$9 - Serious?
Don't get me wrong. I liked the concept a bunch. However, for $9 that's a bit steep for something that took me 30 minutes to read aloud to my child. The interactive stuff is cool and all, but not worth multiple read throughs. Frankly I feel a bit taken for. Awesome book at $3.
Reinvent reading? No, but ...
... this is still a wonderful app! If you can calm down from the crazy video and mega-hype that this has had you'll find something that's artfully delivering illustrations and a story that are as vibrant today as they were 100 years ago. Using physics to make the entire device interactive was a stroke of brilliance by the creators and has made this the FIRST of what will surely be many many books for the iPad that showcase not only a great text and drawings but also why the iPad is better for books than the (now incredibly) dowdy looking Kindle!
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Awesome update!
Good update! Now I can get right in and wobble all the characters around. The kids really, really love this!
I agree it would be nice to have the option to read a non-abridged version. But, having said that, this is the perfect length for a kid's story (in fact it's quite long for a bedtime read, at 52 pages) -- not sure I could face reading my kids the 140 page full-edition of Alice in Wonderland just yet. Or if they would sit still through it!
This is still the app I fire up first when I want to show off what the iPad can do. Very futuristic.
I agree it would be nice to have the option to read a non-abridged version. But, having said that, this is the perfect length for a kid's story (in fact it's quite long for a bedtime read, at 52 pages) -- not sure I could face reading my kids the 140 page full-edition of Alice in Wonderland just yet. Or if they would sit still through it!
This is still the app I fire up first when I want to show off what the iPad can do. Very futuristic.
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Where is the rest of the story
There are some interesting gimmicks in this app but none of which make up for the fact that most of the story is missing and at the price marked I excepted the whole story.
Good look, mildly interactive and over priced. I hope this app will have an update with the rest of the story in it.
Good look, mildly interactive and over priced. I hope this app will have an update with the rest of the story in it.
Beautiful but too abridged
This is a beautiful-looking application, and my daughter and I have really enjoyed reading it together. She likes the illustrations and the little bits of interaction. Really the only two complaints are: 1) It's not well-proofread or edited, so there are typos and awkward transitions; 2) it's simply too abridged. The free version will get you most of the book, so once you pay you get just a bit more, because they've edited the story so aggressively. That leads to the awkward transitions, and there's too much of the story missing. Even my 6-1/2 year-old daughter knew that there was much of the story edited out. Come on, guys, give us an update with more of the book put back in, okay? It can't be that hard. Give us most or all of the story and I'll immediately up my rating to 5 stars. This could be an example of where books can be taken in the future, but instead it feels a bit cheap.
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Missing some things
Though the book is pretty fabulous, and shoud not stop me from sharing with my granddaughter, I wish for a few more things. This rendering cries out for sounds! Also, i realize the authors are trying to save money, but now with the mostly good reviews they should be able to update to an unabridged edition. Especially by jumping on the 3 D movie bandwagon.
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Alice for the ipad
buyer beware! it's ok, but not nearly as exctingas the video makes it appear to be. no sound effects and limited text. certainly not worth the money in this version.
Nice and yet...
Gorgeous but this is basically an ebook with a few moving things. Think of it as this generations "pop up book". From the overhyped reviews here I was expecting something more tham what I got. Not to discount the beauty of the ebook itself, but at the price I was expecting more and was a bit disappointed.
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Beautiful!
Hope there are more like it in store
I wish I could return for a refund
I impulsively bought this app after watching the demo video online and I'm sorry to say, the experience is deeply disappointing. Every single person I handed the iPad to tried to interact with the animations by touching them, it's an touch screen after all, and seemed surprised that they couldn't. One can't "flip" pages intuitively, instead having to rely on a clunky-looking arrow navigation. Same goes for the accelerometer-controlled animations, my kids want to touch, move things with their fingers, interact... not just watch them floating across the page. Very sad. Oh yeah... there's no sound either. The illustrations are GORGEOUS but the sporadic big typography inserts are overdone and inconsistent (with tacky drop shadows and emboss). Just not elegant at all. I eagerly paid for it but I expected a lot more, while my kids, even thou they love books, were bored.
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