So ... Dad ... how do you like the new IPad we gave you???

[BadeMillsap]

New IPAD for Dad

[cabinetman]

It's just the generation gap.

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[dbhost]

The audio on the conversation was a bit low, so following the conversation was tough...

[Pappy]

Scratch another keyboard!

[jackellis]

All in German, but it needed no translation.

[JimD]

The senior management at one of my customers bring their company supplied iPads to meetings. They set them up in front of them and then alternate between the meeting and the iPad. They are at least quieter than buzzing Blackberries - which used to be an issue when they were newer. To some degree these things have become a status symbol, at least at that utility. Lower level employees are buying them themselves - a couple I spoke with last time I visited them had anxiously purchased the new model as soon as on-line orders were accepted. The company has produced apps for the iPads increasing their usefullness.

I am still not sure the niche they fill. I carry a company supplied blackberry. I wouldn't until I learned I could turn the buzzing with every email off. It isn't a bad phone and it is nice sometimes to be able to see email without having to fire up a laptop. If I really need to do some work, however, I want a keyboard and full screen. You can put a keyboard on an iPad and it has a screen bigger than a phone but both are compromises. It weighs less than a laptop but my laptop is only 3.5 lbs - hardly a strain to carry. If you add a keyboard to an iPad you are up around 2 lbs. So you need another device to save 1.5 lbs?

If my mother in law would use it we could give her an iPad. But she doesn't use a computer now and her cell phone is a very basic model. My kids convincing her she needs a fancy phone probably has a better chance of working. She is unlikely to put it in the dishwasher, however.

Jim

[kevincan]

Thanks that was a funny video. At least he was using it, if it was my dad it would have still been in the box.

[chopnhack]

LOL, nice, thanks for posting!