Okay, so I overthought the iPad itself. I’m an apple junkie. But, an iPad? it’s just an expensive toy, right?
But, it was a gift. So…well…gifts make overthinking a little less over-the-top since it’s a gift and all.
And, now, I confess, if my cases reviews weren’t convincing enough, I’m diggin’ this thing.
And, when we’re not digging out dirt to get water to Swampy (which every single one of us feels compelled to do), we’re watching shows, singing karaoke, and duo-ing.
Yes, duo-ing. And, it’s so fun.
My favorite add-on gadget – the duo plink – this fancy little gadget that works quite simply. You put your token on the top to indicate your answer to whatever the question is in the app, hit reveal answer, and a flashing light under the thingy mabob signals the thing to turn dropping your token in the container if you are right or leaving it on top if you aren’t.
Simple and brilliant fun. $30 and 3 free fun apps (and one app you can get for $1.99). I bet they’ll be coming up with more apps to keep this gadget hot on the market too.
Our fave? Yoomi.
Two people play. You take turns choosing which of two things you prefer. And, the other person guesses which you chose.
And, for the record, I’d prefer being 10 feet tall over being 1 foot tall.
And, I’m flattered that Evan couldn’t decide if I’d rather change the color of my eyes or change the color of my hair. Apparently, he has no idea what I’m doing when I go out in the evening once every 6 weeks by myself.
But, he did guess correctly that I’d rather cuddle a porcupine than wrestle an octopus. So, he still won.
After which, I was promptly booted out so the big kids could move onto another fun iPad gadget from the same company – the duo pop. Think game show. Funny how holding a hand buzzer adds just enough more pressure to make a simple game of hidden pictures a lot more fun. Highlights has never gotten me so riled up.
Ahh…nothing like seeing the glowing light of technology on your children’s faces.
So clever. The little hand things are detected by that box you see on the table which then makes a sound that we can’t hear but the nifty iPad can (of course, it can) which works with the app then.
*Note* these work right out of the box…if you actually set them up right. It took us a while and two units to get rolling with the Duo Plink — once we changed the settings for autobrightness to be off and the maximum brightness on, we had no problems at all. That flashing light to get the Plinky deal to turn has to be bright. And, make sure you put the Duo Pop box thingy next to the iPad microphone, not your home button. If you put them near the home button, you will be super frustrated and think you got a dud. Once we learned (thanks to Discovery Bay Games’ handy dandy quality assurance man) how the thing worked with sound, I had my little aha moment and realized I was putting it on the wrong side of my iPad. (smile)
Hmmm…what iPad thing can I review for ya’ll next? I’m on a roll.
You guys have made way better use of your ipad than we made out of ours. :-) And the pictures of your little fan dancer are just adorable.
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