Archive for October, 2009

Costume Contest – Winner gets an iPhone 3GS

A big thank you to Monaica in Kansas for letting me know about this contest: http://www.growyourbusinessnetwork.com/will-you-be-tricking-or-tweeting-this-halloween Follow the link to learn how you can enter to win a new iPhone through a Facebook costume contest. You might just see my photo out there if I get brave enough!

 

Rejoinder

Rejoinder is wild! I would not recommend giving it to your child unless you completely trust their grip on your iPhone. This is another game that makes a case for an iPhone wrist strap. Duct tape and a rubber band might work too. The object of the game is to follow the commands on your [...]

 

Little Cook

Confession time. I’m not one of those moms who loves to have their kids in the kitchen with them. My kitchen is small and my view of cooking is one of survival. I do it so the family survives not because I really enjoy it. I want to be one of those fun moms with [...]

 

Evernote

A disclaimer up front – Evernote is such a deeply layered service that there’s no way I can touch on everything it does in my review. I’m still discovering all of its potential. It claims to “Turn the iPhone and iPod Touch into an extension of your brain.” If ever there was someone who needed [...]

 
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My First Words: Animals

My First Words:animals is a spelling/reading app aimed towards preschoolers. A darling picture of an animal is displayed and underneath the picture are spaces for the letters that spell the animal’s name. Underneath that are the letters needed. Your job is to drag the letters into the boxes where they belong. When you touch a [...]

 

Time Smart

Time Smart is designed to help your toddler keep track of time. You use it to help them move from one activity to another. It features two clocks. One shows the current time and the other shows the time your activity will start or end. For example, let’s say that your child is playing but [...]

 

How Can Apple Make the iPhone/iPod Touch More Mom Friendly…

There’s been some press lately about how many moms are using iPhones. It makes me laugh when the commentary after the articles sounds so surprised. Did they think we were all still hauling around shoebox sized cell phones? Probably think we’ve got rotary dialers at home too. Well they’re wrong and moms are definitely an [...]

 

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iTrackbaby

I believe iTrackbaby was designed for parents like me. Those of us who have a baby but not enough time (or mental capacity) to record every little thing in a baby book. I kept great records with my first two children, lucky girls.  So now there’s an app that will hopefully help me redeem myself [...]

 

Lula’s Brew

Here’s a storybook app that’s just in time for Halloween. The illustrations in this app are gorgeous and it has the feel of a real picture book. Lula’s Brew tells the story of a little witch who doesn’t exactly behave like a witch should. This puzzles her aunts and doesn’t make them very happy. Lula [...]

 

Catan – The First Island

The classic board game Settlers of Catan just came to the iPhone! We’re big fans of the game so I was curious to see how it translated into an app. After playing it through I can tell you that if you’ve played Catan before you’ll have no trouble. If you’ve never played then it might [...]

 
 
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iOS 5.01 Released: Includes Fix For iOS 5.0 Battery Life Issue

iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]

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I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.