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#8
Originally Posted by slip View Post
(And finally, how can you convince your partners that the IT is actually useful, and not just a toy? )
Aim: convince spouse N800 is useful

Step 1) In restaurant, start "Numpty physics" & give it to restless child...

Step 2) At function where children present & spouse is trying to talk to other parents while kids climb up and down on top of her, start Mplayer (note mplayer doesn't do things when screen touched == advantage over otherwise excellent Canol2) select tablet-encode ed "My neighbour Totoro" and place where it can be seen by 1/2doz or more kids...

Step 3) In car, or in tent on rainy camping trip, start Mplayer select episode of Yo Gabba Gabba...

Result: Spouse says "Hey, you know, you should get another one of those so both kids can have one"... YMMV.

FWIW: My experience is that pictures of kids & videos taken with N800 are not good enough to show to grandparents.