tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post4744605580373322349..comments2024-02-05T05:15:04.759-08:00Comments on Wandering Scientist: Secret Agent Josephine and the Kindle FireCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-42737232945764871562011-12-19T21:41:54.262-08:002011-12-19T21:41:54.262-08:00FYI- I did pick a winner, as promised. Congrats to...FYI- I did pick a winner, as promised. Congrats to Yara!<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, everyone.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-4465238365657311902011-12-14T10:56:27.469-08:002011-12-14T10:56:27.469-08:00Oh, I'd love the S print... my son just loves ...Oh, I'd love the S print... my son just loves snakes :) Thanks for the info on the Kindle Fire... I've been wondering if it was worth looking into purchasing or not for the uses I have for it (which are very similar to yours!)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306600861275788670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-22319737521947305252011-12-13T22:36:26.178-08:002011-12-13T22:36:26.178-08:00@Yara- sorry, I forgot to answer earlier: the Kind...@Yara- sorry, I forgot to answer earlier: the Kindle Fire is an LCD screen, so you can read in the dark. Black and white kindles are eInk, so you can't read without light. But you can read in direct sunlight, which doesn't work so great with the LCD screens. <br /><br />For picture books, I'd get the Fire, hands down.<br /><br />For older kids, it is a harder call. I prefer reading on my black and white Kindle, although I can do it on the Fire. I couldn't stand reading on an iPad when I borrowed one and tried that out. It was the wrong size for me.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-17230221128611020212011-12-12T13:53:03.892-08:002011-12-12T13:53:03.892-08:00I love the S print! It's precious and remnicie...I love the S print! It's precious and remnicient of the Slytherin crest. Though I didn't think I'd let my child ever touch my iPhone, I quickly overcame that feeling when I upgraded from my 3G to the 4. Now, I call my old iPhone "his." But, he only gets it in the car or at restaurants. It's definitely effective at distracting him. And, it's great to download his favorite TV shows via iTunes. So much easier than keeping up with DVDs. I used to do this with my iPad for him also, but I sold the iPad and bought a Macbook Air instead. I wanted to type!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055654771998356229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-51815337774011079352011-12-12T13:27:44.417-08:002011-12-12T13:27:44.417-08:00SAJ is the best! Would love to have the letter S!SAJ is the best! Would love to have the letter S!KarenGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07361214136563122744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-86813039565729097732011-12-12T09:27:11.803-08:002011-12-12T09:27:11.803-08:00We have iPads and iPods and BW Kindles but no smar...We have iPads and iPods and BW Kindles but no smartphones. I'm too cheap to pay for the data plan.<br /><br />Our 5yo is an expert at iPad -- plays lots of games (Lego Harry Potter is a favorite of all 3 of us!) and has learning games (Teach Me Kindergarten and First Grade he really likes -- when he gets stuff right, he gets coins to "buy" stuff for a virtual aquarium and sticker book).<br /><br />The 1 1/2 year old just likes to push the home button.<br /><br />I prefer the Kindle to read on -- less bright and lighter weight.<br /><br />The iPads don't go to places like restaurants (the iPods do, though). They do go places like work with Daddy or Mommy -- places where he'll be waiting longer and that are not messy. :)<br /><br />We have family on opposite sides of the country so the iPad is a WORKHORSE for travel -- we load it up with movies and games and he's occupied for the entire trip, typically. LOVE.mary dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-84667539419693635272011-12-12T08:58:42.228-08:002011-12-12T08:58:42.228-08:00(I'd very much enjoy the S print)
I didn'...(I'd very much enjoy the S print) <br /><br />I didn't start out letting my kids use my expensive gadgets. It didn't take long for them to take over, though. Now my kids are IPhone & IPad experts. <br />They've never damaged them, they are very careful (they are 8, 6, and just turned 3) but when they take my IPad, it's annoying that it usually comes back to me with 5% or less battery power and I can't read. That's why I love it, so I can read in the dark. <br />(Can you do that with a Kindle, b/w or fire?)Yarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321467763657507937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-24021737991788128392011-12-11T18:06:44.627-08:002011-12-11T18:06:44.627-08:00Let's see.
We own nothing smart (well, maybe ...Let's see.<br /><br />We own nothing smart (well, maybe 1 of the 2 dogs). We both have conventional laptops that travel with us, and for international flights I have put some videos on mine (for DS) but otherwise I don't much do that. We did go through a phase of watching youtube stuff, mostly old Disney clips, but are out of that -- for now (DS does watch a fair-to-middlin' amount of TV so this isn't refusal/avoidance per se, just a medium thing. I wouldn't allow so much TV but DH does and I've decided not to fight that battle. Also DS actually isn't as devoted to watching it as DH would like/allow him to be, so ... . Frame this in the context of a kid Pumpkin's age who doesn't read yet but requires only 9-10 hours of sleep a night and is otherwise up-and-at-'em where 'em is us and you'll see where I might offer empathy not criticism). <br /><br />Right. DS has met Itech; his grandma has an Itouch brought out for emergency situations (the first one literal -- I was in an ER with a badly broken bone) and his much older sister an Iphone that she allows him to use more or less unhindered but though she does spend wonderful amounts of time with him and I am thrilled that they are close they are not together so much that this is "an issue" (also she usually does stuff like take him to libraries, parks, etc., so it's not that they get together in order to spend a day playing angry birds). We have found it handy in restaurants at times (when with her) but muddle along without (of course that's with just the one kid).<br /><br />We do own an old (circle-style) Ipod, which is handy for music, and I checked a Kindle out of the library over the summer. It was fine, but not so cool I had to have one; several places in the town where I live are free book swaps -- drop off and pick up -- and I usually grab and save fun/decent paperbacks for trips and then discard as I go (we cart kid books along, but I choose little ones, like the Mr. Men ones, for trips where size/weight matters). Otherwise I rely almost exclusively on library books, not out of a commitment to the form (over Ebooks) but for cost reasons (and access to great libraries, making this feasible).<br /><br />I recently borrowed an Ipad from work and couldn't stand the thing; I've pretty much decided I never want to own something that doesn't have a real keyboard, so I guess if I ever go close to that route it's Netbooks for me. I'd probably pay up to say $50 for something Ipad-like that I could mount on a cabinet door and use to store/access recipes, but otherwise ... eh.<br /><br />The prints are lovely but we're not really in the market so please don't include me in the drawing!Alexicographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06029216139568740202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-72812177034431297262011-12-11T07:47:26.483-08:002011-12-11T07:47:26.483-08:00I would love to have the S print since both my dau...I would love to have the S print since both my daughter's names start with S!!!!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10325860113598989027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-55383417201115929692011-12-11T02:12:49.311-08:002011-12-11T02:12:49.311-08:00I adore my iPad. So does my 4yr old. But I don'...I adore my iPad. So does my 4yr old. But I don'tt take it out of the house to amuse/distract him in waiting rooms etc - that is a job for my trusty iPhone.<br />I will definitely be checking out these books. <br />The pictures look great :)Torianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-92206126885430017522011-12-10T22:07:54.655-08:002011-12-10T22:07:54.655-08:00@hush- I know! I'm all grown up now, or someth...@hush- I know! I'm all grown up now, or something like that.<br /><br />On the Canada thing- I *think* there is no prohibition against Canadians in the giveaway. I'll check in with Calee and Brenda and find out.<br /><br />And actually- I don't mind picking up shipping to pretty much anywhere in the world, so if any of you non-USians are holding back because of that, chime in. I'll sort something out.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317847285050447789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-54235875692756621562011-12-10T21:11:38.182-08:002011-12-10T21:11:38.182-08:00I'd like the print... if Canadians can enter, ...I'd like the print... if Canadians can enter, of course.ioihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310285433823428951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-24406628016089747242011-12-10T19:22:09.650-08:002011-12-10T19:22:09.650-08:00The apps on the iPhone have also saved our sanity ...The apps on the iPhone have also saved our sanity while travelling and to be honest, changing nappies too. Wrestling with a poopy toddler gets old fast and if handing my phone over sometimes means the shit doesn't hit the wall, I can totally live with that. <br /><br />Moo has previously loved an app called Peekaboo Barn. It is beautifully simple - a picture of a barn bounces up and down, you hear a noise and tap the barn to make the doors open to see... a pig! or a sheep! or a mouse! <br /><br />At the moment though, what really holds her attention is looking at photos of people and videos of herself doing stuff. <br /><br />I use the iPhone to read on flights, because it is light enough to hold one handed and requires minimal movement to flick pages (thereby reducing the risk of waking a sleeping toddler). I like the electronic format, but find the small screen too annoying to read on regularly - so I have to admit, I have a Sony Reader waiting for me in my pile of Christmas presents. I tossed up between a Kindle and a Reader (Nooks aren't available in Australia) for ages - but ended up deciding I didn't want to be "locked in" to Amazons DRM format and I preferred the placement of the page turn buttons on the Sony. <br /><br />I don't have (or want) an iPad, but several members of my family do - I could have bought one earlier this year but decided to upgrade my laptop to a Macbook Air. Again, my family generally considers the iPad too expensive to let Moo play with - but her older cousins (ages 5+) are allowed and seem to have a lot of fun. <br /><br />One thing Moo has had fun with is a Microsoft Surface table. My sister works for a digital media company and I called in to see her once and while we were waiting in reception, one of the guys came out and played with M (at that point, age 9 months) who had a great time sitting on the table swiping and swatting at the images.Zenmoohttp://zenmastermoo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-2566810816077897182011-12-10T16:12:17.842-08:002011-12-10T16:12:17.842-08:00I absolutely love my (old school black=and-white) ...I absolutely love my (old school black=and-white) Kindle! I wasn't sure about getting one at first, but I really prefer it now.<br /><br />Both DH and I have iPhones, and let Evan play with them now and then. One of the best apps we've found is AlphaBaby (which you can also get for regular computers). <br /><br />We both would LOVE to get an iPad. Both my mom and brother have one, and a lot of people at work do too. From what I've seen, they're a great step between the iPhone and a laptop.<br /><br />That print is cute! I'm not sure I'd be eligible, since I'm in Canada, but please enter me if you can!Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695509619557410413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-45440757499190658112011-12-10T09:13:32.553-08:002011-12-10T09:13:32.553-08:00Thanks for the review. I've been debating whet...Thanks for the review. I've been debating whether to get a regular kindle or one of the tablets. And I'd love to win the print. It would be perfect for my daughter, Sophie's room. :)<br /><br />Carolyn LopezAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-627746446048549892011-12-10T09:04:06.511-08:002011-12-10T09:04:06.511-08:00Our three year old daughter spends more time on ou...Our three year old daughter spends more time on our tablet than we do... writing emails, playing solitaire, reading Brenda's books, drawing pictures.... it's a new world we're heading into!<br /><br />In our house, S is for SPRITZER! (My last name!)Carriehttp://www.thecreativesalad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-40328115905263110722011-12-10T08:56:59.883-08:002011-12-10T08:56:59.883-08:00Nice. We're thinking of getting an Android ta...Nice. We're thinking of getting an Android tablet, and hope that there are the same awesome educational kids' apps that the iPad has, esp. the Montessori-like ones I've seen. (Although it seems like activities on an electronic device are about as un-Montessori as you could get...)<br /><br />That print is ADORABLE. Enter me please, and congrats on the first giveaway!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212690454989568626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-18421159442402751652011-12-10T08:32:14.791-08:002011-12-10T08:32:14.791-08:00Your first giveaway! I'm pretty sure that'...Your first giveaway! I'm pretty sure that's a blogger rite of passage.<br /><br />DH and I both have droids, and the puzzle games on there have been nice distractions for our kids - as well as for friends' kids - especially at whiny, difficult times in public.hushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532820460835325762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29235839.post-8834366520991476252011-12-10T07:44:08.802-08:002011-12-10T07:44:08.802-08:00sciDAD = droid, me = iPhone, kid apps save our A$$...sciDAD = droid, me = iPhone, kid apps save our A$$ all the time, figured that out while travelling this summer. I have a bunch of educational apps, while sciDAD has angry birds, hello kitty etc. <br /><br />i am curious about a tablet. the kids love my mom's iPad but i've not played with it enough yet to determine if I'd use one. I hate reading for fun electronicallyfeMOMhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192104351023271207noreply@blogger.com