4 posts and columns on Super Monkey Ball

My iKid–Who Previously iJacked My iPhone–Also iJacked My iPad (Now, With Extra Help From His Little iBrother)

in News on April 12, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

A year ago, I blogged about my son, Louie, in a post titled: “My iKid iJacked My iPhone: A Geek Parenting Tragedy.” So I was curious to see if he would be as eager to grab the new Apple iPad I just got last week. The verdict: Yes, and–because of its larger size–he now uses the iPad in a much more social way with his younger brother, Alex.

My iKid iJacked My iPhone: A Geek Parenting Tragedy

in News on April 8, 2009 at 3:43 am PT

BoomTown is not proud of the problem. Not at all. But, after hearing the same situation described over and over again from many other parents like me, I am also not alone. As it turns out, our almost-seven-year-old son, Louie, has morphed into an iJacker. That would be of my iPhone and the many, many, many games apps to be played on it–from Crazy Penguin Catapult to Finger Sprint to Super Monkey Ball. And, good lord, how did a “Race to Witch Mountain” app get on there? So, I don’t need any stats to tell me that the iPhone, and the iPod touch too, have turned into gaming devices of great impact.
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Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G

in Personal Technology on July 8, 2008 at 6:10 pm PT

Smart-phone shoppers who have been waiting for a cheaper iPhone that runs on faster cell networks might want to take the plunge on the iconic device’s latest iteration, but service costs have risen and battery life has dropped.

Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008: iPhone 3G for $199, on Sale July 11

in Social on June 9, 2008 at 9:59 am PT

With Apple’s much lauded iPhone having captured about 19.2 percent of the smart-phone market, expectations were high in advance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s keynote at the company’s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco. And Jobs did not disappoint, unveiling the iPhone 3G, which will go on sale July 11 for $199.
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