Posted on 04/06/2010 11:02:48 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
Besides using the iPad in bed and on the couch, you know the reason you bought this thing was for toilet entertainment. Verdict: It's decent but distracting — and sometimes dangerous.
Setup Here's half the problem. In order to get your pants down for a No. 2 session (or zipper down for No. 1, if you're a dude), you have to use both hands. That means you need to place the iPad down somewhere. Not every bathroom is constructed with enough flat surface space to safely hold an iPad while you de-pants. The back of the toilet is fine, if slightly dirty, and the toilet lid is another option if you want to remove your clothing first, pick up your iPad, and then reposition yourself.
The top priority is to not break your iPad, though not getting it dirty comes in a close second. Like luggage in an airport, any time the iPad leaves your hands means it's time to worry. Overall, not so good.
[SNIP]
Apple's iPad becomes big fat ‘intimate’ joke BUT — and this is a big one — the iPad is way too distracting right now to realistically use while you're doing your business. Instead of concentrating on the task at hand, you're flicking through Twitter, reading books, responding to emails, browsing the web, shooting triangles in Geometry Wars, slashing zombies or directing planes onto runways. That leaves little time left to do what needs to be done.
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no live deuce cams please.
At least it’s too big to drop in the toilet.
I was thinking about getting one, and "toilet entertainment" doesn't even make the list of reasons to buy one.
What, the author can’t multitask?
TMI
Nor do I want to handle the magazine or newspaper or iPad some schmuck has handled whilst eliminating body waste.
It is a sad comment on people that studies have found ,and I can verify it from casual observation,many neglect to wash their hands before leaving the toilet facilities.
The ancient Chinese custom of shaking one's own hands in greeting looks pretty reasonable in retrospect.
Jason Chen, e-scatologist
The iPad probably needs an iGrip.
Remember the Thirty Second Rule when shaking hands.
Long story short I managed to drop a 4 gig Iron Key flash drive in a toilet one time. Just as the water was headed down. I heard a “clink” and a “bloop” looked down just in time to see it swirl away and disappear. At least it was 256 bit encrypted...
“The iPad probably needs an iGrip.”
Well I guess if you have the iPad you can get iPorn to go with your iGrip
The iPhone or Touch is for the bathroom, not the iPad! That’s for the couch!
One shouldn’t sit longer than 5 minutes anyway, or one is in danger of getting ‘roids. Bookworm on the iPhone is a good timer, but only a “timed” game...
My parents always told me that only Democrats read in the bathroom. Someone once quoted a newsman on the future or the industry, and he said: "As long as there are toilets, there will be newspapers." For myself, I prefer to get in and get out as fast as possible.
iPoo
>> As long as there are toilets, there will be newspapers
So THAT’S where they come from! I always suspected...
Potty humor aside, I love my new iPad.
I have noticed how many are unable to grasp it’s nature, however, and can only think about it as an “either-or” tool.
Someone should do research on the ages & temperaments of those who appreciate it vs. those who find fault.
My phone has internet and streams live TV (unlimited data). I will admit it often goes into my bathroom with me. There are some days bathroom time is the only “me time” I have. File under multi-tasking. :-)
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