Conversation heard yesterday between two men in their 50s. This took place in the office store Staples, in front of a couple of Android tablets (Samsung Galaxy and a cheap Archos one if I remember correctly).
Man1 “What are they?”
Man2 “They are like the iPad I think.”
Man1 “Oh yeah, that thing.”
Man2 “Yeah.”
Man1 “But what is it really?”
Man2 “Like a laptop without a keyboard.”
Man1 “How do you type emails without a keyboard?”
Man2 “I’m not sure…”
At this point, I thought I’d help them out.
Me “Yes, you are right, these are devices similar to the iPad. The screen is a touch screen so you can interact with it by touching the screen.”
Man1 “That’s nonsense, who would want that?”
Man2 “My niece has an iPad.”
Man1 “You’d think by now, they’d do something that can read your thoughts or something. A touch screen? What next? A laptop you can shake? That’s crap technology!”
