The iPhone Mom

I was asked to try out the iBend and the first time I saw it my thoughts were something along the lines of, yeah right…there’s no way this is going to hold up my iPhone, it’s just a thin piece of rounded plastic that bends.  I was wrong. It’s not much to look at but when you’ve got it bent and your iPhone set down in it, you’ve got yourself a great little stand.

I was curious about how the idea for the iBend came about so I asked one of the creators for the story. Brandon was on a flight and ended up sitting next to Mike. They both ended up watching movies on their iPhones. Only difference was that Mike had a stand made out of a business card. The stand fell apart after an hour but it spurred some discussion and the men eventually discovered that they lived near each other in San Francisco. There was more discussion and they decided to meet up again back home and begin collaborating. Between Brandon’s engineering background and Mike’s in graphics and design the iBend was born.

So why would someone need an iBend? I received mine to go along with the OccupyBaby app. The idea behind this is to set your iPhone in the iBend and let your child watch OccupyBaby without needing to handle your phone. This is a great use for it but since my kids are old enough to touch my phone I came up with another use for my house. My husband enjoys experimenting in the kitchen. Often times his cooking escapades involve research done from his phone and occasionally there’s a “how to” video that needs to be watched. I’m thinking that he can set up an iBend on the counter and watch the video while he works his culinary magic. Now my cooking is less experimental and more functional. I could use the iBend and set up my iPhone to watch a chick flick that distracts me from the mundane task of providing nutritious vittles. Who wouldnt want to watch Mr. Darcy while whipping up a casserole?

The iBends are reasonably priced at $4.99 a pack, each pack includes two stands. There are the original black and white models and the soon to be released artist series. I have both but my favorites are the bright artist version.

Brandon from iBend has been generous enough to donate several packs of iBends for my readers. If you’re interested in winning one leave a comment below. If you tell a friend about the iBend website then go ahead and leave an additional comment.

** Update – Just got word that I’ll have 5 packs of iBends to give away! Contest is going to end Friday night.

For more information on the iBend visit: www.myibend.com

So the new iPhone 3G S has been all over the internet this week. I think the speed of it along with the ability to shoot and edit video on your iPhone is pretty slick but this- cnet.com describes new iPhone fingerprint resistant coating just might be the one feature that convinces me to upgrade.  If you saw my screen and all the lovely little people fingerprints that cover it you’d understand why this feature sounds awesome.

My husband forwarded this link  to me earlier in the week. I’m not a big fan of my iPhone hanging off my computer by a cord so we might have to invest the $6.00 and try this dock out. Here’s the link to the review on cnet.com:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10246399-233.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0