PicPocket Books for the iphone

Now kids can enjoy their favorite books from your iPhone!  Forget the playstations, game consoles and DVDs, our mobile picture books will entertain and educate your child in the car, plane, train and more.

It’s almost a nightly ritual that after reading books, Madelyn gets my iPhone and read/watch two of Madelyn’s favorite PicPocket books; Eric And The Enchanted Leaf: The First Adventure by Deborah K. Frontiera and BlueBeary by Kathleen McMillan.

Madelyn with PicPocket Books app on my iPhone

PicPocket Books show both the words and the images from the book on your phone and readers can choose to read a PicPocket book to Madelyn or to have the narrator read it.   And coming soon, friends and family can read and record the story in their own voices!  Madelyn can touch the screen to turn the page or I can set the app to turn the pages automatically which I do when I’m hoping Madelyn will sit and watch the book by herself for a few minutes.  The story can be paused anytime as well.

Madelyn is showing interest in learning to read and PicPocket books are great for that because the words are highlighted as they are read.  The graphics are incredibly sharp and high quality, it’s just like reading a book but with a shiny screen.

PicPocket Books specializes in adapting and creating children’s books for the iPhone and iPod and that is noticeable in the quality of their apps.  They don’t develop other types of apps which I think would diminish the quality of their book apps.  Great job PicPocket Books!

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PicPocket books range in price from .99 to $3.99 per book.  You won’t be disappointed!

PicPocket books Eric and the Enchanted Leaf iphone book

PicPocket Books GIVEAWAY!

One lucky reader will win 4 PicPocket Book titles, for the iphone/ipod, of their choice from and 2 Kids Math Fun iphone/ipod apps!

How to enter to win:

• Mandatory – Fill out the form below.
• Optional for an extra entry – After you fill out the entry form, leave a comment telling us what your favorite PicPocket Book app is and why you want to win.
• Entires accepted through July 3rd

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I’ve been playing Grinchmas a lot the last few days. I play while I’m putting Madelyn down for her nap, while she’s in the bathtub, and at other random times during the day. Granted, those times are short lived but still.. I turn to the Grinchmas app for entertainment.

I can choose to be a Mean Grinch or a Merry Grinch. I usually chose the Mean Grinch just because there isn’t as much strategy involved being Mean. The Mean Grinch tosses snow balls to Who houses (Whoville) during the night. There is something really satisfying about being a Mean Grinch.
The Merry Grinch gives colorful gifts to matching colored Who houses by way of throwing them (strange, but true) at the houses. The more gifts you toss at matching colored Who houses, the larger Grinch’s heart grows and the better I feel about myself knowing I changed the Whoville in such a short period of time. OK, that’s a little dramatic but Grinchmas is really fun so I know you’ll feel like you’ve saved the world or in the case that you are a Mean Grinch, you will know that you safely let out your aggression for the day.

Features two gameplay modes:

• “Mean Grinch” – The Whos down in “Who-ville” are making too much Christmas NOISE, NOISE, NOISE! Splat each noisy Who house with snowballs to silence them. How long can you last before the noise overwhelms you?
• “Merry Grinch” – The Grinch has had a change of heart and must deliver matching colored presents to the Who houses. How many presents can you deliver, to grow the Grinch’s heart bigger, before time runs out?

About the app:

Grinchmas is a fun, casual game of skill and accuracy. Assume the role of The Grinch perched on Mt. Crumpit. Swipe the screen to throw either snowballs or presents down to Who-ville, depending on whether you feel “mean” or “merry.” Accuracy and speed determine your score.

Additional features:

• Beautiful 3D artwork inspired by Dr. Seuss, whimsical music and sound effects
• Top 10 best scores are saved for each game mode
• Suitable for all ages

Buy Grinchmas for $1.99 via iTunes here:

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I can’t stand it when gooey fingerprints get on my iPhone screen.  Considering the iPhone is a short term babysitter for many moms, we’ve come to expect the fingerprints.  However, I learned to expect otherwise after being introduced to iBend and OccubyBaby, two products that work together to provide moms with a few minutes of peace while eating, doing laundry, or whatever it is that we need to do.

The iBend is an ultra portable surprisingly stable stand for the iPhone and iPod touch.  The stand allows your child to play a game like OccupyBaby or watch a fun movie on your iPhone without having to hold the iPhone.  A mom’s dream!  The iBend will slide right into your wallet and at a price of just 2 for $4.99, you can affordably stock up on iBends.  Keep a few in your wallet and a few in your home.

OccupyBaby is an entertaining iPhone app for babies and toddlers.  The auto-play option is excellent for young babies and for when you are on the go.  You don’t have to fool with control buttons.  For older kids (3+) the OccupyBaby iPhone app is an educational experience with word exploration, sounds, and various language settings.  Madelyn loves OccupyBaby.
Here is a link to OccupyBaby in iTunes.

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A family information manager for parents, “Kids” is a must-have iPhone app for both parents and those of school-age children.  “Kids” allows parents to save and have quick access to extremely comprehensive and important information including:

• Doctor’s information
• Dentist information
• Teacher and coaches information
• Babysitter information
• List your kids allergies
• Clothing sizes
• Favorite stuff
• Current medications
• and more

When you set up your children’s information page in “Kids” you can add a photograph from your iPhone and each child’s main page can include 2 pieces of important.  It’s easy to make changes from any screen using the “Edit” button and getting back to the main screen from any screen is a cinch with the “Kids” button featured on the left side of every screen.

Some upcoming features include

• Push a contact’s phone number or email to contact them from the Kids iPhone app
• Share information via SMS or email

You can learn more about “Kids” iPhone app via iTunes here.

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Things
iPhone app & Mac desktop version

Things is a beautifully focused and amazingly intuitive task and list management tool.  
It's as though Things was developed just for moms.  Things is easy to use and it packed with features that parents (and others) will find very useful. 

You can even sync wirelessly with the desktop version (mac only) of Things using Wi-Fi. 

Things iPhone app features

• Create projects
  EX: Large homework assignments or science fair projects that require several steps to complete.
• The Today list
  This is where you will see a list of tasks whose start date is today as well as overdue items.
• Next list
  Single to-do's and action steps from active projects.
• Someday - I love this one!
  The Someday box is for ideas you might want to pursue in the future like plan a trip to the Bahamas.

Things desktop and iPhone app will have you anxious to get organized whereas before you didn't know where to start.

Download a free trial here.

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