Email is simply the shortened form of electronic mail, a protocol for receiving, sending and storing electronic messages. Email has gained popularity with the spread of the Internet. In many cases, email has become the preferred method of communication. A sender (person) uses a mail agent (program) to compose a message, which contains the e-mail addresses of several recipients. The agent passes the message to a transport service for delivery to the mailboxes of the recipients, who each use their own agents to read the e-mail

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A podcast is like a radio program except people can download a podcast to a portable media player (such as an iPod or other mp3 player) and listen to it at their convenience. Podcasts can have only sound or sound and video. A video podcast is sometimes called a vidcast. A podcast with sound and pictures (but not moving) is called an enhanced podcast.

Uses•Tutorials: A tutorial on almost any subject can be created as either an audio podcast or video vodcast•Journalism Education: School podcasts can be created to expose students to journalism and new-media concepts

Online chat can refer to any kind of communication over the Internet, but is primarily meant to refer to direct one-on-one chat or text-based.

Uses•Communicate with people form all around the world

A discussion board is an asynchronous communication tool that allows one individual to post a comment or question online. Other individuals who are members of the same discussion board may read that comment/question, and respond with their own remarks over time.

Uses•We have a whole bunch of people to view our question, so there is more possibilities of getting the best answer.

Text messaging, or texting is the common term for the sending of "short" (originally 160 characters or fewer, including spaces) text messages from mobile phones using the Short Message Service (SMS). It is available on most digital mobile phones and some personal digital assistants with on-board wireless telecommunications. The individual messages which are sent are called text messages or, more colloquially, texts or SMS.

Uses•They also good to use to notify friends and family member if you are going to be a few minutes late to lunch or dinner•Text Messaging are nice to be able to remind others about a certain meeting time.

A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Uses•Blogs, in an intranet environment, can be an excellent way of sharing knowledge within the organization. •Blogs can build the profile of the writer, showcasing the organization as having talent and expertise.

The iPhone is an internet-connected multimedia smart phone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a flush multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface. The device does not have a physical keyboard, so a virtual keyboard is rendered on the touch screen instead. The iPhone functions as a camera phone a portable media player ,and Internet client

Uses•Fewer Keystrokes. By letting users drag-and-drop-and-touch, Apple eliminated as many keystrokes as possible to discover and access rich content•iPhone offers music, streaming video, podcasts, movies, YouTube, and more.

The Palm Pre is an internet-connected multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm, Inc. with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The phone is scheduled for release in the first half of 2009 and is the first phone to make use of the palm webOS — a Linux-based operating system developed by Palm.

Uses•The Pre functions as a camera phone.•It has a GPS.

A BlackBerry is a handheld wireless device created by Research in Motion (RIM). Blackberries read email and calendars from enterprise-class email systems, such as Indiana University's Exchange service, and most models also function as cell phones.

Uses•A BlackBerry is an email/calendar reading device with some PDA abilities•BlackBerries come with complete alphanumeric keyboards; many PDAs do not.