Not using any modern technology!

WinterWhite
The logo will be on your home page. That’s the one that you see when you open your iPad. Click on App Store.
You will then see that page.
Unlike most sites the App Stores search bar is at the bottom of the screen. Have a go. 😀

winterwhite

Petra thanks v much. I do have an iPad. I didn't know you could download apps onto them so that's a great step forward for mankind as represented by me. I have an iPhone S20, prob time to upgrade.

WinterWhite
i didn’t know you could download apps on them
This is meant kindly. Why do you think there is the App Store logo on your iPad. 😂

You are correct! 😁

I have a Samsung Galaxy tablet. I use it constantly and its great. Not expensive 150.00 or so.

But friends call their tablets iPads. And it really annoys me. Silly I know. An iPad is Apple. Tablets are other makes. Am I right?
I should get out more!!

I am ok with modern technology but know lots of people my age and older or not. For some older people it is very difficult for them to get their heads tound technology. I know it's essential but I accept the fact that for some it is an impossible task! I feel we should all be as patient as possible and offer help when necessary.

It starts making me wonder how we all functioned before technology appeared- we all just got on with things possibly in a more or less efficient way.

I know someone who has never used direct debits, still pays bills in cash directly in banks or wherever- I don't know how or why but respect his choice.

Technology provides us with sensible or silly choices, and it is up to us to make those choices. Lots of people get by quite happily without it.

Back to OP who does seem frustrated with some tech-refusers and hopes they are the last generation to be like this.

How does she know up-coming generations won't reject some aspects of technology and find out how do do things differently? That also may not be such a bad thing.

Occasional power outages may make us aware of our dependency, but for us who remember the power cuts of the 1970s it doesn't bother me at all. We'll just find other ways of doing things, and maybe doing them even better?

Petra thanks v much. I do have an iPad. I didn't know you could download apps onto them so that's a great step forward for mankind as represented by me. I have an iPhone S20, prob time to upgrade.

petra

Winterwhite
Is there a reason why you don’t use an iPad?
It’s definitely the best option for people who have problems with the keypads on phones.
With an iPad you can get a separate keyboard.

www.google.com/search?q=keyboard+to+plug+into+ipad&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:69114507,vid:30lg6767he8,st:0
I’ve posted this link for 2 reasons. 1, for WinterWhite, 2, this YouTuber is one of the best at explaining.
Plus, he doesn’t talk as someone who’s taken speed.

Daughter2 uses an iPad as her phone solution.

It's Apple so integrates with her laptop and other devices.

petra ipads are expensive and, from what i have seen of friends with them as the operating system is not andriod or microsoft they seem to have Apple technology through out - which is even more expensive.

The problem with the phones with the big buttons etc is they have limited capability. I use the satnav on my phone because my car is too old to have sat nav with the car. I use Google and other apps that do not seem to be available on the 'senior' phones.

My problem lies with mobile phones and touch screen technology. My dyspraxia means I am always hitting wrong keys and then making more errors when I try to correct myself, plus I often reverse numbers and letters. On a full screen with a typewriter sized keyboard that is much less of a problem because the keys are bigger and have to be depressed to register.

I’m scared to go anywhere where I might struggle to pay for parking. Even my tech savvy daughter nearly missed a train recently because the parking app on her phone didn’t recognise her face.

Winterwhite
Is there a reason why you don’t use an iPad?
It’s definitely the best option for people who have problems with the keypads on phones.
With an iPad you can get a separate keyboard.

www.google.com/search?q=keyboard+to+plug+into+ipad&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:69114507,vid:30lg6767he8,st:0
I’ve posted this link for 2 reasons. 1, for WinterWhite, 2, this YouTuber is one of the best at explaining.
Plus, he doesn’t talk as someone who’s taken speed.

I have sympathy with the refusers though they can produce more work for others.

Trying to organise a U3A outing to my pottery recently we have a WhatsApp group to communicate and a doodle poll to arrange a date. Numbers were limited but one woman who doesn't use a smart phone insisted she should be phoned and had 3 of us making sure she wasn't left out.

I don't know why she refuses to join the modern world. It's not lack of money or brains. She's a widow but has DC nearby.

I don't like technology when it doesn't work and I miss my bank branch.
I have spent hours on the phone sorting out problems but I like being able to book journeys and outings online and being able to speak to my DGS in NZ on video and to watch him grow up

The Doro has big icons and can have very large text.
I think it's worth a go.

This is a really interesting post.
We were persuaded to buy our first computer by my mother-in-law many moons ago and I consider myself able to pick most things up OK.

I use all sorts of programs and apps including some specialised software but bizarrely I find Facebook nearly impossible! I have used it as one daughter wanted a birthday cake made by someone on there but I never joined it years ago (when most people did) as I didn't see the point.

I tend to give it a miss and would never chat on there - it just doesn't occur to me.

Re the OP - I think that some people find "not being good at something" hard to accept. Think back to children in school who just stopped trying.

My mother-in-law had her first smartphone at about 96. She had a Doro which sort of asks you questions - and gives prompts. There's an "I want to" button that offers simple things - from memory it has an eye icon "see my messages" and a handset icon "make a phone call " etc.

Maybe if she saw one of these she would find a phone with these prompts easier to manage?

Lovetopaint037

The iPad is the easiest way in for older people and I am one of them.

I agree. Apple products are much more user-friendly in my opinion. I just have an iPhone and iPad and can do anything and everything I want with them.

We have a 58 year old friend who can just about send WhatsApps but not much else - so it's not just older people.

I don’t find it frustrating, we are all different, I have a 100 yr old cousin doing online Spanish classes I have an 80 year old friend who will not touch any form of technology.
My Nan, died in the eighties, she had never used a landline phone just wouldn’t, never had a fridge, washing machine or any other electrical gadget as she believed that in a thunder storm she would be struck by lightening and nothing on earth would make her believe otherwise. She was an intelligent lady who had run her own boarding house ( taking all bookings by mail etc washing by hand, cooking everything from scratch) I accepted this was how she was and talking to her about giving things a try were completely out of the question She was a lovely kind lady who looked after me well as a child as mum and dad both worked full time.
She was petrified of thunder storms ( no therapy in those days) I can remember sitting in the cupboard, or toilet with no light on , ( electricity) comforting her as a young child It didn’t rub off and I love watching a thunder storm

The iPad is the easiest way in for older people and I am one of them.

My problem is that mobile phones are so small. My ancient fingers fumble with it and my ancient eyes find it hard to read what it's telling me.

And there is big difference between being 73 and being 93. People now in their late '80s and '90s. People now in their 90s may well have retired before the internet was invented and it's at work that people often first learn about new tech.

Those now urging new tech on us all will find when they're 80 that everything has changed from when they were 50 and they are left behind in their turn.

My late dear mum who died a year ago aged 82 always used technology to help her, Facebook, tik tok, emails, apps online banking etc. Sometimes she needed my help from afar but mostly managed. Also drove very competently until her death. She was stubborn at times about things such as her health, but she always wanted to be in touch with her friends and family. I hope im like that in 20 years.

LadyGaGa I feel for you. We are both put upon by ‘some’ friends and it really annoys me.

If you are on here, you can probably manage to do most things you are likely to need: email, banking, booking a train or theatre ticket, shopping, using Google maps, checking the weather, researching information eg about a place you might visit. You don’t have to use social media but I find the local Facebook page is useful for warning of traffic problems and other local news.

Unless you are in business you don’t need spreadsheets or graphics.

I am going to be away for a couple of days without internet and am doing lots of advance preparation eg finding out bus routes, opening times etc.

I rely on others for technological back up.
I am not that way inclined.

Thankfully there are lots of others around me who are.
And are happy/willing to help.

I have a friend who wears her i don’t do tech badge with pride.
She started to get very defensive with her attitude. We got onto online banking. Anyone witnessing her horror would would assume I was talking about the spawn of the devil.
She had no answer when I asked her how often she sees her bank statement: once a month. I showed her how I could check my account 24 hrs a day anywhere in the world.

I feel your frustration Nan Kate! I have a group of 4 friends. All intelligent strong women who totally refuse to use technology. One uses a bank ap with the help of her daughter and they use Watsap, but that’s it. So it’s down to me to book tickets, sort out days out, and book holidays. I have booked a 4 day break away and a Christmas night away. They are giving me the money in cash and I have to sort it and put it in my bank. It annoys me that they won’t even try!