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iPhone App To The Rescue!

December 9, 2008

Ever since Apple started the applications store, I’ve been hot and cold on some of the freebies and not-so-freebie apps you can add on.  There are a number I use, but some I ended up deleting because, well, they were kind of stupid.

And then Target had to go and develop a free app that gives you gift ideas for the holidays.  What you do is choose an age range and gender of the person you’re thinking of buying a gift (at Target, naturally). Once you’ve selected the right info for the person you have in mind,  you give your iPhone a shake and a gift suggestion pops up. Because I love Target (and so does my sister), I had to give this app a whirl.  What I did, however, is to go down my blogroll and see what the Target snow globe/crystal ball said to give you.  That’s right, if I had money (which I don’t), I would buy you — my bloggy friends — the gifts suggested by the Target iPhone app.  And because making videos is fun, I put together a little video of me searching for your gifts (Julie makes a brief appearance, too).  Enjoy!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDh-ESIGVis[/youtube]

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  1. Jules

    December 10, 2008 at 4:17 am

    See ML? You totally shouldn't have given up blogging. 😉

  2. Ted_A

    December 10, 2008 at 4:18 am

    Yeah! Start up your blog again. 🙂 I'll even host it for you.

  3. Ted_A

    December 10, 2008 at 4:19 am

    There aren't that many gifts loaded on there, so the chances of that sweater coming up over and over again are pretty good.

  4. John Smulo

    December 10, 2008 at 6:59 am

    That was fun! Dot's coming home at lunch and watching this with me.

  5. Autumn's Mom

    December 10, 2008 at 7:47 am

    Thanks for the gift Teddy. LynnDenise was showing me this app this weekend. Really fun.

  6. Ted_A

    December 10, 2008 at 8:38 am

    Yeah? What's Target trying to tell me? 🙂

    That app is pretty addictive. Maya was playing with it last night and getting all mad because of the gift selections. And now Amazon has an app. What's the world coming to!

  7. Ted_A

    December 10, 2008 at 8:39 am

    Yay! Hope you liked your virtual gift.

  8. Ted_A

    December 10, 2008 at 8:40 am

    You're welcome! I wish I could actually buy these, but… well, you know.

  9. Jules

    December 10, 2008 at 8:03 am

    That's a totally fun app, but I'm not thrilled by the sweater I'm supposed to receive. I guess it's a GOOD thing there's so little money this year, huh?

  10. Michelle (ML)

    December 10, 2008 at 9:11 am

    That's cool. I'm not on your blogroll anymore, so I don't get a present suggestion. Oh well, it's still a nifty feature.

  11. Cherry

    December 10, 2008 at 10:07 am

    WooT! I get a camera! You must love me more then Julie since she only gets the repeating Target sweater!

    I had just read the reviews on that app on Monday and read that there were lots of repeats. But then some people loved it and actually bought the items. Lovely Marketly Target. Just lovely.

  12. shelliza

    December 10, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Thanks for my ornament. I'm sending you a gift too – pumpkin bread! That's a neat application and from the looks of it, you were really enjoying it.

  13. Doug

    December 13, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    Awesome segment! Wow… a set of knifes for me? Nice! Happy Holidays!

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    December 13, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    […] friend Ted did a fun little segment over on PyKorry this last week.  He used the iPhone Target application to pick out gifts for everyone on his blogroll.  […]

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