iPhone Life magazine

Mommy is Mad!!!

Tracy Sebastian 11.4.09

Open letter to all iPhone Accessory Manufacturers,

 

Hey Guys. Did you forget about us? The iPhone Moms? According to Greystripe – the leading mobile brand advertising network - 29.5% of iPhone users are moms. How will that number jump once Santa or Hanukah Harry comes around?
Where are the products for us? Do you not understand that mom’s don’t like BlueTooth? Here’s why:

            * It’s too confusing.

            * It sucks your battery dry.

            * If you do figure it out, the phone is always answered by the headset at the bottom of the diaper bag.

            * After being puked on all night long, we don’t want to have to sync our headset for the 100th time taking little puker to the doctor – but with all the hand’s free laws – we have to try and try and try again.

Get the picture? Make us something simple and easy to use. Don’t make us think. 
 
We also want earphones to stay in our ears and drown out all the other screaming, snot nosed children – and their mothers.
 
We want a case that will fit into our back or cargo pocket that will hold the above earphones nicely and neatly – so we can grocery shop with Nirvana – not Muzak….and if our shrink or husband calls back – we can answer the phone on the headset and still push the cart with two hands. 
 
We aren’t asking for too much are we? If it weren’t for mothers, none of you would be here!!!
 
 
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Tracy Sebastian
http://www.strategyguideformoms.com
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I'm the wife of a scattered businessman and the mother of 4. The oldest is out in the "Real World", the second is in college, the third and fourth are in elementary school.

I'm trying to make the lives of mothers better by sharing my mistakes - so they can learn from my mistakes, they don't have to make their own. I love to travel and take pictures. I try to incorporate both into my life every day.

My motto - "Don't Panic - It could be worse."

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mommy is mad

Submitted by copper n blue on 11/4/09 6:19pm

Hello,

I use the jawbone bluetooth headset with my iphone and i love it. Its small and it fits!! I went through a few earpieces with my blackberry and I literally through the last one out the window while driving on the highway. It was so frustrating when it would not fit properly, unless I was standing completely still. I use mine at work everyday and being an installer technician I am moving all day long.

 

cheers

Mommy is mad

Submitted by Tracy Sebastian on 11/4/09 6:39pm

I tried the jawbone.  It hurt my ear, dried up my battery and pushed my patience.  It would search and pair - only when it was in the mood. 

Most importantly, you can't listen to your iPod while wearing it.  Music calms the nerves of on-the-edge moms before picking up their trolls from school and dashing them off to soccer practice.