Devices

We have plenty of electronic devices connected to the internet.  We each have a computer, iPhone, Kindle, and iPad.

Karen uses a laptop and I normally use a dual-screen desktop PC—though, to be accurate, my computer is mounted under the desktop.

Our computers are our main interface with the online world.  When away from the computer, though, we can do just about everything we want to online with our phones—and the phones have apps that aren’t available on the computers. They also have pretty good cameras.  On our recent trip to Colorado, all of our photos were taken using the phones, even though I did have a digital SLR camera with us—I never took it out of its protective case.

The Kindles, of course, only have one function, reading—and that could be done using any of the other devices, but I prefer the Kindle Paperwhite. For reading, it’s kind of like Goldilocks and The 3 Bears—it’s just right.

Out iPads have been relegated to mainly serving as devices for streaming videos when we’re using the treadmill or traveling, though much of the time we download TV shows and movies for later viewing.

Then, of course, we have TVs that are connected for streaming.

And, since I can’t take my desktop with us when we travel, I have a small, older laptop.  I used it once on our trip to Colorado.

Oh, and we have a recent model iPod that we bought for playing music in the camper.

We embraced digital technology years ago, long before we entered the ranks of seniors.