I went the hand-me-down route -- iPad1 went to a cousin, who gave it to her
daughter when I handed-down a later iPad; now that she is headed to college
with a "convertible laptop", that trusty-#1 is going to another even
younger cousin (going into high school and as yet even *phone-less* though
she does have a recent iTouch) . I think ole-#1 will be going around the
various cousins or whatnot until it totally dies. :-)
I have a number of gadgets (some with a lot of "overlap" in what they can
do!) that I use in different ways at different times. Not what some would
choose for a hobby but it keeps me out of trouble.
I'm waiting to see what various fall announcements bring to see if they make
me need to scratch another gadget-itch or upgrade something I already have.
There's usually a way to find a good home for a still useful, if "outdated"
device, whether or not you want money for it.
:-) :-)
bj
-----Original Message-----
From: toolznglue toolznglue@sbcglobal.net [iPad]
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 11:28 AM
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com iPad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iPad] ios8
Unfortunately, not. the initial iPad is not upgradable to anything later
than 5.1….. Ditto for some of the older iPod Touch units. So, you'll have to
decide whether the apps you'd like to use are worth buying a new iPad for.
Some things to consider are how you'd use the existing iPad if you were to
purchase a new one.
1. Sell it off — I doubt that you'd get much for it since it's as old as it
is, even though it's still quite useful
2. Use it as an "appliance" — Perhaps you'd like to put all of your music on
it and use it with your home music system instead of your turntable, CD
player, Cassette Player, etc. I'd initially planned to use an iPad like this
until I decided on #3 below.
3. Give it to a family member — In my case, I gave my iPad-1 to my grand
daughter who has Down Syndrome; She was 2 at the time; You'd be amazed at
the number of apps that are available for special needs kids. Truly amazing
to watch her use that iPad. It would have been worth it to buy one just for
her if I hadn't wanted to get one with the Retina Screen.
4. Or, do you know anyone who's on kidney dialysis or undergoing chemo — if
so, it's a good way for them to pass the time by surfing the internet,
reading books or magazines (these can be scanned from paper mags you have)
or listening to music.
5. Make a dedicated music player out of it — purchase an amplifier box such
as the ones that iHome sold a few years back and you've got a really good
music player. Just make sure that the connector on the amplifier matches
yours since the iPad-1 uses the large connector and the current iPads use
the smaller one.
None of these require a machine with the latest version of iOS and will
stretch the iPad-1's usefulness.
Jerry Jankura
So many toys…. So little time ….
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