More iPhone stuff.. (yeah I know.. *groan*)...
I just wanted to highlight a couple of things...
First this picture:
taken from engadget.
Look how far we have come since the Apple Newton the predecessor to the iPhone... dang.. that thing looks HUGE compared.
There's also this:
It turns out that she wasn't actually pressing the touch screen she was pressing the empty space right below the touch screen. She's probably used to cell phones that have buttons below the screen. It didn't help that the other person thought the whole thing was controlled by the single button on center below the screen which is just the button to take you back to the main screen. Some people blamed the iPhone but it's like pressing the empty space next to a button on a regular phone and then blaming the phone for it not working.
I also thought of how some people have tech anxiety so even if something is incredibly easy to use they still will mess things up because of their anxiety. It seems like she is one of those people from how she was talking. I can see my parents doing something similar and it can be frustrating when you put something that should be easy to use like a big bright button to press and they fail to press it... again due to their anxiety.
Of course there are also people who said it was simply because she is a woman but I won't dignify that with a whole response. =P
First this picture:
taken from engadget.
Look how far we have come since the Apple Newton the predecessor to the iPhone... dang.. that thing looks HUGE compared.
There's also this:
Click to viewIt turns out that she wasn't actually pressing the touch screen she was pressing the empty space right below the touch screen. She's probably used to cell phones that have buttons below the screen. It didn't help that the other person thought the whole thing was controlled by the single button on center below the screen which is just the button to take you back to the main screen. Some people blamed the iPhone but it's like pressing the empty space next to a button on a regular phone and then blaming the phone for it not working.
I also thought of how some people have tech anxiety so even if something is incredibly easy to use they still will mess things up because of their anxiety. It seems like she is one of those people from how she was talking. I can see my parents doing something similar and it can be frustrating when you put something that should be easy to use like a big bright button to press and they fail to press it... again due to their anxiety.
Of course there are also people who said it was simply because she is a woman but I won't dignify that with a whole response. =P