Californiaman Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Just wondering what you would do. It was either a Camera or an I-Pod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 If no, why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I say no on the ipod...bad for the ears, as they lack self control at 10, and the ipod can be a money pit for all the tunes they want. The camera provides a useful, fun and better gift IMHO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I just don't get it... Voted no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Kids listen to music to loud, simple fact. I did and I have hearing loss now. Besides the camera would be more fun once they get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldiablo Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 iPod = Music = HELL YES! Music is the biggest thing in my life... Giving an Ipod is like giving a drug addict crack. I say open up your kids mind to the music and get the iPOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Lol...i dont listen to my music loud...acutal all my friend listen to their ipods on low volum..where the **** are u adults getting this info....get the kid an ipod...it will teach him music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion of conformity Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Yeah, I'm with Dem00n, I never listen my to my ipod loud, but some of my friends do. I'd get him the ipod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Ipod and the newer versions of itunes you can set a volume max so the loudness is up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I say go a little bigger and get him an ipod touch. Maybe just the 8gig model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm not saying no to the iPod, I just think a 10 year old would like a camera better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemoon Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I had the first Walkman when I was a kid and would crank it. My hearing is shot...but I think that has more to do with all the heavy metal concerts I went to in the late 70s/early 80s. Perhaps kids are smarter now. I didn't know any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'm not saying no to the iPod' date=' I just think a 10 year old would like a camera better.[/quote']No a 10 yr old girl would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Well his party is tomorrow and I know either choice will be a great gift for him. He's in fourth grad and very social so maybe the camera. Thing is though, he's always wanting to listen to my music. "Dad, can we listen to ZZ Top," or "Put in the Queen, Dad." The other day he had the neighbor girl in my room listening to Marvin Gay. Fourth graders. Won't be long till we have that talk. Caught the two of them in the garage alone this afternoon. Oh, boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrosion of conformity Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 No a 10 yr old girl would. haha +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Music's everywhere, get him the camera. If he gets interested in photography, you're helping promote a whole new world for him. Not that music isn't, but he's already tuned into that, by the sound of it. Besides, I see these kids walking down the street listening to their i-Pods, totally oblivious to the world around them. It's all kind of weird to me. I feel like we're promoting an anti-social generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Music's everywhere' date=' get him the camera. If he gets interested in photography, you're helping promote a whole new world for him. Not that music isn't, but he's already tuned into that, by the sound of it. Besides, I see these kids walking down the street listening to their i-Pods, totally oblivious to the world around them. It's all kind of weird to me. I feel like we're promoting an anti-social generation.[/quote'] I had a similar experience two weeks ago after picking up the boys from school. We were driving home, and I don't speed, especially when I know I'm in a residential area, and this Jr. High-aged boy wearing his I-Pod, walked right out in front of my car without even looking. Totally oblivious to the traffic around him. I see it all the time too in the high school. They're plugged into the I-Pod and texting. If they could get away with it in class they would. But that's precisely why so many of the teachers, especially substitutes, have discipline problems with the students. They think they get away with texting and listening to their I-Pods because their regular teacher isn't there or they think the teacher isn't going to catch them. In the end they lose them. The unit is taken away, turned into the office, and mom or dad has to take time out of their busy afternoon and get the thing back. I think we're going with the Camera. Regardless, he's going to have a great birthday. We're having at a Laser Tag place called Motionzzz. It's cool. There are three teams and you have to go around and capture the other team's bases, while avoiding getting shot with lasers from the other teams. In the end the numbers of kills are tallied and you get your score. It's fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 When he hits 13...hes gona ask for one you know that right? Hell i asked for one at 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 I'd say get him an iPod nano and a Holga. The nano's aren't a lot, and they're a flash drive, so when he drops it it won't break as easily. I just dropped my 80 gig classic, and had to get another one. :P The Holga cameras are a really fun way to get into photography. They're inexpensive (about $40), and easy to use. A lot of fine art photographers use Holga's and get some awesome stuff. Being as simple as it is, it's a really good way to start to learn photography. There aren't any controls on it (like aperture settings or shutter speeds) so that forces the user to concentrate on other things like composition. Sometimes when I teach a photography class, I'll have the students do projects with Holga's. They've made some cool images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 my 9 year old is getting the iPod touch from my parents for her birthday. she has a SonyEricson Walkman cell phone that has a nice amount of storage (with the memory stick) and is ALWAYS listening to it, so thats why they are getting her the touch. she already has a really nice digital camera & RARELY uses it. she just uses her phone to take pics, and its always of goofy stuff anyway. hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 does he have a cell phone? like i said in my other post, the Sony Ericson Walkman phone has TONS of storage for music with the little M2 stick installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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