For the past year I’ve been part of an Apple affiliate program. After each app review I’ve posted a button that takes you directly to the app in the App Store. If you purchased the app while there I’d receive 10% of the cost of your purchase. Not a tremendous amount of money but every [...]
I went on a mini vacation with my little family this weekend so I didn’t get a chance to send out my thoughts about my new iPhone. I know I’m a little late to the party but I wanted to throw a few things out there. We were able to pre-order our iPhone 4 and [...]
I’m always relieved when we reach the age when my children can remember their home phone number. I feel better knowing that they could reach me without the help of an adult. However…here’s some advice from me to you. You’ll mess with a good thing if you decide to give up your land line after [...]
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Preschool Storybook Piano is an adorable app that’s perfectly suited for the preschool crowd. The app combines the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with a piano that can be played. There are four different modes to explore in the app. In “Learn the Song” you can learn the notes to play [...]
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons is a TOON book from iStoryTime. The book was done in the style of a comic strip and features four mini stories about a girl named Lilly. Each story takes place in a different season and they follow Lilly as she explores the different things to do in Spring, [...]
The Road Trip Bingo app is a modern version of the classic travel game that I know as Car Bingo. The app’s screen shows a bingo card with twenty five squares. Each square contains a different picture of something you’d see out your window as you’re traveling by car. To play the game you watch [...]
Sleeping with the Laundry is an app from syndicated columnist Margee Moore. Margee has created an e-book that features twenty chapters about being a mother and all the insanity that goes along with the job. I was hesitant to review this app because I hardly ever have time to read any more. But I’ve discovered [...]
LRNthelingo is a fantastic resource for parents of children who are texting or instant messaging their friends. This app explains common texting terms, emoticons and slang terms. As I was browsing through the app I was overwhelmed by all the terms I don’t know and I wondered how in the world they all evolved. LRNthelingo [...]
For the next 48 hours EA has dropped the prices on many of their iPhone games. You can see a list of what’s available for $1.00 in this Mashable article. I’m thinking about snagging Clue, Connect 4 and Battleship for my kids.
I was able to update my iPhone to the new OS 4 late Tuesday evening and I’m still playing around with the new features and seeing what they can do. Here’s what I have discovered so far about the OS 4. Folders – I think this might be my favorite new OS feature. You can [...]
My 9 year old daughter told me about an iOS 5 feature that I was totally unaware of until last week. Miss S. showed me how to set up individual text tones for my contacts.
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. [...]
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.