NYTimes: The Pacifier Gets an Upgrade: Apps and Gadgets to Soothe the Baby
Health care industry can learn a lot from infant gadget market. Think small for target market as well for device featureset.
.. you’ll find both an app and a gadget that claim to decode your baby’s cries. The app, called the Cry Translator, costs $9.99 in the iPhone App Store, while the gadget, the Why Cry Baby Analyzer, sells for $39.99 at ThinkGeek.com, an online electronics store, among other Web outlets. But don’t bother with either one. At least in my experience, these cry analyzers are at best novel curiosities, and at worst — when your baby is screaming uncontrollably and you’re at wit’s end — frustrating time-wasters.
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