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My dad is 79 years of age. He could never adjust to the digital world. Something as simple as checking a hotmail account was out of his reach. With his iPad h
by mark_integerdsv 13y ago
My dad is 79 years of age. He could never adjust to the digital world.
Something as simple as checking a hotmail account was out of his reach.
With his iPad he is able to:
- keep on touch with my expat brother
- see pictures of his grand kids on FB and emails
- catch up woth long lost fire do on FB
- read magazines without his glasses
...in general: just take part in the modern world as opposed to being an outsider.
If you pity him then your pity is misplaced because he is massively grateful to have a tool that enables him to commune with his kids and grand kids and to commune with us online.
- witek 13y agoI completely agree. The stream of never ending IT-related questions from my mum largely ended with the iPhone and iPad, and she's using functions and apps that I thought would be well beyond her.
- blisterpeanuts 13y agoDitto. 88-year-old Dad finally got himself an ipad, after decades of wondering whether to get a PC (I got him an HP laptop a while back that he and my mom never quite took to). Now he's an avid user. The tablet is a miracle of innovation. And the Kindle has enabled my mom to read again, with her macular degeneration. Tens of millions of ordinary non-techies out there have transformed their lives by means of these gadgets.