Comments on: iPhone for Boomers & Seniors

By: creed_irfan

creed_irfan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:10:54 +0000

All are amazing, i am very confuse which one to select but i have 2 PCs and 1 laptop at my home so i will install 5 to each.Thanks for sharing nice list.

By: Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:40 +0000

Cool site, love the info.

By: Sandy Berger

Sandy Berger — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:49:12 +0000

Art,
You are right that you need to have the iPhone positioned correctly on your ear to hear it, but many, many cell phones are the same way. You are also right that the $30 a month data fee is a big chunk unless you really need to get email and such on your phone.

However, I disagree with you that the iPhone violates the KISS principal. They have done away with all the nested menus and the iPhone is much easier to use than many other cell phone.

By: Art

Art — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:34:40 +0000

I don’t think the Iphone is tailor made for Boomers. It violates the K.I.S.S. principal and can difficult to hear if you don’t put it in just the right spot on your ear. If you’re a gadget person, they’re wonderful to have to play with. I have seen repeated the notion that Boomers are reluctant to pay $30 per month data fees- I think most people would avoid it unless they see a real benefit to the service.

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By: Sandy Berger

Sandy Berger — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:40:18 +0000

Tom,
I am sorry that you have had a bad time with your iPhone. I am very happy with mine and have not had any problem with it. There is a lot of software in the iPhone and that is part of what makes it so much fun…the Apps and the ability to use it as an iPod. Again, I have installed many apps and use the iPod functionality regularly and everything works just fine.

I do not have an Apple store nearby. I bought my iPhone from the local AT&T. I have not had to take it back there, but I know of a few others who have gotten iPhone questions answered at this AT&T. Most of the people who work there are using iPhones, so they are pretty knowledgeable.

By: Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:05:16 +0000

Don’t be too sure about seniors loving the iphone. If they want a reliable phone – forget it. If they want to be able to hear easily – forget it. If they want to be frustrated by not being able to use a cursor to go back or forward or up or down – forget it, you’ll have to use a fat finger to get close.

Why none of these things? The iphone places fashion far far above function. Boomers want, at minimum, a phone that works – and the iphone is not that because too much of it is software.

Hence, when it crashes, (OPTION 1) unless you can jump through technical hoops (reboot itunes, upgrade and reboot, uninstall and reboot, remove and reinstall your USB drivers – the ones that every other device on your PC depends on! – and after each of these steps, MAYBE it will work again).
(OPTION 2) take it back to the apple store where you bought it, and if you bought it at a store 100 miles away – “YOU IDIOT”. What you didn’t make an “appointment”? “Do you have any idea how busy we are in here? Do you know how many people love our products? Do you know how many people are using their iPhones without the slightest problems?” (OPTION 3) RETURN IT – if you are lucky enough to do so within 10 days (technically 30 days, but after 10 days, it gets real hairy).

(OPTION 4) Buy two separate phones and pay for two lines! Buy one that will always work as a phone, and keep the iphone for fun stuff.

But we worked with software for 40 years. Get lost sucker. ‘Cause you are lost!

Tom

By: Sandy Berger

Sandy Berger — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:57 +0000

Hey Ed!

You pay for your cell phone service and then add $30 a month for the data plan for the iPhone. After that there are no “hidden” charges.

The only charge that you may encounter is for texting. The $30 a month plan does not include text messages. You have to add that to your monthly plan if you plan to do texting. If you don’t have a text plan, you can still use your iPhone to send and receive text messages, but you will pay AT&T a fee for each message. I don’t know exactly what that is, but it is closer to pennies per message rather than dollars.

I personally don’t use my phone for texting. i just tell my friends to call or email rather than to text.

By: rydman

rydman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:31:58 +0000

Are there any costs in addition to the monthly fee of $30 per month? Someone told me that there are additional monthly fees. Ed Rydman

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iPhone for Boomers & Seniors — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:59:53 +0000

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