Popular Post MK-2 Posted June 20, 2011 Popular Post Posted June 20, 2011 If you ask a parent, they might call it intuitive.......or they might call it a bloody expensive toy for a 5 year old If you ask a musician, they might call it inspiring.....by musician you mean American 18 year old with a guitar in his parents garage or basement then To a doctor, it’s groundbreaking....if you think the ipad is groundbreaking, step away from the scalpel and practice a bit more on Operation To a CEO, it’s powerful.....you're a CEO, let's face it, it's an executive toy To a teacher, it’s the future.....to the rest of the school, it's a pain in the rump to integrate If you ask a child, she might call it magic....in the same way me pulling my thumb off is magic And if you asked us, we’d say it’s just getting started.....we'll have the ipad 7 out by Xmas 24
gaz350 Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Sorry but you should see 3 year olds use iOS devices. Might chage your point if view. My daughter 2.5 will blow yOu away what she can do on mine.
sted Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 If you ask a child, she might call it magic....in the same way me pulling my thumb off is magic to most people when you get down to it almost any technology may as well be magic. You do a "spell" to turn the tv on but msot people (me included) have little to no idea how it works (beyond the very basic) exactly how a signal translates into a red pixel for instance is beyond me and tbh i have no need to know. Even something much simpler like a toaster or a light bulb when you get down to it it works because ive turned it on (yes i think i know both are basically something to do with resistance making wires heat up) As arthuir c clark said any sufficiently advanced technology is indistingushible from magic. Apples brand is just shineyer and more expensive
MK-2 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Posted June 20, 2011 Sorry but you should see 3 year olds use iOS devices. Might chage your point if view. My daughter 2.5 will blow yOu away what she can do on mine. im sorry where did i say that a child couldn't use it?
edutech4schools Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Have you seen the Blackberry TV advert? Queen singing flash while Blackberry do a good I-pad bashing. lol. 2
AyatollahPies Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Sorry but you should see 3 year olds use iOS devices. Might chage your point if view. My daughter 2.5 will blow yOu away what she can do on mine. They've released Daughter V2.5 already? When will this upgrade madness end??????? MK-2, welcome to the brave new world where Ipad = Computer Facebook = The Internet Anything else is inferior. Apparently. Edited June 20, 2011 by AyatollahPies 1
MK-2 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Posted June 20, 2011 Have you seen the Blackberry TV advert? Queen singing flash while Blackberry do a good I-pad bashing. lol. yep, although again they go OTT on the advert compared to real life. Don't they say something like you can do all this at the same time, showing you playing a game, watching a movie, editing a document, etc. yet screenshots show it has about 400mb of ram free to do all this!
Popular Post SimpleSi Posted June 20, 2011 Popular Post Posted June 20, 2011 Well at least its not as mind-numbingly patronising as the Win advert when they turn someones house into a store. That one has to be in the running for worst advert of the century! Si 6
penfold Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Yeah, the apple adverts wind me up a little bit too.....If you dont have an iPhone, well you dont have an iPone. Really? That because I dont want one. I dont like the adverts which are basically saying it's flashy and everyone has one so you should too. I want to know what a device can do and then I will make my mind up if I would like one. If they actually gave an example of why the iPad was all of these things in the adverts perhaps I would listen. Instead I feel like I am being treated like someone who cant think for themselves and must buy something because it's cool(and expensive). Edit: But you're right, there are lots of adverts doing the rounds at the moment...times like this when I'm glad I dont watch a lot of TV
sted Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Well at least its not as mind-numbingly patronising as the Win advert when they turn someones house into a store. That one has to be in the running for worst advert of the century! Si not to mention wasteful if her old pc works and does what she needs to do fast enogh for her why replace it?
Arthur Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 What about Google's "Dear Sophie" advert? Your child's life stored on their servers from the moment they are born! http://youtu.be/R4vkVHijdQk?hd=1
AyatollahPies Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 What about Google's "Dear Sophie" advert? Your child's life stored on their servers from the moment they are born! Too many folk don't see any issue with this. It scares the life out of me.
penfold Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 What about Google's "Dear Sophie" advert? Your child's life stored on their servers from the moment they are born! I actually quite like that advert, because regardless of what you think of google storing your data, it is giving you ideas about the possibility of what you can do with the technology.
aerospacemango Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 You do a "spell" to turn the tv on but msot people (me included) have little to no idea how it works (beyond the very basic) exactly how a signal translates into a red pixel for instance is beyond me ...... I've been saying this for years!!! Like, how DO the radio waves get picked up, and translated into a voice? How does the telly KNOW that it should be blue just THERE? Why, when the pixels inside my PC screen is either OFF or ON, does it play the most amazing games? How DOES the stereo reproduce such beautiful music from a piece of vinyl and a needle? I DO know the theory behind it all....but to be honest? I think it's ALL magic!!!!! All these questions, and more....After the break!!!
bmdixon Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 I actually quite like that advert, because regardless of what you think of google storing your data, it is giving you ideas about the possibility of what you can do with the technology. Same here. It's the 'new' way of having a photo diary of their childhood. A neat idea i think. Whether i'd want to store the data on googles servers i don't know but the idea of doing a digital diary like that is pretty cool.
Dos_Box Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 They've released Daughter V2.5 already? When will this upgrade madness end??????? MK-2, welcome to the brave new world where Ipad = Computer Facebook = The Internet Anything else is inferior. Apparently. I always thought that Google = The Internet? Or did they have a bad release
Guest Guest Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Sorry but you should see 3 year olds use iOS devices. Might chage your point if view. My daughter 2.5 will blow yOu away what she can do on mine. I could use my Amstrad CPC running BASIC at 2 year old. IMO kids aren't limited by their abilities, but rather by their parents expectations. Edited June 20, 2011 by Guest
adhutton Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Too many folk don't see any issue with this. It scares the life out of me. I agree. Where's the book of family photos Grandad.....you know, the photos of the last 30 years showing Mam and Dad getting married and us kids being born etc?? Oh, they are all on Picasa now. I can't log-in Grandad...... Oh no, I forgot to pay the subscription...they've all beed DELETED!!!!! Food for thought... Andrew
JonWPS Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 not to mention wasteful if her old pc works and does what she needs to do fast enogh for her why replace it? Because they sell them in all sorts of colours!
uk101man Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 If you ask a child, she might call it magic....in the same way me pulling my thumb off is magic Advanced technology is really indistinguishable from magic
DrCheese Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 I have to say, the Apple hate on forums such as this is just stupid. I highly doubt this topic would have been made if it was any other brand advertising the same product, even using the same advert.
JoeBloggs Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 I could use my Amstrad CPC running BASIC at 2 year old. IMO kids aren't limited by their abilities, but rather by their parents expectations. I couldn't talk properly at 2 years old
localzuk Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 I have to say, the Apple hate on forums such as this is just stupid. I highly doubt this topic would have been made if it was any other brand advertising the same product, even using the same advert. Nah, people make fun of all sorts of brands. Like me, I make fun of the Blackberry Playboy... err.. Playbook.
penfold Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 I have to say, the Apple hate on forums such as this is just stupid. I highly doubt this topic would have been made if it was any other brand advertising the same product, even using the same advert. I dont think it's just apple, but I do think they have particularly bad adverts at the moment(or maybe it's that I've just watched more TV?) But anything geeky with a dodgy advert is going to get made fun of on here because of the type of people who access this website.
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