I Can Haz Shiny Too (cf Julesjones)
I have an iPhone. It is the amusingly-coloured version, and unlike the iPhone 4 I already had, the Home button works.
My mother and sister are going over to using iThings. My sister has been using iPads at her school, and wants (I think) one she can put apps on. My mother wants to shift over to modern social media after only using her computer for spreadsheets, because Dad is old enough (80!) that she can imagine being alone in the house miles from her daughters unable to drive, and she'd rather have some practice with the new tech so that it becomes second nature before she gets too isolated. She had a Kindle already, but the Amazon ecosystem is so heavily skewed towards buying more Amazon stuff that there's a strong possibility she'd try to make it work and fail. Android is a bit hackish. iOS is probably the least user-hostile for people trying to get into stuff. Am expecting her to make it onto FaceTime (iOS/OS X VOIP widget) any day now.
Meanwhile, Dad is trying to get his e-mail onto her (now his) Kindle. It's about as user-friendly as I thought it wasn't. He sounded fraught on the phone.
My mother and sister are going over to using iThings. My sister has been using iPads at her school, and wants (I think) one she can put apps on. My mother wants to shift over to modern social media after only using her computer for spreadsheets, because Dad is old enough (80!) that she can imagine being alone in the house miles from her daughters unable to drive, and she'd rather have some practice with the new tech so that it becomes second nature before she gets too isolated. She had a Kindle already, but the Amazon ecosystem is so heavily skewed towards buying more Amazon stuff that there's a strong possibility she'd try to make it work and fail. Android is a bit hackish. iOS is probably the least user-hostile for people trying to get into stuff. Am expecting her to make it onto FaceTime (iOS/OS X VOIP widget) any day now.
Meanwhile, Dad is trying to get his e-mail onto her (now his) Kindle. It's about as user-friendly as I thought it wasn't. He sounded fraught on the phone.