This is why Apple’s killing it

the8thark · Mar 21, 2011

This is why Apple’s killing it
This is why Apple’s killing it | 9 to 5 Mac This is why Apple’s killing it | Apple Intelligence

Read this link. And watch the video in it too. Seriously just watch it. Why?
Cause the videos and the whole article is simply stating one fact. "You already know how to use the ipad". Even before you ever used one. And this little kid in the video like 2 years old is using the ipad and really having a great time with it.

And I think this is why Apple are ahead of the pack. Anyone from your 2 year old child (With supervision I think is best so they can learn from the device), to your 85 year old grandmother. And with little to no time learning how to use it. It's just shove the device infront of your face and with a minute or 2, you know what to do and are happily creating or experiencing content.

technologist · Mar 21, 2011

Can't say I understand the title. Is this a dialectic use of "killing it" with which I am unfamiliar?

a.j.c. · Mar 21, 2011

great article...

apple is so far ahead in the tablet game

a.j.c. · Mar 21, 2011

technologist said:
Can't say I understand the title. Is this a dialectic use of "killing it" with which I am unfamiliar?

killing it..as in winning,doing a great job..

more like killing the competition

the8thark · Mar 21, 2011

a.j.c. said:
killing it..as in winning,doing a great job..

more like killing the competition

What he said. But I have to admit in my part of the world this phrase is rarely if ever used.

ThePope43 · Mar 21, 2011

I was watching this yesterday morning. My niece is the exact same way!

BrianLachoreVPI · Mar 21, 2011

Ok - I just sent this to my wife! Our 2yr old little girl has been using my wife's iPad (although she calls it an iPod) since I got her one for Christmas. Prior to that she was completely comfortable picking up the wife's iPod touch and unlocking it - then scrolling to find her favorite little monkey game. We should have video'd that last year and sent it in $:\$

baggss · Mar 21, 2011

the8thark said:
What he said. But I have to admit in my part of the world this phrase is rarely if ever used.

It's an American colloquialism...

Z mannn R2 · Mar 21, 2011

lol, I guess if you're over 40 or not an American but if you are you should know that phrase, come on now

Chris H. · Mar 21, 2011

Oh to be Steve Jobs (or anybody working at ) and see that a product you worked on end up in the hands of toddlers…simply because it works.

Sorry, there will be no Android in my future households.

Sawday · Mar 21, 2011

baggss said:
It's an American colloquialism...

Two nations divided by one language!

louishen · Mar 21, 2011

Sawday said:
Two nations divided by one language!

We seem to understand each other most of the time :Smirk:

the8thark · Mar 21, 2011

baggss said:
It's an American colloquialism...

Yes I know this.

Sawday said:
Two nations divided by one language!

Three actually. Can't forget our British friends either.

robduckyworth · Mar 21, 2011

Chris H. said:
Sorry, there will be no Android in my future households.

who knows, maybe Android will become great in the future?

the8thark · Mar 21, 2011

robduckyworth said:
who knows, maybe Android will become great in the future?

**** freezing over much?

Doug b · Mar 21, 2011

I know this is "expected" of me, but it has to be said:

Sometimes you guys make me want to slap myself SO hard just to make sure I'm not just having a bad dream. Comments such as :

Oh to be Steve Jobs (or anybody working at ) and see that a product you worked on end up in the hands of toddlers…simply because it works.

Sorry, there will be no Android in my future households.

while I agree that it's awesome to see parents so involved with their children to the point of teaching them how to use an iPad, what exactly makes you think that such a thing isn't possible to do with an Android tablet ? I mean come on ! It's the same concept. Icons, swiping etc etc... If you think that your kid can't learn to use an Android tablet, then perhaps the child has a serious learning disability. And I'm not being sarcastic. At that age (2-4) a child's synapses are still growing and firing more than they ever will again it their life. That is the age when a person's brain develops the most.

To me, this is nothing more than really good marketing. (and yes, I realize this isn't an ad which was produced by Apple) Something Apple is better at than any of its competitors out there. Not to take away from how truly good any of their products are, but it only serves to increase their sales. This is something that Google STINKS at, and will likely be the main reason as to why you'll never see such mainstream acceptance within the ranks of Droid owners. I'm not saying this is a good thing.. quite the opposite. But it has nothing to do with the fact that you can put an Android tablet in a kids hands and have them learn to use it just the same as you would an iPad. And if you think that's false, you're not such a great teacher.

Doug

Chris H. · Mar 21, 2011

Pardon me for a comment that so lewdly pokes at Android. I have used an Android tablet before. The experience is different from that of an iPad, but when you boil down all the fat, the differences aren't so much the hardware, but the software (and the applications available). I still stand firm by my statement about Android.

baggss · Mar 22, 2011

Z mannn R2 said:
lol, I guess if you're over 40 or not an American but if you are you should know that phrase, come on now

I'm over 40 and I know what it means...

the8thark · Mar 22, 2011

Doug b said:
But it has nothing to do with the fact that you can put an Android tablet in a kids hands and have them learn to use it just the same as you would an iPad. And if you think that's false, you're not such a great teacher.

I agree 100%. Yes the children will eventually learn how to use android devices. Will take a little longer cause the UI is not as friendly as iOS. But when something happens out of the ordinary on the android device or it's laggy, the kid won't understand "hey it's an android device, reboot it or whatever and it'll be good again". They only understand it work's and it don't work.

And I can't say any anything about an android device cause I used iOS first. But I first used an iOS device, the first ipad instore. And I knew how to use it. I read no instructions. I'd never used iOS before. I'd never used anything touch screen before. And I just knew what to do. And I thought that was pretty amazing. It was like already knew how to use it even though I never used it before.

Is Android like this? Yes but it's very unforgiving should anything bad happen. A lot more finickey.

Shikarnov · Mar 22, 2011

the8thark said:
Is Android like this? Yes but it's very unforgiving should anything bad happen. A lot more finickey.

It may be politically correct to say that the two are comparable (after all, we don't want to hurt anybody's feelings), but the sad fact is that it's just not true. When I unboxed my iPhone, I had an experience a kin to yours; I understood how to use it immediately.

When I unboxed my wife's EVO, I found every step I took in the Android ecosystem to require thought. Granted, it wasn't much thought, but it was clearly a more disjointed, less intuitive, experience. But that's what I would expect from an OS that uses the standards and copies the conventions which Apple established -- but need to break them in order to be different enough to avoid an outright lawsuit. It reminds me of Microsoft.