Jack still can't get enough of our iPhones. He's partial to my attractive wife's because she has loaded more games on it. There are some really cool ones. One is TappyTunes where you can play a number of familiar songs by tapping on the iPhone's screen. There's also a drawing program, a Majong game, and a ball puzzle game. The problem is that Jack keeps touching other icons on the home screen and calling up the iTunes store, texting random people in my attractive wife's contact list, and rearranging the icons on the iPhone's desktop.
Yesterday, after waking up from his nap, my wife gave him her iPhone to play with. When I went up to check on him he had the SMS text screen up and was composing an indecipherable text message to our city's police department (I'm only hoping they don't have the ability to receive text messages).
Jack hiding the iPhone under the blanket
He's also knows how to access YouTube on the iPhone. For some reason, he keeps pulling this video of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's "Achmed the Dead Terrorist" routine.
It's not at all appropriate for a three year old but he likes the expressive skeleton dummy Dunham uses. He laughs maniacally while watching it. After watching the first few minutes of the video, Jack went around saying, "I'm a terrorist!" Oh boy.
Last month, my attractive wife and I bought iPhones. Jack loves them and seems a natural at playing with the touch screen. He zeroed in on my attractive wife's iPhone because she has a hot pink case for it. I also loaded some games on it I thought she would like (Spider Solitaire, Brick Breaker). Jack likes them better but is not that good at actually playing them.
This afternoon after arriving back home from Day Care I made the mistake of showing Jack my iPhone which has the Star Wars Light Saber application on it. It's just a glorified ad for a video game, "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed", but does feature five Star Wars characters and their light sabers. Once activated, you can move the iPhone around and it will make appropriate sound effects. To Jack, who is a fan of the animated series, Star Wars: Clone Wars, this is pure gold. He wanted to play with it all night. I let him play until it was time for dinner and then again after his bath. I fear I won't be able to take out my iPhone if he's in sight. He can ask, "Light Swaber game on your iPhone?" It's cute up until the tantrum starts when I say he can't have my iPhone. Oh boy.
While away from the house on Saturday, I received the following email on my iPhone. At first I thought my wife's email account had been spoofed but a closer examination of the syntax revealed the true source of the message:
From: Attractive Wife (xxxxx@me.com) To: Rico (XXXXX@me.com> Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:20 AM Subject: n Mailed by: Me.com
n Nnm ndmdmxmdmeoeodlro&: Smzmz Snx x fhwgvxbsbvxbsnzvzvavsvv.
Jack loves the iPhone. When we brought them home, my attractive wife made the mistake of showing her pink case enclosed iPhone to Jack who wouldn't let go of it. He is fascinated by the touch screen and the fact we can make the animated screen credits for "Scooby Doo" appear on demand (via YouTube).
I am a Navy Reservist who was recalled for one year's service in Iraq between October, 2007 and October, 2008.
The opinions expressed in this blog are the author's and do not represent the views of Multinational Force Iraq, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Navy.
Jack hiding the iPhone under the blanket
