Hi,

iPad:
Starts at $499.00. Is a full computer.
breaks fairly easily because young people drop it. Voice messages don't really work. Has a calendar. Does not have a camera

iPod
Starts at $229.00: I have an iPod. I use it.
Makes voice messages, makes written messages in a virtual note pad, has a nice easy calendar. Small easy to carry -- about the size of a phone or a little bigger. Has a camera.

Some one else using these products will add to what I have here.

M.