IPad Addiction

I love mine, it’s a godsend for someone with impairments.

Very similar to you holly steers, ?

It’s become my ‘window onto the world’ much more this year, I use it to chat, zoom and play with photos. Thank goodness for technology!

Same here it’s been my saviour this last year.

I must get an IPad after I've finished buying for the family.

Me too
It goes to bed with me in case I wake up in the night it’s my best friend and keeps me in contact with the world
My three children bought it for my 70th birthday I broke it unexpectedly last year, my bag strap broke I thought it was ok and it was for a while but the crack was unstable so unmendable, after a few months when I thought all was ok it started playing up and I bought myself a new one last year
I can’t imagine what I did before I had one and I didn’t even know I needed one ?

I love mine, it goes everywhere with me, I go on forums, read the news do my accounts, ft everyone, do my shopping, listen to music, read, listen to audio books, play games. I would be lost with out it, I had a printer for my birthday, so I print everything now as well,

Not an ipad, but love my kindle fire hd.

Use it to read books in bed too, as it doesn't disturb Mr P, which the bedside light would with a proper book.

I love mine too, currently on my third, dh is toying with no 2, but I freely admit, I am an iPad addict.

Me too, books are on it, music too, boards on Pinterest, photos, GN, News, Facebook, Netflix...........and I’ve just downloaded the sky at night.
As someone else said I didn’t know I needed it until I got one.

Our internet was out for 36 hours ... it felt like 36 days.

I spend far too much time on the iPad... internet shopping, reading the Guardian (we don’t even buy a paper copy now, we subscribe to the on line edition), watching catch up tv, listening to the radio, grocery shopping...

Then there’s Zoom, WhatsApp, Teams, Facebook, Instagram....
eBay ...
Amazon Prime ...

It’s been great for me as I have been shielding for most of the year.

I ❤️ my iPad. I think I’m addicted. I’m trying to blame my two week quarantine after travelling back from Spain...

I might have to give it up for Lent next year!

I’m addicted, too, and not at all ashamed of it. It’s a magic thing. If some writer of fairy tales like Hans Andersen had imagined it, we would accept it as fantasy. “There’s this little flat thing, and on it you can see people on the other side of the world, see and hear famous people of the past or present speaking, see and listen to great musicians, read almost unlimited books, go up and down unfamiliar streets - and all without leaving your house, or indeed your chair”.

It’s a boon for me as I have health issues which mean I don’t get out and about much. I seem to spend all day on it.

I’m sure I’d have been taken away in a funny jacket during lockdown without mine! Books, music, photos, and shopping, as well as keeping in touch with people.
I am definitely a fan.

I’m so glad that we are alike. I sometimes feel guilty about the amount of time I spend on mine. Can pass a few hours just perusing recipes, then never making anything! ?

I don't have an Ipad and don't often use my tablet, but use my laptop all the time. What would we do without the internet?

EllanVannin

I must get an IPad after I've finished buying for the family.

Good luck with that Ellen.
I’ve been trying. I only want a basic one, perhaps if you are looking for a more expensive model you may be lucky.

I love mine, give it up for Lent Urmstongran? You’ve got to be joking!!! ?

Definitely addicted. It is a godsend for communication with absent family. Play online bridge so another way to keep in touch with friends. Use it to do drawing on doodle buddy with GC ( only early morning in bed not instead of proper drawing !)

Well I can honestly say hand on heart I’m addicted, and I don’t care one bit, I’ve had iPads since they first came out, I say iPads cos I’ve had more than one, I have health issues so my iPad is my life line! As I’m shielding it’s even more important to me! I keep in touch with lots of people through it, I’m yet to find anyone who isn’t addicted to theirs, ??

I have to admit mine barely gets a chance to charge up. It is used throughout the day and evening. I have a mini which I find to be more easily held than a full size. I even find at night my DH will often say 'google that!' while we are watching a TV show; whether it is a history point, or the history of a familiar looking actor on TV.

It has been especially important this year to stay in contact with the rest of the world.

My IPad is glued to me - about 8 years ago my kids bought me an iPad for Xmas. It started to get sluggish. So I treated myself to a new one - just the basic 32gb. It’s quite enough. I don’t download anything. I have photos on it.
I play games. Read the news every 15 minutes. Google anything and everything. I just googled Toblerone. Mr Tobler was one of the creators.
By the way, iPads are very difficult to get hold off. I was lucky to get one from John Lewis online. I love my iPad .

When I first went online at John Lewis ...it said ‘out of stock’. I persisted and kept trying all evening. Finally got one. Their stock might have just arrived. Don’t give up. Try Amazon and other websites as well.