Comments on: Women are better with gadgets than men are… apparently http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/08/women-are-better-with-gadgets-than-men-are-apparently/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jen http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/08/women-are-better-with-gadgets-than-men-are-apparently/comment-page-1/#comment-344978 jen Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:42:28 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21498#comment-344978 As a woman I will say this is how I approach tech: I love innovation and am always looking for the next big thing, not what's already popular. I usually jump right into a device and fiddle with it until I learn it THEN I may go back and skim through the manual to see if there's anything I missed. But generally I don't need the manual, it's pretty easy to pick up a device and just get it. What I will admit I do however is a lot of research before I buy a product. I watch a lot of youtube video reviews, read a lot of tech blogs, and then finally try to see the device in person before I make a large investment. As a woman I will say this is how I approach tech: I love innovation and am always looking for the next big thing, not what’s already popular. I usually jump right into a device and fiddle with it until I learn it THEN I may go back and skim through the manual to see if there’s anything I missed. But generally I don’t need the manual, it’s pretty easy to pick up a device and just get it. What I will admit I do however is a lot of research before I buy a product. I watch a lot of youtube video reviews, read a lot of tech blogs, and then finally try to see the device in person before I make a large investment.

]]> By: Peter T. http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/08/women-are-better-with-gadgets-than-men-are-apparently/comment-page-1/#comment-227019 Peter T. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:54:26 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21498#comment-227019 It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to make technology easy to use. If I need to read a manual to work-out how to use technology, then the manufacturer has failed! I agree with having a manual for assistance for trickier and less used parts of functionality of a device; however, basic operation should be so straight-forward that no manual is required. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to make technology easy to use. If I need to read a manual to work-out how to use technology, then the manufacturer has failed! I agree with having a manual for assistance for trickier and less used parts of functionality of a device; however, basic operation should be so straight-forward that no manual is required.

]]> By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/11/08/women-are-better-with-gadgets-than-men-are-apparently/comment-page-1/#comment-227014 DavidB Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:46:34 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=21498#comment-227014 Must be a British thing. None of the women in my life bother with instructions and are quick to toss down a device in frustration if it doesn't "just work" for them intuitively out of the box, where the males in my circle go over almost ever word of a manual. From my BlackBerry Storm... Must be a British thing. None of the women in my life bother with instructions and are quick to toss down a device in frustration if it doesn’t “just work” for them intuitively out of the box, where the males in my circle go over almost ever word of a manual.

From my BlackBerry Storm…

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