4 3 2 1 0 First Q Second Q

from the survey. The first question was Are you for or against using IPads? the results for teachers were that the majority of them prefer to
Yes 3 4 No 2 1

use the IPads, and this question was followed by why?, well the main point of their answers is it

eases studying, and makes it more fun. Moreover, the majority of the students also prefer to use the IPads. The second question was Do you have experience with technology? 1 teachers said no, whereas 4 teachers said they do. Well we expected that all of them will have experience but it wasnt hundred percent. On the other hand, for students, 3 of them dont have any experience with technology, while 7 students have experience with technology, that was totally unexpected because they use technology in their normal life, well this gave us a new idea about some students, which not all the people have the same knowledge.

In the third question, The IPads is helpful for studying? 3 teachers agreed that the IPad is very helpful in education and studying, also in their work. Despite 2 other teachers were strongly agreed with
Third question 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Student Survey

Strongly Disagre Disagre e e 1 2

Not Sure 1 4

Agree 3 2

Strongly Agree 5 2

this comment. However, most students strongly agreed with the

Forth question

IPads are help them to do their projects or homework tasks, three were just agree and two students one of them not sure and the other disagree. The last question was The IPads is bad for health? there were balance in agreeing and being not sure. The students answer varies were fluctuated with the answer. Generality said there were not sure with this point, and six students were between disagree, agree and strongly agree, the expected answer was agree, but I think they disagree because they can manage their time and less using the technology, which will keep them away of the risks. We have two advices, one for teachers and the other for students. The teacher advice is, they must learn more how to use the IPad in case they dont know how to use it. However, They must less their time of using IPads in case they want to be healthy by organizing their time, and dont look at the IPad when they are in dark places. Well for the students, it was surprising that some of them didnt have any experience with technology, the best advice for them is to learn it, because nowadays no one can live without the technology, it is something needed. Also, the IPad is bad for health, but if they can manage their time very well, they can be safe and faraway of the risks.

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