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How much time do you spend on your IPad ?

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Cabbie21 Fri 05-Apr-19 08:51:02

Like others, I spend too much time on my iPad. Main uses are emails, various forums, checking up information, weather, news, and Solitaire in various forms.
I read less, but do try to catch up with the papers. I find I struggle to get through an hour of TV without playing on my iPad.
I have damaged my right arm through overuse, but I can’t give up. It is addictive.

BlueSapphire Fri 05-Apr-19 08:49:24

Too much! An hour or so over a cup of tea in the morning, and then not till the evening when I indulge again for longer. It is addictive. I love playing Solitaire, Kakuro and Sudoku, and often do that while watching tv.

sodapop Fri 05-Apr-19 08:41:46

I tend to dip in and out during the day. In the evening I play word games on my tablet whilst watching TV. One of my volunteer jobs is organising the library Rota so I use my phone a lot for that.

Alima Fri 05-Apr-19 08:31:31

Very good point BlueBelle, it is simply down time. I don’t do daytime telly or even that much evening come to that. Exonerated!

Auntieflo Fri 05-Apr-19 08:31:03

Like Tanith, too much.
GN is addictive
Sudoku is my downfall, but I am rubbish at it.
and YouTube is fun.

Anniebach Fri 05-Apr-19 08:30:38

Every week a reading comes on my iPad, I am on it just under 10 hours a day

NanKate Fri 05-Apr-19 08:25:46

Oh I had forgotten I too play Solitaire on my IPad. I’m glad I’m not alone in my overuse of the IPad.

harrigran Fri 05-Apr-19 08:02:04

I pick up my tablet as I start my cup of tea in bed, reading GN first then progress to the news over breakfast.
I keep it beside me on the sofa so that I can use it for reference when DH asks "what did we see him in" ?

BlueBelle Fri 05-Apr-19 07:59:14

Way too much as well but I know in a past generation people would spend time sitting reading magazines or doing puzzles or watching tv is it any different I still do lots of other things but in my downtime ( if you only have yourself to look after there’s plenty of downtime) my iPad is my entertainment It’s started playing up so that ll be my big spend of the year I rarely drink I don’t smoke or run a car so new iPad here I come

tanith Fri 05-Apr-19 07:46:38

I spend a lot of time alone since I lost OH and it’s helped fill many a sleepless night so I don’t worry about it I’m grateful OH bought it for my last birthday. ?

Beechnut Fri 05-Apr-19 07:45:52

Another too much here ? I am trying to wean myself away but it’s so handy to “I’ll just have a look at that....” and before you know it a lot of time has passed.

Alima Fri 05-Apr-19 07:39:19

Far too much. Now with Apple and possibly Android makes they tell you how much time you have spent on line per day over the week. I am ashamed. Don’t play games or often watch iPlayer except on the TV. I use it to browse, be nosy or as a quick reference guide. If I want to know Edward the Fourth’s route to the throne the answer is at my fingertips. Then we have to monitor the DGC’s tablet time. Hypocrite.

Urmstongran Fri 05-Apr-19 07:39:06

Same here tanith. It’s addictive!

tanith Fri 05-Apr-19 07:35:27

Too much?

Willow500 Fri 05-Apr-19 07:23:57

Most nights playing Solitaire while watching TV. I don't often use it for anything else now although I did use it for books until I got another tablet. Now if it's the pc .......... blush

NanKate Fri 05-Apr-19 07:20:12

I think I spend too much time on my IPad. Each morning I check the news, see if I have any emails, check out the tennis on TennisTV, look at the weather, then contribute to GN.

In the late afternoon/evening I fit in an episode of Line of Duty as well. No wonder I am behind with my paperwork and of course I like socialising as well. The word self indulgent comes to mind ?

Sadly I don’t read books as much as I did and have decided that needs to change.