Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Boy racks up a £1,000 iPad bill


Another child has racked up a big bill on his parents' iPad.

Theo Rowland-Fry, eight, spent almost £1,000 downloading extra software to help him play a Simpsons game on the Apple tablet.

His parents, Nick and Lisa, only discovered their son's purchases when they noticed their bank balance was very low.A new app that enables you to design your own 3D iphone protective case for the iPhone has just hit the Apple App Store.

Mr Rowland-Fry, from Felton, near Bristol,With Apple’s ipad smart cover, iPad should be pretty well protected. There’s no telling how it will handle a drop, but for protection from every-day usage, iCircle + Smart Cover will certainly do the trick. said that he had been refunded the £980 but was concerned that it could happen to other people.The new iPhone needs enough iphone backup power to get through a busy day without requiring a recharge.

"Theo is only just eight and has no real concept of the monetary value attached," he told The Post. "As far as he was concerned he was just buying doughnuts.

"We know others caught out by the same thing.

"I appreciate children are their target audience but it is not right and there needs to be specific controls in place to stop this from happening."

It comes just weeks after five-year-old Danny Kitchen,Shopping cheap womens jordan shoes in our cheap jordan shoes for women shop. from Bristol, ran up a £1,The 8gb mp3 player comes in various sizes and colors. Therefore, every runner has a fitting size and a choice of the favorite color.700 bill playing the game Zombie on an iPad.

His parents, Greg and Sharon, were also refunded.

An Apple spokesman did not wish to comment but referred to information available on the company's website about parental controls.Sunglasses mp3 players

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