Yeah that's a great point. There's nothing wrong with making a device
simpler, easier, and more accessible. In this case the name of the
product both limits their potential market and possibly /offends/ the
potential market. Rather than be so ham-fisted, they could have called
it the "Easy Tablet" or some such and produced ad copy that dog whistled
to the elderly if that's their intended market.
Maybe it's an engineering success and marketing failure. I didn't look
closely at the product, so I'm just speaking through my posterior.
-Adam
On 11/12/2018 10:46 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
LOL! The idea is something that a lot of people have been working on
for quite a while now. I think the only thing wrong is the name; the
blatant assumption that confines them to a particular age demographic.
bp
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On 11/12/2018 7:40 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Maybe I should buy the kids Grandpads for Christmas.
On 11/12/2018 10:26 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
I know one person who got & used a WebTV. He was about 25 at the time.
bp
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On 11/11/2018 6:14 PM, Colin Stanners wrote:
A long time ago, my relatives bought a WebTV box and internet
subscription for my grandma to try to get her online... Altogether
must've cost close to $1K. I'm not sure that it had ever ended up
being used or even turned on before we removed it.
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