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This year I asked that my name be added to the reserve list for the iPhone 5. At the rate at which AT&T was shipping out their preorders for the iPhone 4S this year, if my name is added now I just might get it on launch day.
Sent from my iPhone 4 using Tapatalk.Last edited by Irish Rose; 12-22-2011 at 06:58 PM.
12-22-2011 06:54 PM - I just spent the afternoon setting up my Mom's new iPod Touch! Boy was that labour intensive, she said I should get some combat pay. I had to do a whole lot of explaining as she has never used any type of smart phone and barely uses her old flip cell phone. She doesn't even text, so this was a lot of explaining. When I left her house today she was definitely on information overload.
I set up iMessage and started messaging her when I left, one crucial piece of info I forgot to tell her was about auto correct. Needless to say her first few texts to me were "got iron" and "jets gave away" Still not too sure what she was trying to say but I was getting a good laugh out of it. She was able to successfully type out "ffs" and "sh*t" I finally explained a little about the keyboards intuition factor and the auto correct and finally she got it!
She's loving the apps, mainly bounce bullet and angry birds...I'm sitting there trying to get everything updated and she's yelling at me: "hey look I got almost all those buggers with one bullet"....lol she's 60 years old so it is pretty fun to watch her figure this thing out.12-28-2011 05:23 PM - I just spent the afternoon setting up my Mom's new iPod Touch! Boy was that labour intensive, she said I should get some combat pay. I had to do a whole lot of explaining as she has never used any type of smart phone and barely uses her old flip cell phone. She doesn't even text, so this was a lot of explaining. When I left her house today she was definitely on information overload.
I set up iMessage and started messaging her when I left, one crucial piece of info I forgot to tell her was about auto correct. Needless to say her first few texts to me were "got iron" and "jets gave away" Still not too sure what she was trying to say but I was getting a good laugh out of it. She was able to successfully type out "ffs" and "sh*t" I finally explained a little about the keyboards intuition factor and the auto correct and finally she got it!
She's loving the apps, mainly bounce bullet and angry birds...I'm sitting there trying to get everything updated and she's yelling at me: "hey look I got almost all those buggers with one bullet"....lol she's 60 years old so it is pretty fun to watch her figure this thing out.That was a cute post Kristy, I LOL'd at the "ffs" part too !!Great story Kristy_Lyn! Made me lol! Especially the "ffs" part!12-29-2011 07:07 AM - A continuation has been throughout today as I have helped her set up "text plus" as she wants to text her non iPhone friends. That hasn't been the easiest, but she did get it done. Not sure how much she will use it though.I just spent the afternoon setting up my Mom's new iPod Touch! Boy was that labour intensive, she said I should get some combat pay. I had to do a whole lot of explaining as she has never used any type of smart phone and barely uses her old flip cell phone. She doesn't even text, so this was a lot of explaining. When I left her house today she was definitely on information overload.
I set up iMessage and started messaging her when I left, one crucial piece of info I forgot to tell her was about auto correct. Needless to say her first few texts to me were "got iron" and "jets gave away" Still not too sure what she was trying to say but I was getting a good laugh out of it. She was able to successfully type out "ffs" and "sh*t" I finally explained a little about the keyboards intuition factor and the auto correct and finally she got it!
She's loving the apps, mainly bounce bullet and angry birds...I'm sitting there trying to get everything updated and she's yelling at me: "hey look I got almost all those buggers with one bullet"....lol she's 60 years old so it is pretty fun to watch her figure this thing out.
I got her to get some ebooks into her library, and login to her email via her iPod...she actually figured out that one on her own. Then we ran into some issues when using the iBooks app, we were able to correct it, however right after that lesson, I taught her about screen shots and how to attach them to a text message. That worked out well, she was impressed with herself, and now when she runs into an issue I will just get her to screen shot what the heck she is talking about that way I can direct her to the correct button...
She also shared with me today that she went out and bought a case and screen protector and then sat in Starbucks playing bounce bullet, her new favourite game. She then got yelled at by her husband to hurry up and drink her latte and eat her lemon square and stop playing her "damn iPod"
Whenever I see my Mom say FFS it makes me smile!! lol12-29-2011 06:54 PM - Ohhh what a great addition to the beginning of your story(post) the other day Kristy_Lyn !! Your mom sounds really hip
I think its cute when you(or anyone) can view your parents like that
Its funny because my parents are the same way with their iPads and my dad got an iPod touch for Christmas as well. He's face-timed me almost everyday so far......and my parents live right across the street from my family & I
LOL !! (yes, its like an Everyone Loves Raymond episode around here--lmao)12-30-2011 08:12 AM - HAHAHAHAH now that's awesome an everybody loves Raymond episode!! Good for your parents for having iPads as well. My Mom is definitely a good sport for trying it out and accepting the challenge of learning about it! She's so pleased with the iPod so far, she's talking about buying "the pad kind" as she calls it....lol I think she could get better use out of an iPad for sure, mainly just because of the larger screen.Ohhh what a great addition to the beginning of your story(post) the other day Kristy_Lyn !! Your mom sounds really hip I think its cute when you(or anyone) can view your parents like that
Its funny because my parents are the same way with their iPads and my dad got an iPod touch for Christmas as well. He's face-timed me almost everyday so far......and my parents live right across the street from my family & I LOL !! (yes, its like an Everyone Loves Raymond episode around here--lmao)12-30-2011 09:55 AM - Yea, my parents have had their iPads as long as i've had mine, which is about 2yrs.(?) they do come to me for help when they can't figure something out etc. (what ever yr the iPad1 came out is when we got them)
If your Mom enjoys the iTouch, she will enjoy the iPad even more because as you pointed out, the screen is larger and will be easier to move around in the iOS
When i'm home, i prefer using my iPad as well while i'm mobile in the house doing chores and whatnot. But when i'm out, i'll use my iPhone of course12-30-2011 11:39 AM
