Who would pre-purchase an iPad?

Posted: January 30th, 2010 | Author: The Morodo Team | Filed under: blog | 3 Comments »
How many people are shopping to pre-purchase an iPad this weekend? I have no idea; I’m not a gambling man. If you asked me to hazard a guess? Maybe not so many right now, but wait until a toddler picks one up.
OK, stop laughing, seriously, if my son was still four years old, I would buy him one. The iPad looks kid-proof, no moving parts, no camera, hey, not much of a battery charge, what could possibly go wrong? Like the OS, net access is easily controlled.
The iPhone isn’t something you can give a child to play with, it’s mummy or daddy’s phone. An iPad will keep the little blighters occupied for hours without being an inconvenience when you want to communicate. When they’re asleep, you can use it to read a book, watch a movie, play music, catch up on your mail, browse a newspaper or flick through a magazine.
The iPad has all the makings of a very attractive family computer middling-income folk and if you’re a harrassed parent, the price is just something you’ll put on the credit card.

praying paid offHow many people are buying an iPad this weekend? I have no idea, I’m not a gambling man. If you asked me to hazard a guess? Maybe not so many right now, but wait until a toddler picks one up.

OK, stop laughing, seriously; if my son was still four years old, I would buy him one. The iPad looks kid-proof, no moving parts, no camera, hey, not much of a battery charge, what could possibly go wrong? Like the OS, net access is easily controlled.

The iPhone isn’t something you can give a child to play with, it’s mummy or daddy’s phone. An iPad will keep the little blighters occupied for hours without being an inconvenience when you want to communicate. When they’re asleep, you can use it to read a book, watch a movie, play music, catch up on your mail, browse a newspaper or flick through a magazine. You’ll pick it up as easily as you put it down.

The iPad has all the makings of yet another connected device middling-income folk wouldn’t want to be seen without. If you’re a harrassed parent, the price is something you’ll just put on the credit card.

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3 Comments on “Who would pre-purchase an iPad?”

  1. 1 Duncan Leung said at 3:29 am on February 1st, 2010:

    Actually, that could be a really good target audience- albeit it’d be a really expensive kid’s toy.

    That idea of having one all-round device to help you raise a child would be really great. Maybe mom’s will really dig the iPad when some nice colorful (or ‘cute’) covers come out for it.

    “Need to keep your child occupied? Need to quickly surf the internet to find out what illness your child has? Need a new bedtime story book? Do it all, with the iPad.”

    Heh.

  2. 2 Arana Greenberg said at 9:15 pm on February 26th, 2010:

    Great post, James! Actually, I believe you are absolutely right about the iPad. The truth is that the Apple iPod Touch is currently owned by just about every school aged kid in the US, and growing worldwide. The iPad has tremendous educational and entertainment potential – for parents as well as educators.

  3. 3 Emily said at 7:21 pm on June 1st, 2010:

    Great post, James! Actually, I believe you are absolutely right about the iPad. The truth is that the Apple iPod Touch is currently owned by just about every school aged kid in the US, and growing worldwide. The iPad has tremendous educational and entertainment potential – for parents as well as educators.

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