I just discovered this adorable looking app called Plic Ploc Wiz and will most definitely download it tonight when I get home. It allows your kids to arrange and play with shapes. We shall see if Ella (5/yo) approves!
(via bloesem kids)
Fantastic Flying Books
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore iPad App Trailer from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo.
I just downloaded William Joyce’s “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, an interactive narrative experience for the iPad. The app impressively blurs the line between picture books and animated film. I kept flipping pages in sheer amazement. If only I could look at it with the eyes of a kid. Magical!
(Via FormFiftyFive)
AntiMosquito Fumigator
I just got a good chuckle out of this iphone app called AntiMosquito Fumigator. The app claims to keep mosquitos away as long as you keep it running in the background. It emits a high-pitched sound that humans don’t hear but mosquitos do and not appreciate. I’ll gladly give it a try this coming weekend, but I admit, I am not too hopeful.
(thank you sorella)
Agenda iPhone App
Agenda is a stunningly minimal looking alternative to the built in iPhone calendar app. And it obviously is meant to look similar to an old style paper desk calendar. I’ll give it a try!
(via minimal mac)
Hey Tell
My dad just pointed me to an app called Hey Tell that turns your iPhone or Android into a Walkie-Talkie. Totally going to give this a try.
Pandagram
My studiomates Jason Hawkins and Larry Legend released a simple (and free) iPad app called Pandagram last week. It’s a bare-bones but elegant Instagram photo viewer for your iPad. Check it out. (This is the app with the cutest icon ever, designed by yet another studiomate, the lovely Meagan Fisher)
Talk-O-Meter
Talk-o-Meter monitors voice conversations to show who is dominating and who is wallflowering. More.
(via curiositycounts)
Red Pop
Now here’s another Kickstarter Project that made me look. Red Pop is a big red camera button that you add to your iPhone 4 – it turns your iPhone into a ‘proper’ camera and helps lessen the game of ‘find the fire button’ when you want to take pictures on your iPhone. Definitely a great idea! More info at red-pop.com
(While I like the product Idea, the video is quite tame compared to the Freaker I posted yesterday)
(thank you Kate)
EasySign Mobile
Did you ever have to sign a document but didn’t have a printer nearby? I did.
Overall, signing documents in this digital world is a cumbersome process. Print, sign, scan, email. EasySign is solving this problem. I am sold.
(via Fred Wilson, who is begging for an Android version in his post)
The Oona
This iPhone accessory called Oona made me look. (Watch the below video.)
Until June 3rd you can fund the Oona Kickstarter project for $25 and they will send you an Oona once production has begun. After the fund date an Oona can be purchased for $30. (I absolutely love the idea of putting the iphone on a rotating eggtimer to take panorama shots.)
More info at theoona.com.
The Oona: Whatever You Need It to Be from Brad Leong on Vimeo.
Alarm Dock
Jonas Damon’s Alarm Dock turns your iPhone into an old-school looking alarm clock. All you need is a flip clock app and you’re set. Made me smile.
(via BBlinks)
Everyday for iPhone
Everyday for iPhone reminds you to take a picture of yourself. Every day. Set reminders. Get into the habit. The more pictures you have, the better your Everyday app will be. Don’t believe me? Check out Noah Kalina’s Everyday Project?
Get Everyday from the App Store.
(via coudal)
Polaroid iPhone Decal
PhotoJojo is on fire! I don’t think I have ever ordered anything as fast as this Polaroid iPhone Decal. A total winner!
(via the always fabulous bblinks)
mappiness
I just found out about the Mappiness project over on Liz’s blog. In her article about Happiness she writes:
Mappiness, part of a research project at the London School of Economics, maps happiness across space. The researchers intend to better understand how people’s feelings are affected by features of their environment — from pollution to noise to green spaces — while they’re doing ordinary things. They hope to publish the research; meanwhile, users who download it can enter data that is charted for them hour by hour over time so that they can visually monitor their own happiness.
RSS5000
RSS5000 is a new RSS feed reader for iPad that made me look. I think this could be it, the first RSS reader I will stick with! Why? I don’t like not to see content in its original environment and RSS5000 seems to solve that problem. RSS5000 connects to your Google Reader account and allows you to swipe through your feeds as a stack of whole web pages. It feels sort of like flipping through your favorite websites on magic internet paper.
RSS5000 Demo from daniellestrle on Vimeo.
(via minimalmac)
Robot Headphone Splitter
Please pardon another robot-obsession-indulgence on my part: Robot Headphone Splitter. It is compatible with any standard device with a 3.5 mm headphone socket such as MP3 players, PDAs and computers. Eyes of the robot are the headphone sockets. Includes key chain attachment for on-the-go.
Slow Down App
The free Slow Down App by Lucky Frame let’s you listen to your favourite music while driving but will alert you if you drive too fast or too slow. The magic happens with GPS. The app uses GPS to work out your driving speed. (Apparently continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.) Watch the video below:
The Slow Down App from OVK on Vimeo.
Leather iPhone Pouch
Sleek and sophisticated leather iPhone covers by Swedish design firm PAP Designs. Inside pouch holds your phone, outside pouch holds business cards, cash, etc.
iPad Stylus
Own an iPad? Do yourself a favor and order on of these iPad Stylus. I just spent 1.5hours with it surfing/browsing/reading on my iPad. Such a pleasure to navigate. (If G didn’t have one already, I’d totally buy him one for the holidays!)
Glif for iPhone 4
The Glif is a simple iPhone 4 accessory with two primary functions: mounting your iPhone onto a tripod and propping up your iPhone at various angles. The Glif is made from recyclable rubberized plastic and is small enough to fit snugly in your pocket, purse, or backpack. It has a 1/4″-20 thread that fits any standard tripod or camera mount. The Glif is designed to work with a “naked” (caseless) iPhone 4, to ensure a snug fit. Designed and manufactured in America.
The Feed
Oliver Jeffers ‘Heart and the Bottle’ iPad Version
Being a huge Oliver Jeffers fan, I am delighted to see that “Heart and the Bottle” will be available as an iPad Picture Book App starting december. I am hoping that “How to catch as Star” and “The Incredible Book Eating Boy” will be next.
iBend XL (iPad)
I have written about the iBend for iPhone before. I love using mine. They now just came out with an iPad version. Yay!
The iBendXL was designed to support the iPad in both portrait and landscape modes; it fits nicely inside any standard iPad case and works great while traveling on a plane or train, for entertaining kids, cooking, and more.
I use a felt sleeve for my iPad and at times wished I had a portable iPad stand. Voila, here’s my answer. The iBendXL costs a mere $9.99.