Children and Tablets

Kids seem to have a real knack for technology, and they run to it like bees to honey.

Mummy and Daddy both carry a Blackberry 9700, and Nicole tells us that it is the most boring phone!

She says,  “The games are so difficult and everything is so small!”

Looks like it is not only the techies that like a BIG screen! 🙂

The iPad is going to be launched this week, and I can imagine Nicole going wild over it!  Nathan was already crying the other day when he had to be separated from a friend’s iPhone, and I can envision a similar response from him.

I think the iPad will serve as a great teaching tool for kids, as the flash cards and interactive games on it will serve to be a great teaching tool. My sister-in-law is one who uses technology wisely, as she makes use of her home projector to flash images like fireman, construction workers and even volcanos (depending on her lesson plan). Check out how she does it here!

So far, we have not bought a Wii nor an Xbox nor a PSP for the kids yet. We aim to delay their introduction to these toys as long as we can…as we are afraid of bringing up kids glued to their video games. I think the TV is bad enough already, so having ONE less appliance to deal with, can be considered a blessing 🙂

But if you considering to get an iPhone, I have listed the details of the prices below:

The WiFi-only iPad models will retail in Singapore for $728, $878 and $1,028 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively. iPads with WiFi and 3G connectivity will retail for $928, $1,078 and $1,228 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively.

3G iPad models will require special microSIM cards.

iPad Data Plan from M1 Singapore

Both prepaid and postpaid plans are available at M1 website.

StarHub already provides microSIMs with its MaxMobile Ultimate 7.2Mbps plan, which retails for $72.76 a month.

Enjoy!