Portable HardwarePortable hardware is a communications device that provides home and business users with timely and convenient access to business and personal information while on the go. Portable devices, also known as mobile devices, are small, portable computing gadgets, typically featuring a screen with a small keyboard and/or touch input. New types of mobile devices are always appearing on the market. Technological development has helped transform mobile devices from huge, heavy devices limited to the desktop to easily transportable innovations that are a common part of everyday life. Today's portable hardware manufacturers are making the latest mobile devices even cheaper, lighter, more portable, and more powerful (Cashman 2011, Walters, 2012). Above all, the description, reason behind the invention and usefulness should increase our awareness in the interaction between humans and portable hardware such as laptops, mobile phones and personal audio players. First, a laptop works or functions like a portable personal (i.e. mobile) computer. You can connect an external USB mouse, a second monitor, and a separate keyboard to today's modern laptops. Additionally, most laptops today weigh anywhere from a couple of pounds to over nine pounds. Today's laptops have screen resolutions ranging from 1280 x 800 to 1920 x 1080 pixels. Today's laptops come with Full HD displays and range from 10 inches to 20 inches (Alahakoon, 2012, Arvidson, 2013, Ask, 2013, eHow – Description of a Laptop, 2013). Laptops were invented because it can pack many programs into a small computer. Additionally, laptops work just like personal computers; however, laptops consume little… half the paper… retrieved from http://technology.blurtit.com/23743/why-were-laptops-inventedDescription of a laptop, (2013) . Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/facts_5731349_description-laptop.htmlWhat are laptops for? (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ask.com/question/what-are-laptops-forWhat is a laptop for? (2013). Erik Arvidson: Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/info_8074785_laptop-used.htmlWhy are cell phones useful? (2013). Retrieved October 28, 2013, from the Ask website: http://answers.ask.com/Computers/Other/why_cell_phones_are_usefulBriefs: Cell phones used for more than just conversations (2006, January 18). Retrieved October 28, 2013, from Phys.org website: http://phys.org/news10013.htmlA Complete History of Portable Music Players (2013). Retrieved October 28, 2013, from Ebay website: http://www.ebay.com/gds/A-Complete-History-of-Portable-Music-Players-/10000000177628958/g.html