IPad Addiction

We are 'shielding' so use Facetime on the iPad to read bedtime stories to our DG and yesterday had a remote celebratory birthday dinner with a friend in the same way. It keeps us connected if you will forgive the pun!

I am totally addicted as well ! I play cards on it, read books on it and “google” everything. I have bought all my xmas presents on line, so I track the delivery of the goods on the i pad etc etc.
I get my news on the BBC news website - Can’t live without it now

I have an iPad mini, love it, I play a lot of word games on it hopefully keeping the old grey matter in good health! ? also I play a great trivia quiz,all these games are free by the way....

I am very fond of my ipad He /she. (never bother with names). keeps me company on these winter nights and always accompanies me to bed .It is my contact with the outside world to get in touch with relatives and friends /watch a movie /read a book /listen to music .
What would I do without it.

Grannie7 - it didn't occur to me to shop at Apple online - our Apple Store is in Cardiff. I drive but only locally. So I had no choice but to get it from John Lewis online. I tried various online stores and they were all sold out. Finally, I managed to get one from JL. Thanks anyway.

And another one here,addiction is total!
For those of you that love games like solitaire etc, let me recommend a mahjong that I’ve had on iPad for nine years now! Completely brilliant! Still play everyday. There’s some free games to try, ( don’t give up, it’s great once you get used to it) or I paid a couple of quid to unlock all games, AND get rid of adverts, it’s similar to snap, you just touch two keys that match. Here’s a pic incase you look for it!

My daughter and son in law bought me an I pad pro last Christmas. I very seldom use it as everything that I would do on it , I do on my phone instead .

GrannyBuy, with so many photos you may be advised to get a subscription to Dropbox. It is an app that you can download. There is a free version but after a while i had so many photos that needed organising that bought a sub. You could try the free version on your old and new iPad and see how you get on. The photos should appear on both but there is a limit to the number of photos you can have in the free version.. Good app though.

I love my tablet. As soon as I'm up and coffee made, on goes my tablet to check emails. I buy online constantly. And since there is nothing whatsoever, EVER worth watching on TV, I can binge watch Netflix.

iPad addict here. My 3 children clubbed together and bought me one 4 years ago.
I no longer tut tut at our younger generation being glued to their phones.
Pot calling kettle and all that.x

It is the best thing ever! Our son lives in Canada and we Facetime two or three times a week. Our grandchildren message us and vice Versa. When I am at work, I can set the heating at h9me from it so we don’t come home to a cold house. My 85yr old mother can communicate with everyone by email or FaceTime.

It has a million and one uses and I never ever want to be without it!

Yes, another addict here. I’m so glad to know I’m not the only one.

The only negative point I can think of is that I no longer have the patience to read books. I used to be an avid reader but find I just can’t concentrate any more.

I think because we didn’t grow up with the technology, for us of an older generation it definitely has the ‘wow’ factor!
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Good to hear that others are addicted. I thought it was just me.

I’m an IPad addict too! For me it has been a gateway to computing...I was a complete technophobe before. I hate it when it tells you how many hours you have spent on it each week and says what percentage increase there has been....!

I absolutely love mine but these last few months have been having very dry painful eyes waking up a lot of nights to put moisture drops in! I’m 72 had cataract surgery on both eyes when I was 50.

A blessing and a curse! But I would be lost without it?

I love shopping whilst I’m still in bed.

Some people complain abouts teens being on their phones and games etc but I don't think its any different than the grown ups watching tv most nights - and some days!

Love it- for films, music, books, social media, family history, games, email, books, pod casts, shopping . . .
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Another addict here. I really should cut the hours I spend on it, playing games, looking through/sometimes posting on groups. It’s a double edged sword, good for research, keeping in contact with other human beings, but stops us conversing with real people, feeds into any anxieties we have and so on. But, could we do without it now? I think not.

Me, I didn’t see any reason to own an iPad.
Last Christmas my daughters gave me one, okay..... then covid arrived ... What would I have done without this devise? Zoom calls from family, to friends and finally zoom lessons, me not only giving but also having gym and Pilates ones. Oh! Did I forget gransnet! Never did I think I would use it so much when I first saw it last Christmas! I would be lost without it.

I love my iPad. I do use it a lot for all kinds of things, emails, photos, Netflix, Instagram etc etc ..... Someone who lives on their own once said to me it’s a great help against loneliness and this is so true. I would recommend one to anyone

I’m the same. My daughter gave me mine and I thought what am I supposed to do with that? But now it goes everywhere with me . Best present ever.

Why i-pad unless it's now generic like hoover ? I have a very satisfactory Samsung tablet for less money. I could not do all the things I do on it on a smartphone which is just too small and fiddly ( now 83, wear glasses arthritic fingers ). I am terrified of the day the thing packs up for good. ALL technology does that. I am thinking of several generations of Apple Mac desktop computers which just ceased to function. So remember that talking of ipads is giving Apple free advertising when ever you mention them.