update on our ipad purchase
Just giving an update on the ipad.
We bought one about 12 months ago and I have to say it is one of the best purchases I have ever made. It is used every day by all members of the family. The child (who is now 5) watches kids movies on it - in bed on a weekend morning, in the car/plane, on holidays and contrary to some opinions, she hasnt managed to break it yet (we do have a protective rubbery cover on it). We have found it has been educational too as we have loaded a few apps that she has been using to learn letters, numeracy and memory games (goes to school next year).
I use it every night in bed to do a bit of forum posting, checking emails and playing solitaire (which helps to get me to sleep). The other half and I have used it a few times to watch some funny itune clips in bed so as not to disturb the child (the only draw back with this is it wont play some video clips - Flash clips????) but I believe the ipad 2 can?
It goes in the car with us for trips into town- to entertain the child, as a map, to check out locations of businesses, to entertain me when the other half wants to inspect every tool that Gasweld/Toolies has on sale.
I drove to Sydney with it yesterday and paid a few bills from it. I parked at Darling Harbour and had to find the Commonwealth Bank building (which in hindsight was very easy to find) and I used the maps app to tell me where I was and how to get to the building.
It fits easily into my bags and doesnt weigh enough to be a pain.
I have taken it on the train from Newcastle to Sydney and read a book I had stored in google docs.
I use it in the kitchen to get receipes on line to cook.
It went to Fiji with us last Christmas and was used on the aircraft and in the resort room. The available entertainment on the TV in Fiji was crap so the child watched movies, played games on it at night.
It has been used so much that we will be getting another one soon with a larger memory. Not sure who will get that. We will be loading alot more movies for the child so it depends how many movies we can fit on the first ipad.
What I haven't used it for is a digital picture frame - it doesn't stay in one spot long enough.
Im not a Apple freak who must have every device that they put out so although this post sounds like an ad for ipad, we genuinely get so much use out of it that I can honestly say that the ipad is pretty much near the top of the most useful and best value for money items I have ever bought. Worth every cent we paid for it.
PS: as someone in earlier posts said............ It is all about the apps!
Just giving an update on the ipad.
We bought one about 12 months ago and I have to say it is one of the best purchases I have ever made. It is used every day by all members of the family. The child (who is now 5) watches kids movies on it - in bed on a weekend morning, in the car/plane, on holidays and contrary to some opinions, she hasnt managed to break it yet (we do have a protective rubbery cover on it). We have found it has been educational too as we have loaded a few apps that she has been using to learn letters, numeracy and memory games (goes to school next year).
I use it every night in bed to do a bit of forum posting, checking emails and playing solitaire (which helps to get me to sleep). The other half and I have used it a few times to watch some funny itune clips in bed so as not to disturb the child (the only draw back with this is it wont play some video clips - Flash clips????) but I believe the ipad 2 can?
It goes in the car with us for trips into town- to entertain the child, as a map, to check out locations of businesses, to entertain me when the other half wants to inspect every tool that Gasweld/Toolies has on sale.
I drove to Sydney with it yesterday and paid a few bills from it. I parked at Darling Harbour and had to find the Commonwealth Bank building (which in hindsight was very easy to find) and I used the maps app to tell me where I was and how to get to the building.
It fits easily into my bags and doesnt weigh enough to be a pain.
I have taken it on the train from Newcastle to Sydney and read a book I had stored in google docs.
I use it in the kitchen to get receipes on line to cook.
It went to Fiji with us last Christmas and was used on the aircraft and in the resort room. The available entertainment on the TV in Fiji was crap so the child watched movies, played games on it at night.
It has been used so much that we will be getting another one soon with a larger memory. Not sure who will get that. We will be loading alot more movies for the child so it depends how many movies we can fit on the first ipad.
What I haven't used it for is a digital picture frame - it doesn't stay in one spot long enough.
Im not a Apple freak who must have every device that they put out so although this post sounds like an ad for ipad, we genuinely get so much use out of it that I can honestly say that the ipad is pretty much near the top of the most useful and best value for money items I have ever bought. Worth every cent we paid for it.
PS: as someone in earlier posts said............ It is all about the apps!
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