Year 10 ICT Digital Devices

People use digital devices on the move especially to:

• Play games
• Download music
• Streaming films
• Find route using sat nav and GPS

What are the factors to consider when choosing a device?

• Storage capacity
• Cost
• Battery life
• All three

Michael is travelling to an overseas athletics event. He wants to buy a new tablet computer.
Which one of these is the most portable?

• Tablet computer A
• Tablet computer B
• Tablet computer C

Which controls all the functions of the digital devices?

• Processor
• Flash memory
• Internal memory
• Hard disk drives

Peripheral devices that could be connected to a personal media player

• SD card
• Speakers
• Hard disk

What is Wi-Fi connection?

• Another method of wired communication
• Devices can communicate over shorter distances
• Wireless communication using radio waves

How can we protect the information stored in our phone?

• Unlock SIM card
• Frequent backups
• Deleting unwanted messages
• Password protect

Matthew is choosing a new computer. He stores and watches lots of films and music and likes to edit photographs.
Select a feature that would be especially important to him

• Processor speed
• Low resolution
• Number of USB ports

Advantage of streaming video

• Saves time
• Can keep a local copy for viewing offline
• Unlimited availability

What is/are the advantages of using a sat nav rather than printed instructions

• Provides traffic updates
• Shows current location/position where you are
• Shows estimated arrival time
• All three