I wish to get a medical device and it requires either a smartphone or tablet in order to download an application to operate the device.
I don’t have either and am happy with my little basic mobile phone so don’t think I want a smartphone .
So it would have to be an ipad and only certain models are compatible so a reconditioned one (which also costs a lot less than a smartphone).
So my question is, what do you use your ipad for …
Also what size is it, will 32gb be sufficient for my basic needs.
Hi Ffosse it can only be certain smartphones and I don’t need any smart phone, I am happy with my large print Doro basic phone which I only use for texting and costs me just £7 a month .
I am interested in what people use an ipad for so I won’t just be getting it to operate the device .
I use my iPad for everything except emails. So Facebook, Over 50s Forum, EBay, Sudoku, booking holidays, we’ll just about everything that you can do on a laptop. The reason I don’t use my iPad for emails is that there doesn’t seem to be anywhere to file them and I like to hang on to some messages.
A tablet does the same job as your laptop and then some, so I use mine for just about everything that I can do on my PC and yes, 32gb is absolutely huge, although if you get a Samsung you can extend the memory even further with a micro sd card, something that you cannot do with an Apple.
I use my iPad for everything other then photo editing. You can photo edit extremely well on an iPad but mines a mini and I find a bigger screen is required
Mine is 32gb and its 4 or 5 years old and still has 12gb left on it
I have iCloud storage at 79p a month which stores all my photos so that keeps the space pretty free and allows me to see and edit and share photos and videos over all my devices. You can also share files the same way.
No problems with emails either, the ones I want saved I just move to a saved folder
I will be upgrading this iPad next year as it’s coming to the end of its supported life. It’s an iPad 2 and a lot of app developers no longer write apps for it
The reason I went for a mini was it fits in a handbag and so it’s great to use as a kindle or for watching Iplayer or even playing games when stuck in places like hospital waiting rooms or sitting on a bus
Mine also has a SIM card slot for 4g capability which I use when travelling abroad for those times when you can’t get free wifi
I also have the bigger iPad , older again, only 16gb and its still going strong, if a little slow
Best thing is, you can sit of the sofa with it. Doesn’t take up any room, doesn’t have cables running across the floor and you can leave it tidy on the coffee table when not in use
And it’s great for using in bed when you can’t sleep or are poorly
I bought my old mum (83) a cheap £60 Android based sim-free smart phone about two years ago and she wouldn’t be without it now. She uses it to go online to check her various bills, play word games and uses the Google feature to find info as she can ask it via voice instead of typing.
Sister and me have recently bought her a Kindle Fire HD tablet too for the larger screen size but she still uses her phone in preference because “I’ve got used to it”
It would be a good idea Meg for you to find out what type of phone/tablet your medical device is compatible with before you choose.
I’ve had an iPad since they first came out, it is like a second computer to me. Everything I have on my Mac I also have on my iPad (thanks to my son!). My Mac is in the small bedroom upstairs so I use the iPad downstairs or take it with me on holiday.
I have my emails on it, order my prescriptions, I can come on here in the comfort of an armchair, plenty of Apps which I find useful. The camera is great on it, I no longer do texting as it has a very good iMessage app.
I have upgraded 3 times, nothing wrong with them but I pass them on to Mr Mags when I get a new one. I now have an iPad Air2, 9.7", 32GB … more than enough space for me.
I find the iPads straightforward to use, as I do the Mac. My grandson has a Samsung and I don’t understand it at all!
Go for it Meg, it’s also a good standby if you have a problem with your laptop at anytime. You would soon get the hang of it with your son being an expert teacher
I wouldn’t say it could replace your computer but it can do many things your computer can. I sometimes find posting photos from my iPad to here a problem but what I do is just email my photos from my iPad to my computer and post them from there.
I use the pencil on my iPad a lot for notes. I have the 10.5" Pro.
I listen to music on it
I watch films (4 speakers)
I read books
I read comic books
I use Google Drive for files.
I have planetarium apps
I use it to look at famous artwork in HD
It has the camera of the iPhone 7 so occasionally I’ll take photos with it.
I use it as a radio
I use it for podcasts
I use it for mapping
I browse online with it quite a bit as it is better than a phone screen-wise.
I read the news on it.
I email with it.
I buy stuff online.
I use it’s calendar synced with my iPhone and a lot more besides. I probably still use my phone more but as I’ve been more confined it’s easier to pick up the iPad.
Although they sell ones with lots of space these days, 32GB should do you fine.
Thanks everyone for your really helpful advice and suggestions very useful.
These are the compatible iPads
Air 2 (iOS 11.1)
iPad Air (iOS 11.1)
iPad Mini 3 (iOS 11.1)
iPad Mini 2 (iOS 11.1)
The mini has quite a small screen so if I am going to get my money’s worth I would be better with something larger like the Air . I only want Wifi the mobile connection is not great here and I don’t want another monthly charge for a sim card.
I guess being an Apple I don’t have to worry about the models being older and unable to have security upgrades as happens with Windows.
Mrs mart has an iPad 3 and a Surface Pro 4. She uses either quite happily. Both are just tablets that do computer operations. Good for their portability I suppose.
I find that when there are tasks to be done such as scanning, editing, writing letters …almost anything really, most people visiting here don’t use their phones or tablets. They ask if they can use my Desktop computer with its 24" screen, mouse and large keyboard. In fact, they sometimes come here purely to do that.
Absolute truth…I bought an iPad,the ‘latest greatest’ seven months ago.
It’s 9.7",128gb,lastest ios,blah,blah…and it sits totally unused over to my right as I sit here,back in it’s box. It got taken out,charged,started-was looked at for all of three minutes,thought “Y’gotta be joking!” went back in it’s box…hasn’t seen daylight since. There’s even a totally unused new h/d jacket,bought for it at the same time,sat with it. Nahhh…Linux Roolz.
I suppose I’ll get round to posting it on ebay-but honestly,I just can’t be ar… - er bothered.
Well,it seems to me,from my uneducated,non-computorial,caligraphically orientated point of view,that 'pon purchasing anything ‘Apple’ one automatically buys into the Apple prison exercise yard. In as much as,one can see out past the high,reinforced Apple fences at all the various apps and accoutrements one may need/require;particularly those of a mathematical nature…but unless purchased through,or at least sanctioned by,the Apple empirical dollar stackers,none of the various requirements regarding one’s work one may have-which is why one bought the damned machine in the first place-are available from within the Apple fences. Those various programmes,although they’re accessible and available on Linux,Windows,Ubuntu,Android et-al,are verboten to Apple laptop users. Unless,of course,those users are willing to A/pay through the nose for a mathematical fraction-invertionalisation parameter scanner…[which is free on Linux],or B/code-break the laptop,thus revoking any warranty.
Apple insist this is to maintain security levels at a high standard…but Apple,as no doubt you’re aware,use a multi-cluster codec that is extremely simple in it’s basing variances. Ergo,it’s all about the kerching,NOT security. Er…I’ll stfu now,before Sweet Pea dies of shame…
it can only be certain smartphones and I don’t need any smart phone, I am happy with my large print Doro basic phone which I only use for texting and costs me just £7 a month .
