Well, she did it!
On Monday, my mother (age 98) asked me about my iPad. On Wednesday, my sister, Bonnie, and I took her shopping at the Apple Store at Kahala Mall.
It didn’t take too long. With some help from Noah, one of Apple’s in-store experts, she walked out with her shiny new iPad.
There’s a bit of a learning curve. She had to discover that you can’t rest your fingers on a touch screen. And if you’ve never used a computer before, the point-click-drag basics aren’t necessarily intuitive. At 98, her fingers aren’t quite so quick or nimble, and her eyesight not as good as new. But Bonnie reports she is making progress, and learning at her own pace. Her goal is to be able to browse genealogical web sites and share information she has gathered over the years about our family tree.
In any case, the adventure has begun!
Thanks for the update. What a great story.
That’s really super Ian. One of the things I’m concerned about is that an entire generation is being left behind and unable to participate in government and society in general.
For example, people who have smart phones will have an advantage over others in getting parking stalls, getting live information about traffic problems (without having to rely on a ten-minute traffic update on the radio) and just being able to communicate their opinions to others. As we move along in this age of information, I hope those in the position to change laws remember there are others who haven’t even seed a smart phone.
The Apple store guy did very well.
You are very lucky to have your Mother around and she is definitely lucky to have her support crew!
Wow! Good luck to her! A friend of mine, 45, was given one for free and got so confused by it, she gave hers away. Having to click on the button to get out of a screen is pretty counter-intuitive.
Wonderful! She truly is 98 years young.