Five must-have gadgets for students
By Madiha Jawed
Gone are the days when gadgets were only brought in to play by the nerdy kinds. These days, no fresher would turn up at the college with a chewed pencil behind his ear.
Gadgets have become an important part of life and the younger generation is all up to date with the new products in the market. Some may carry it for a purpose and others for status, but gadgets have occupied top space on our buying lists.
Starting from laptop to a smart phone, if we know the features well, they can change the way we approach our day to day life.
First of course, you should get your hands on the right kind of gadgets. Here's are five must-have gadgets for students.
- Get the world at your fingertips with a Laptop/ iPad
Many colleges have started giving students laptops as it can act as a handy portable workstation. Instead of waiting around in the college for the computer lab equipment to be free, you can just pull out your laptop, and get going. It will also help you get accustomed to your corporate life later and get well versed with excel sheets, power points and other such business tools. Laptop is no more a luxury as many companies are launching this product at very pocket friendly prices. You can fetch a good one at anything between Rs 15,000 and Rs 5, 00,000.
iPad - Small in size, an iPad can also act as a laptop. The large screen makes it easy for a student to read e-books, play games, take pictures and listen to music, while staying connected to the internet.
- Smart phones can be useful too
Combining the functionalities of a mobile phone and PDA, a Smartphone is undoubtedly a handy widget. When it comes to checking emails, browsing internet and exploring applications these phones definitely make it to the top. For students, Smartphones facilitates constant emails anywhere and everywhere. Besides this, they can access their eleventh hour cancellations and assignment reminders instantly.
Reasons why smartphone can prove useful for students:
Students can:
- Research
- Record lab sessions
- Communicate with classmates
- Check exam results
- Listen to music
- Take pictures
A smartphone with a good internal memory is recommended for students. As a matter of fact, there are some smartphones that can convert Pdf files into word files by using certain applications. For instance, an HTC desire or an iPhone can easily convert Pdf files by using a simple application called, Papercrop.
- Use USB for data storage
After getting your hands on a Laptop and a Smartphone, you can't just forget to take a back up of your data. All your case studies, power points etc can come in handy later in your career.
Handy, functional and reliable, these portable devices are for students who take their work with them wherever they go. Popular for its convenient use, these devices are small and extremely versatile in nature and get connected to other devices very easily.
A 1TB hard drive can cost you around Rs 5000 to Rs 6000 and can last a lifetime.
- Take and trap notes with the nifty digital pens
This gadget is for those who take technology seriously but know how to have fun with it. A Digital pen! You can use it to record everything you hear and write. Especially, if your college or school doesn't allow laptops.
This gadget allows a student to write, record, playback and store lectures and notes on their computers. The cool new digital pen holds over 400 hours of audio that can be played back anytime and everytime.
- Kindle your thoughts with an E-reader
E-readers today, have secured a more significant place in the life of students who want to obtain textbooks conveniently and economically. These are lighter mediums to buy, download and read books. Through this nifty gizmo, students can easily download pricey e-books in less than a minute, store thousand of e-books and read an e-book without straining their eyes. What's more interesting, is that besides managing textbooks in form of e-books, students can also take notes, browse the internet and explore personalized applications.
For instance, through the Sony Reader Touch Edition, you can carry your entire world of books with you wherever you go. An e-reader with touchscreen, it has no wireless access to books. Besides this, it encompasses 1 million free public domain books from Google.
Adding to the list is the Kindle e-reader. Apart from allowing you to have the entire library of books, via this e-reader you can also request for a prescribed book. And this can be obtained in not more than 60 seconds.
Technology can for sure help us stay ahead of the times and makes work faster. But they cannot score marks for you! So work hard and use these gadgets to make life simpler.
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