And I Thought My Kid Was an iPhonatic–See This Video and Be Scared, Be Very Scared
by Kara Swisher
Posted on April 9, 2009 at 4:13 PM PT
Earlier this week, BoomTown chronicled my parenting conundrum concerning the fact that my almost-seven-year-old son hijacks my iPhone at every opportunity to play games and more.
Titled “My iKid iJacked My iPhone: A Geek Parenting Tragedy,” it describes the Apple (AAPL) smartphone’s strange hold over him:
“But now he wants to grab my iPhone from my holster all the time, having become entranced by apps–lots and lots and lots of apps–that now litter the digital pages of my Apple device.
DizzyBeeFree and Super Monkey Ball. Touch Hockey and Paper Football. Finger Sprint and MoodPhone. Bounce On and Crazy Penguin Catapult. Lie Detector and Crazy Snowboard. Tic Tac Toe and Hangman. And iChess, iCheckers, iBowl.
Of course, there are also the bubble poppers and light sabers and more cowbells.
And, good lord, how did a “Race to Witch Mountain” app get on there?”
It’s been freaking me out, frankly, until I saw this compelling video, sent to me by an Internet entrepreneur whom I know (and who shall remain nameless), about his even younger son’s iPhone obsession.
Or as this apps-crazy toddler puts it rather strongly: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiPhoooooooooone!
Here’s the do-NOT-miss video (and below it, for comparison, my little Apple acolyte):
Is your kid an iPhonatic? Send me proof!
Comments
Another sign that the apocalypse is nigh….
Posted by Scott Moore at April 10th, 2009 at 9:07 amHow long before Apple buys this video? Perfect commercial stuff.
Posted by Terry Heaton at April 11th, 2009 at 9:45 amI think they are probably already in negotiations with the parent who filmed this. It would be an amazing ad on TV.
Posted by David Lopez at April 11th, 2009 at 10:39 pmMy friends with older kids (8-ish) have this problem, and seem to have settled on having the kids save for iPod touches, which is expensive compared with a DS, but then again DS games cost a LOT compared with typical iPhone games.
As for me, with younger kids (4 and 6), they’re pretty happy with short stints of TowerSmash (http://brattonbrothers.com) now and again, but I think we’ll need an iPod touch in a year or so…
Posted by Erich Bratton at April 12th, 2009 at 6:49 pm