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    Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...

    Big Shot: Build Your Own Digital Camera

    This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball Is One Twisted Toy

    Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock

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    Image of redman042 redman042
    11/18/09

    In reply to Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
    There are several great picture book apps available for the iPhone already. They don't go into a book like this, but they are great supplements (not substitutes) for physical books. My 15 month old daughter loves Kidztory books (Little Red Hen and Boy Who Cried Wolf) and Wheels on the Bus. Great animation, great music, and touch interaction. But like I said, these are not substitutes for real books, just nice supplements and something different to have fun with.
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    Image of SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
    Playing with windows, eh?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
    Cute illustrations. I'm sure Disney will be thrilled to see their IP used in such a thinly-disguised manner.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/18/09

    In reply to Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
    I wonder how the book recognizes the pages turning.

    Either way, super neat. #iphonephonebook
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    11/17/09

    In reply to Once Upon a Time, a Book and an iPhone Met...
    This seems like a bad idea to me on so many levels. This will make your toddler demand to play with your phone at every possible moment. This puts a rather pricy piece of equipment into the hands of a very small child. If your phone rings at the time you are reading a book together, there is no way you will be able to pry this out of the child’s hands.

    I really like the idea, but couldn’t they put it in a device that does NOT belong to Mommy? If they could put this in something cheaper but similar to an iPod, I would be so much more enthused about this concept. #iphonephonebook
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/18/09

    @Software_Goddess: ... an iPod touch? #iphonephonebook
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    Image of ffoofighter2001 ffoofighter2001
    11/18/09

    @Software_Goddess: you could just say 'no' to your kid if they want to play with your phone...it is YOUR phone after all. #iphonephonebook
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    11/18/09

    @Benguin:
    Too expensive for a toddler. Something with less memory would make it cheaper. Something made to be less versatile would make it cheaper. Something in the $50 - $75 range would be realistic. Still with the touch screen but made just for the books. #iphonephonebook
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    11/18/09

    @ffoofighter2001: Yah...
    ...Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight #iphonephonebook
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    Image of Intersection Intersection
    11/18/09

    @ffoofighter2001: you obviously don't have a kid! ;) #iphonephonebook
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    11/18/09

    @Software_Goddess: So a knock-off iPod Touch or iphone then? #iphonephonebook
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    11/18/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: more like a 'game boy' #iphonephonebook
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/12/09

    In reply to Big Shot: Build Your Own Digital Camera
    Those are M&M's.
    I prefer peanut M&M's to the regular kind.
    I prefer smarties to M&M's (but not the peanut kind).
    I have some smarties.
    No camera though. #bigshot
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Big Shot: Build Your Own Digital Camera
    Ohhhh, I so want one of these!!! #bigshot
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    Image of drsmith drsmith
    10/31/09

    In reply to This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball Is One Twisted Toy
    I don't understand what's so gross about this. A dog is a mammal and so are humans. For the most part, we eat similar foods. If it's clean enough for your dog, it's logically clean enough for humans as well. Ever heard of the 5 second rule?

    Yet another friggin germophope!!! The only difference is that now someone managed to give you the ability to post useless opinions on gizmodo. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    10/31/09

    @drsmith: It's because even humans being mammals just like dogs, there's a difference: We can communicate and express our own tastes regarding food.

    Grossness isn't only about germs and being clean enough. For instance, pee is mostly germ free and, at least for most of us, it's still gross to drink it.

    tl;dr - Gross isn't the same as "not being clean". #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of iconoclasttt iconoclasttt
    10/30/09

    In reply to This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball Is One Twisted Toy
    Safe to say you don't have a two-year-old, Rosa? My sister has to wear out my niece every night to get her to sleep--they even call it "running the puppy." This sounds like a perfect gadget for them. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @iconoclasttt: And suddenly I'm not sure I ever even want to have a two-year-old... #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/29/09

    In reply to This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball Is One Twisted Toy
    It only needs one mod to make it the Most Perfect Pet/Child Toy Ever:

    A speaker playing "Yakety Sax" loudly, on repeat. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    10/29/09

    @Gordonium: Great, now I am picturing Benny Hill chasing it, because his Viagra pills are in it... #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    10/29/09

    @met2art: Hahaha - Oh god, just imagine what would be happening in that scene when the timpani starts doin' its thing in the song. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    10/29/09

    In reply to This Autofetch Motion Pet Ball Is One Twisted Toy

    That would go great with this orange dog toy also... #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/29/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Ahh, yes, one for receiving and one for dispensing. Although, beware the individual who owns both of those, but no pets. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    10/29/09

    @met2art: MY EYES! THEY BURN! #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    10/29/09

    @met2art: Oh, ow. Mental image. Ow.

    Oh hey. You got your star back. What happened with being banned from LH and stuff? *lost his since to site-specificness*
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/29/09

    @Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach: Yeah, about a week ago I got it back. I guess my comments helped atone for the ass-hattery I inadvertently engaged in. Henceforth, I'm being extremely careful about posting outside of Giz. :) #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/30/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: That's a pet toy??? #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    10/30/09

    @SigmundTheSeaMonster: Yeah, it's like a Real Doll for dogs.. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Reil: Happy Friday. Here's a present. Use it well. #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach
    10/31/09

    @Rosa Golijan: I always knew your were my favourite. Thankye verily, I shall wield this power with discretion! #autofetchmotionpetballpettoy
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    Image of psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you! psychonaut2021:That's Mr Psychonaut to you!
    10/15/09

    In reply to Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock
    This is by far the most useless, lamest, stupidest thing I have ever seen in my whole entire life. I just ordered 4 of them.

    Seriously though, whats wrong with paper and crayons? Or what's wrong with giving the kid some power tools, a few blocks of wood and let him build his own, geeez. #digitsclock
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    10/15/09

    In reply to Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock
    I see stoners everywhere buying this and leaving it at 4:20 so they have an excuse to get baked all day. Same thing goes for alcoholics with the "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" mentality. #digitsclock
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    Image of G-Ram G-Ram
    10/16/09

    @G-Ram: Perhaps as a result of the loss of my star for a day, a few noobs thought they'd be funny a few hours later and post the same ideas I did. Thanks Giz. #digitsclock
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    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    10/15/09

    In reply to Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock
    Something about this bothers me on a deep level.

    It really doesn't take much to realize that this is a fundamentally retarded product. Teaching kids to read a digital clock? The best part is it comes with a warning- apparently all those small parts are a choking hazard to its intended audience.

    And where's the money going? It's a just a handful of simple injection molded plastic pieces... it's probably made in China and costs $0.75 to make. And they're selling it for $100. How much of that $100 is going into marketing this stupid piece of crap? I mean, nobody's going to buy this thing on its merits alone.

    So we have a stupid product with a high price tag, most of which will go into marketing. I mean, you'll basically be paying $100 to have someone convince you to pay $100 to have someone convince you to .... argh. It's the carbon cycle of stupid.

    Yeah, this is nothing new. But I feel like I'm looking at the epitome of stupid behavior here. Pure essence of wasteful stupidity immortalized in non-biodegradable plastic form. #digitsclock
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    Image of Marandmar Marandmar
    10/15/09

    In reply to Learn How To Tell Time and Waste Money With a Manual Digital Clock
    That's Chuck Norris' clock, he decides what time is it. #digitsclock
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    10/15/09

    @Marandmar: Indeed he does. #digitsclock
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