The only iPad Stylus We’ll Assist you to Buy: Griffin’s Crayola [IPad Apps]

I feel we’re all in agreement that styluses are stupid objects designed for products unworthy of our time. Now that’s settled, let’s look at one I’d actually buy-it’s cute, and even comes with a Crayola app.

There are quite a lot of coloring-in apps for the iPad already, but ask any kid and they’ll let you know that it’s gotta be Crayola. The Crayola ColorStudio HD has heaps of art for youngsters to color in, in various themes like oceans and jungles. They’ll be colored in digitally, using Griffin’s Crayola stylus, or printed out and colored in with actual crayons.

50 activities and games are also included, for coloring in and fiddling with, and proud parents can share them instantly by emailing them to Gran, or posting them on Facebook. There’s another ” type” of Facebook friend you’re going to need to hide soon.

The UK price for the stylus is £20 / $30, but unfortunately it won’t be available for one more few months. [ Griffin ]

London, UK, January 4th, 2011 – Griffin Technology Inc., maker of innovations for lifestyle, has announced its partnership with Crayola. The relationship is concentrated on blending colouring, a timeless Crayola activity, with cutting-edge mobile technology. The first collaboration, Crayola ColorStudio™ HD, can be on display during CES inside the Griffin booth, iLounge Pavilion – North Hall #4727 .

” We adore creating technology for youngsters-it’s probably the most exciting and rewarding things we do,” said Mark Rowan, President of Griffin Technology. ” We’re thrilled to partner with Crayola and produce its signature blend of kid-friendly creativity to the digital world.”

” Colouring, as kids know, is set to return alive in an grand new way through our partnership with Griffin Technology,” said Warren Schorr, Head of Crayola Licensing. ” Imagine a colouring book that morphs and changes as kids digitally colour it in. This application is taking a classic play pattern and bringing it totally outside the box.”

Crayola ColorStudio HD is a wholly new digital play experience, coupling a multi-activity drawing application for iPad (Crayola ColourStudio HD App) with a custom-built digital stylus, called Crayola iMarker™. Along side iMarker, the ColourStudio HD App allows young artists to colour and have interaction with special ” live” animated colouring book pages that move and react as they colour, combining custom-produced pictures, animations, music, sound effects, and nice special effects. As an example, in one setting fish swim, doors open to show surprises, and mermaids serenade the young artist.

The iMarker digital stylus brings the app to life. Like a marker, crayon, pen, and paintbrush in one, iMarker creates favourite Crayola colours in the ColourStudio HD App. iMarker safely interacts with iPad’s Multi-Touch display, allowing the ColourStudio HD app to tell apart between the newborn’s input (fingers, swipes, etc.) and the iMarker automatically. This enables intuitive, creative play that brings the accuracy and simplicity of a stylus but, for the first time, allows the user to both manipulate the creative space and colour, while not having to toggle the app between modes.

The ColourStudio HD App includes a large, built-in library of art that gives hundreds of hours of play in themed environments like undersea, jungle and playtime activities. The App even lets the user design an infinite number of their own animated colouring book pages. Kids can colour them inside the app, or print them out from iPad (iOS 4.2 or later) to colour with Crayola Crayons and Markers. ColourStudio HD also contains more than 50 immersive game and activity pages, like Musical Dot 2 Dot and Colour by Numbers that combine special effects, music, motion, and more. Parents can share their favourite art pieces via a share feature by printing, emailing, or posting the art to Facebook. ColourStudio HD will include free content updates at regular intervals after launch, continually providing kids with fresh and exciting activities.

Crayola ColourStudio HD is a novel new digital experience in an effort to keep kids entertained for hours, and is solely the first offering in this exciting partnership. Together, Griffin and Crayola are creating new ways for youngsters to colour, draw, and discover within the digital age.
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Pricing and Availability
Crayola ColorStudio HD, £19.99, will probably be available Spring 2011, and includes Crayola iMarker digital stylus (AA batteries included), a free download of the ColourStudio HD App, periodic content updates, and built-in user tutorials. For additional info, visit www.griffintechnology.com.

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