Have you ever wondered what you might be able to do with your existing iPhone when you purchased a newer one? There is always the idea of selling it in advance of getting a new one, but what if you could use that older iPhone to provide a toy to a child which would make learning fun. That is exactly what iBuKu Pets is all about and is a Kickstarter project which was funded last Saturday. With the goal of funding $25,000, they exceeded the goal getting 123 people to pledge $25,585. iBuKu Pets sells kid safe pets which you can place your old iPhone into. For the moment, each pet will hold an old iPhone, either the iPhone 3GS, 4 or 4S, by plugging it into an included battery. The included battery will increase the time between charges so that your child can get maximum enjoyment. Then you snap it into the iBuKu Pet. But, before you do that, you will need to download the iBuKu Pets app into your iPhone so that it is there ready to be run. Your kids can use your old iPhone as a learning tool.
The pets have a story behind them which you can tell to kids to gain some understanding. Such as the "iBuku Pets love recycling these objects to make machines and other useful gadgets" as an example. And you can even use your old iPod in the iBuKu Pets with the iPod 3g or 4g. If you have kids, you know they all want to play games on your iPhone and sometimes delete something by mistake, but the iBuKu Pets and app will eliminate that when you use your old iPhone or iPod.
The iBuKu Pets are currently for sale on their web site at a price of $24.99. You can expect deliveries to arrive in January as those who have pledged money to the project will be getting their iBuKu Pets first. Here is the video from the Kickstarter page.
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