Hint: There are plenty of art and music apps available on the App store... The Piano in "Baby Apps" is one of her favorites right now.
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iPod touch Never thought I'd buy a Touch for my 1-year-old, but...
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Hint: There are plenty of art and music apps available on the App store... The Piano in "Baby Apps" is one of her favorites right now.
Wow, just wow.i don't know why but this really pi$$es me off.
we have people dying in haiti, homeless kids here in the USA, babies dying in Africa, and you decide to buy that for your 1 year old.
It's the OP's kid and money ... sure people will disagree but in the end he has and will do what he wishes. Why there is a thread about it is beyond me, but then again I'm just envious because I want to start a thread about how I laid on the couch and did nothing until 9 am this morning and I never thought I would.
She's already figured out how to rotate photos and scroll through them... at age 12 months. I was pretty impressed, but I might be a little biased.
Just trying to bring up the fact that there are a ton of apps for babies/toddlers/kids and I had never thought of the Touch as a device with an educational use.
Sorry if that's not exciting enough for you.
An iPod touch is no where near anywhere appropriate for a 1 year old. It is a waste of money. If you want her to have something to interact with, go get a leapster or something to that effect, not an iPod touch. She can flick through photos- oh wow- a monkey can do that if trained. All that requires is moving your finger across the screen- nothing special there. Your 1 year old however does not have anywhere near the motor coordination to use what it is intended for, nor can she read, nor does she have the mental understanding of what the device is and how to function it. Obviously you want something to provide entertainment and education for her- get something designed for her age, not an iPod Touch.
Wow, thanks for comparing my child to a trained monkey. But yes, my trained monkey can flip to a photo, rotate the device 90 degrees a couple times, then flip to the next pic.
The sheer inappropriateness of it all explains why there are so many apps available for toddlers.
Please feel free to post your complete computer/ipod/phone configuration so I can determine whether you've wasted your money or are using your devices for "what they're intended for."
That's all I can come up with right now without getting insulting. Seriously, who the F do you think you are?
These posts have completely no link to the OP's questions.
Neither does this. Sometimes, in a conversation, there can be side topics. Welcome to humanity.
Especially true since I asked no questions in my OP...
I'm glad I've been set straight though--I'm a dangerous, frivolous, materialistic parent for buying such a thing. I should've bought a bunch of different piles of plastic for her to outgrow so she could move on to another device.
How ridiculous to purchase 1 device with a slew of age-appropriate apps for her, that can also play music and video or play games when she's old enough to use those features. Oh, the humanity.
For the people who are dumping on the idea, do you actually have a young child who has played around with a Touch?
Granted I have older kids (4 and 8), but they love my iPod Touch. The interface is so well-designed it is intuitive for even little kids. There are also a lot of great apps for kids of all ages, both educational and entertainment. I don't remember when they started fooling around with my iPods, but its been at least a couple of years (so not that far off from the OP.) This is also a viable alternative to say buying a DVD player for the car.
Leapsters are okay, but the commercials really oversell them- the screen is washed out and graphics are poor, so they get cast aside for a DS Lite (or a iPod Touch.) And yes, a 2 year old notices the difference.
Finally, the Apple Touch OS is only going to get more pervasive in the years ahead. I think there is some educational benefit for a child simply to get familiar with a graphical computer interface, especially a popular one like Apple's.
And what is with the Haiti reference? That has no place here. An iPod Touch is ultimately going to be a great educational and entertainment device for a child, what has that got to do with Haiti? You do know that people buy far more expensive toys for their kids don't you? And regardless, that has nothing to do with whether a person has donated time or effort to charity!
Granted I have older kids (4 and 8), but they love my iPod Touch. The interface is so well-designed it is intuitive for even little kids. There are also a lot of great apps for kids of all ages, both educational and entertainment. I don't remember when they started fooling around with my iPods, but its been at least a couple of years (so not that far off from the OP.) This is also a viable alternative to say buying a DVD player for the car.
Leapsters are okay, but the commercials really oversell them- the screen is washed out and graphics are poor, so they get cast aside for a DS Lite (or a iPod Touch.) And yes, a 2 year old notices the difference.
Finally, the Apple Touch OS is only going to get more pervasive in the years ahead. I think there is some educational benefit for a child simply to get familiar with a graphical computer interface, especially a popular one like Apple's.
And what is with the Haiti reference? That has no place here. An iPod Touch is ultimately going to be a great educational and entertainment device for a child, what has that got to do with Haiti? You do know that people buy far more expensive toys for their kids don't you? And regardless, that has nothing to do with whether a person has donated time or effort to charity!
I've also come to love the assumption that I'm getting this Touch so that she can use it instead of interacting with other human beings or me.
I'm proof of this crazy theory that a child can actually use an electronic device WITH their parents, and that they can actually do so without sacrificing human interaction. Wild, I know, but I think it just might work.
And if these devices are such horrible destroyers of human interaction, why do ANY of us own them?
I'm proof of this crazy theory that a child can actually use an electronic device WITH their parents, and that they can actually do so without sacrificing human interaction. Wild, I know, but I think it just might work.
And if these devices are such horrible destroyers of human interaction, why do ANY of us own them?
I think the real question to the OP is the same many ask of all the other threads JUST LIKE THIS ONE...
Why did you feel the need to tell anyone, especially on these boards, about giving a young child something that for all intents and purposes is NOT for a young child?
The iPhone for the toddler, the MBP for my 6yr old, MacPro for a sewing circle: its nothing new.
If you want to do it, go for it, but why come here and be surprised people are going calling you crazy, rich, yuppie or anything else that comes to mind when someone DOES do something that goes against the grain?
IMO, which is all this thread is about anyway, its silly. But its only so silly before its inanely stupid to come here and, basically, brag about it?!
Why did you feel the need to tell anyone, especially on these boards, about giving a young child something that for all intents and purposes is NOT for a young child?
The iPhone for the toddler, the MBP for my 6yr old, MacPro for a sewing circle: its nothing new.
If you want to do it, go for it, but why come here and be surprised people are going calling you crazy, rich, yuppie or anything else that comes to mind when someone DOES do something that goes against the grain?
IMO, which is all this thread is about anyway, its silly. But its only so silly before its inanely stupid to come here and, basically, brag about it?!
What part of his original post was 'bragging' in nature? This is what he said-
'We'll see how it goes...' It's an experiment, and something he didn't see other people doing. So he posted about it in a discussion board.
Other people think its frivolous or not appropriate, that's fine too. Again, it's a discussion board. But some of the responses seem really knee-jerk.
Haha... that's funny. I'm guessing, if you think that the cost of an iPod touch is a brag-worthy expense, you probably don't have a kid. It certainly wasn't my intent to brag about a not-very-major purchase.
The reason I felt compelled to mention it is because I also thought a month or so ago that an iPod touch is not for a small child. Then I saw her playing with our iphones, I looked at the kid-friendly apps in the App Store, and thought differently. The whole assertion was that maybe, just maybe, it's not as "not for kids" as one might think.
It's ridiculous to me that I could be accused of bragging as an owner of a device that this forum is intended for owners of. Oh well.
Did you ask a question to the forum? No. Seems you wanted to get other people's opinions, but you didnt frame it that way at all.
So how is it not "bragging" (choose your own adj if you must) to state something you have to have known would get the creative posting juices flowing on ALOT of posters here?
You mentioned doing something most people here would frown at, as noted by many of the subsequent comments.
And its par for the course that a parent has to point out the ol "You must not have kids" routine, like it has anything to do with anything you asked...oh wait you didnt ask anything.
Did you ask a question to the forum? No. Seems you wanted to get other people's opinions, but you didnt frame it that way at all.
So how is it not "bragging" (choose your own adj if you must) to state something you have to have known would get the creative posting juices flowing on ALOT of posters here?
You mentioned doing something most people here would frown at, as noted by many of the subsequent comments.
And its par for the course that a parent has to point out the ol "You must not have kids" routine, like it has anything to do with anything you asked...oh wait you didnt ask anything.
So rather than ask some kind of clarification, assume the worst. Nice work.
And no, an iPod touch in the scheme of the amount of money spent on a kid isn't all that much, so not brag-worthy. I was under the (mistaken) impression that buying an iPod touch and mentioning that purchase on an IPOD TOUCH FORUM wouldn't be construed as bragging. What an assumption.
Reminds me of the "who the hell would play GAMES on a phone??!!" crowd from a few years ago.
Posting an opinion that stimulates discussion is "bragging?"
You know, there are a lot of dictionary apps available for your iPod touch too.
I dont see what you dont understand. You posted what you were doing, and are complaining people arent going along with what you are doing.
Do you care if someone thinks its silly? No, you dont.
So why are you still on this "im not bragging" thing, when obviously you are...otherwise you wouldnt mention a rhetorical statement and defend it as you are.
Add "rhetorical" to "bragging" on the list of words whose definitions you need to review.
You clearly want your assumptions to be true so badly that you're completely ignoring the fact that you're sounding like a complete idiot. Have fun with that.
Nice personal attack...
You, sir, are what I said...the fact you are refreshing this topic over and over so you can be the direct next reply...Im outta here...not enough oxygen left...the yuppies took it all.
i don't know why but this really pi$$es me off.
we have people dying in haiti, homeless kids here in the USA, babies dying in Africa, and you decide to buy that for your 1 year old.
By all means, we should help the folks in Haiti, and Africa, and those homeless kids you refer-to. Help the folks in Haiti build a country that isn't as rat's-ass dysfunctional and corrupt as that hellhole has been since time immemorial. Help them with charity in the short term, sure, then by encouraging industriousness in the long term ...by being their customers. Because in the long run, once they're past their horrific current crisis, Haiti (and Africa, and homeless folks) needs jobs, not handouts.
Meanwhile, OP wants his child to have an educational and stimulating experience. Nothing wrong with that whatsoever. He can get an iPod Touch on Ebay for the cost of maybe three or four family outings to the movies. Go for it, is my advice and encouragement to the OP.
Meanwhile, let's figure out what's keeping Apple (for example) from building iPod Touches in Haiti. Instead of posturing for some sort of Most Sympathetic Politician award, our leaders should analyze that, then fix things so it can happen. Nothing else can help Haiti in the long run. Certainly not OP eschewing an iPod Touch purchase.
Nice personal attack...
You, sir, are what I said...the fact you are refreshing this topic over and over so you can be the direct next reply...Im outta here...not enough oxygen left...the yuppies took it all.
Bye bye now. Don't want me to respond? Don't post.
I think we're done here. There is little attempt going on in this thread at discussion, either by the OP or by most anyone else, and there really never was.
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