Why are toddlers so interested in their parent’s iphone? A friend of mine has a full page of apps dedicated to her two year old daughter. She calls it her “life saver!” Where ever she is she can hand over her iphone and the toddler flips to her page, settles down and selects her favorite app! She not only knows how to get to her app page but she can slide through picture, take a picture and call her dad with no one’s help! She is just learning to talk but she is an iphone expert!!
Furthermore, my 55-year-old Dad has no idea how to even turn on a computer. My brother has even written him step-by-step directing including pictures of what buttons to push! So when my Mom called me this summer to tell me she had bought Dad an ipad I was shocked! How did he know how to turn it on? What would he do with it? He can’t even type! Sure enough when I went home a few weeks later, there was my Dad, ipad in hand writing an email, my jaw literally dropped to the floor! He showed me all the apps he downloaded to check the weather, the stocks and his work schedule.
TIME magazine came out with a list of "top 10 Apps for your Dad"…
- GolfCard
- iHandyCarpenter
- GasCubby
- Grill Guide
- Family Guy
- Trapster
- Hundred Pushups
- 5800+ Drink and Cocktail Recipes
- Fanfinder
- Thing
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1906008,00.html
Road Trip for Family writes, "Back in the day, parents handed fussy toddlers their keys, a teething toy or maybe a rattle. Now, we hand over the iPhone.... It’s about iPhone apps. So, we decided to do some research and let our fingers do the downloading as we tried out some of the top contenders and a few more obscure apps. Here are our recommendations for the apps worth downloading. Let the happy road trips begin (www.roadtripsforfamilies.com)."
Road Trips for families Top 10 Apps for Toddlers and Kids
http://www.roadtripsforfamilies.com/2010/02/10-best-iphone-apps-for-toddlers-and-kids/
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