{"id":163,"date":"2010-07-06T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T02:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/07\/06\/toy-story-3-app-comes-to-ipad\/"},"modified":"2010-07-23T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T17:07:20","slug":"toy-story-3-app-comes-to-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2010\/toy-story-3-app-comes-to-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Story 3 App Comes to iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the heels of the success and industry recognition for its innovative format with the \u201cToy Story,\u201d \u201cToy Story 2,\u201d and \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d read-along applications, Disney Publishing Worldwide announces the availability of the \u201cToy Story 3\u201d read-along app on the Apple iPad. Children can join Woody, Buzz, their pals, and a crew of new toys on the adventure of a lifetime in this fully interactive reading experience packed with eye-popping 3D effects, exciting games, sing-along tunes, multi-touch surprises, puzzles, and coloring pages. Children can hear the story read aloud, record their own narration, or explore at their own pace. <\/span>\u201cWe are thrilled to expand our library of fully interactive read-along iPad apps with yet another blockbuster title,\u201d said Yves Saada, Vice President, Digital Media, Disney Publishing Worldwide. \u201cThe read-along apps are a unique combination of Disney stories, fun activities and cutting edge technology, making these apps the first of their kind for children.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Disney-Pixar feature film, \u201cToy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3,\u201d which hit theaters on June 18, 2010, Buzz, Woody and the gang face an uncertain future as Andy gears up for college.\u00a0 When the toys unexpectedly land in a room full of untamed tots who can\u2019t wait to get their sticky little fingers on them, it\u2019s pandemonium as they try to stay together, ensuring \u201cno toys get left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3 iPad Application Highlights:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>This cinematic, interactive storybook app features characters from Toy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Two interactive reading modes allow kids to follow along as the story<\/span> is read aloud, or explore at their own pace. Children can also select \u2018Younger Reading Mode\u2019 to simplify page turning.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Kids can see the story<\/span> pop off the screen with fantastic 3D effects. Free 3D glasses are available at Disney Stores, available exclusively in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Children can play exciting games based on scenes from Toy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3.\u00a0 Kids can watch Woody soar above the town, help him to safety in \u201cHang Glider,\u201d and have a blast with Buzz as they overcome thrilling obstacles in \u201cFalling with Style\u201d \u2013 also in 3D.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Children can record their voice reading the story<\/span> and hear it played back as narration.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Children can tap characters and objects for sound effects and fun surprises.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>An interactive coloring feature that lets kids finger-paint and share their masterpieces with friends and family.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Kids can sing along to songs from the movie.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>A visual page index allows kids the ability to jump to their favorite page.<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Children can turn pages manually and move back and forth through the story<\/span> as they wish.<\/p>\n

The \u201cToy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3\u201d app for the iPad is $8.99 and comes with a one-month free subscription to disneydigitalbooks.com<\/a>. Consumers can download \u201cToy<\/span> Story<\/span> 3\u201d directly from the App Store on the iPad or at http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/id377544475?mt=8<\/a>.\u00a0 The \u201cToy<\/span> Story<\/span>\u201d read-along app, the \u201cToy<\/span> Story<\/span> 2\u201d read-along app and \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d read-along app can also be directly downloaded from the Apple App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the heels of the success and industry recognition for its innovative format with the \u201cToy Story,\u201d \u201cToy Story 2,\u201d and \u201cThe Princess and the Frog\u201d read-along applications, Disney Publishing Worldwide announces the availability of the \u201cToy Story 3\u201d read-along app on the Apple iPad. Children can join Woody, Buzz, their pals, and a crew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-news","category-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paS5I2-2D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}