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Oceanhouse Media lowered the price of its six Dr. Seuss storybooks to $0.99 this week to celebrate what would have been the author and illustrator’s 106th birthday. I have to say “Bravo!” These are the best storybooks I have found on the iPhone! Much longer, with more pages and touchable pictures too. While not an authority on the subject, I’ve read more children’s storybooks on the iPhone than most people. I found Little Red Riding Hood and The Boy Who Cried Wolf to be enjoyable for both my kids and daddy. However, after having read both The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Suess ABC, Oceanhouse Media blows these others away. Continue Reading…

ManualiPc just released another fairy tale storybook for the iPhone. They were nice enough to give me a promo code so I eagerly checked it out. Little Red Riding Hood, $0.99, is very similar to The Boy Who Cried Wolf which I reviewed a few weeks ago. The illustrations which according to the app store were made by a “contemporary cartoonist” are nice and caught the eye of both my 3 and 5 year olds. On the downside, I wouldn’t mind a few more pictures as there are only six. Nonetheless, overall this is one of the better storybooks I’ve found for the iPhone as it has an interactive drag feature for the illustrations that I haven’t seen in other apps. Continue Reading…

OK, all you parents out there. Ever feel guilty that all your kids do is watch TV on your iPhone or iPod? Yeah, me too. That’s why I encourage them to play matching games or animal sound games like Animal Farm. But when that runs out where do you turn. Well, for I’d say 2 to 5 year olds storybooks are another great option and Stepwork’s The Boy Who Cried Wolf, $0.99, is very impressive. Continue Reading…

My guess is most you, even the ones with kids, don’t know about the iPhones Restrictions settings. Believe it or not, they are there. I mean who doesn’t share their iPhone with their children – like when they are driving you nuts in the backseat of the car who doesn’t pass the iPhone back to shut them up. Well I guess you might not want them to turn on Bruno or some other movie you might have on the device. This is where this setting could come in handy but there is a better solution!! Continue Reading…

When I first jailbroke my iPhone well over a year ago every must have Cydia app list included WinterBoard. Until recently, however, I’ve never really used it. As most of you know, WinterBoard enables you to customize the look of your jailbroken iPhone in many ways. In this post I will show you the five themes I’ve had on my iPhone most recently and ask the key question – To Poof or Not to Poof? At this point there are thousands of themes you can download for your iPhone. Some are very basic and essentially just change the background or wallpaper of your iPhone or iPod. Others do this, plus add customized icons and sliders to give your theme an even more artistic look. Continue Reading…

So, I added a few new movies – Air Force One for dhalla, Fan Boys for kodi-phipps, Vegas Vacation for hbronco960925 and a few very recent cam quality movies. On TV shows I’ve almost finished every episode of Weeds! I love this show. Check it out if you haven’t ever watched it. I put in Backyardigans so you’d have a second cartoon choice for kids other than Scooby Doo. As always, files are mp4 for your convenience. Contest should be up on Friday

New mp4 movies for your iPod, iPhone or iTouch were only 4 this week as a lot was added to TV Section and we did some jailbreakin videos too. I will categorize the TV show section soon – I promise. Just My Luck for queen101, Medea Goes to Jail (Tyler Perry) for metalgearx (Thelma you like this one?), Next Day Air for 62GAY3BK (what kind of a username is that?) and White Chicks for tt1903. Let me know if you like them. New TV Shows were Deadliest Warrior for owenbas (like the show names on this one), 10 Things I Hate About You for queen101 (give Dexter or Weeds a try?), Warehouse 13 for AbhiSingh and lots of Scooby Doo Where Are You for cw75158. Thanks for making the point about lack of kid friendly TV. I swear I’ve seen all 25 episodes and most many, many times. A Tiki Scare is No Fair is classic! I will get to building out the Kids section more at some point. Please comment on any of our videos from the previous week. Contest coming within a week

Don’t forget we also have all the good HBO and Showtime up in good quality for those wanting to see keep up with True Blood, Weeds, Entourage and Hung (final episode is this Sunday I believe). Almost all files are mp4 for your convenience.

If you haven’t seen, iphoneido was the winner of our first contest and the Starbuck’s card and $10 cash went out in this afternoon’s mail. I just uploaded a Kids App Review where I cover 7 apps including Fastlane StreetRacer. You can check it out here. Lastly, I will be adding more movies early next week when I get back from Chicago!!! It’s not to late to put in a request while I’m still hunting and rippin! Please post requests, comments or suggestions in the Forum.

I disagree with alot of parents on the iphone. It’s not a toy for kids is what they say. Humbug, this isn’t TV although I think that may be what attracts them to it. Yes, all they want to do is play games, watch youtube or movies. However, they are learning how to navigate the phone and text messaging and email will interest them more when they are teenagers. Ever been stuck in a doctor’s office, the car, airport or anywhere with an unhappy 2 year old? Give him your iphone and your troubles go away. I love this video! What’s amazing is at the bottom of all these heads is the hand of youngest one! He’s only 2 yet can navigate to youtube, movies and games. Of course he gets stuck some, but he loves it!