But, we were looking through the KINDLE FIRE reviews today (Where MY SANTA TALK is batting 6 out of 7, which we guess is pretty good — Hey, kids are a tough audience, we’ll never hit 100%)…Some highlights…

fun and cute app even convinced me Santa was real and my parents already told me hes not.over all cute and adorble app kids of all ages will love

this app is pretty good. its fun to be able to chat with Santa! the app as I noticed does repeat alittle but its still a great app to have. it works great on the kindle fire I use it all the time.

And, even thought the app is free, someone was very enthusiastic about purchasing it!

this is totally awesome!!! you can acutlly talk to Santa and he’ll respond to you! buy this app! its cool and fun and you get to talk to him for REAL! PLEASE BUY THIS!!!

MY TOOTH FAIRY CHAT

Like MY SANTA TALK, it’s an interactive narrative adventure with a magical being.

The ANDROID version is in early release on GOOGLE PLAY.  Links to the Amazon and Kindle stores will be updated; as well as AppUP.

Enjoy chatting.

Children’s App Manifesto:  http://childrensappmanifesto.net/

We’ve seen too many quickly hacked together children’s apps that may show off a developer’s technology nicely but have not been thought through when it comes to protecting children, particularly children’s privacy (Not to point fingers, but, those “Santa Apps” that acquire someone’s phone number and address without parental controls? )

This is a maturing Industry in it’s nascent stages.  The “manifesto” is a nice guideline to start forwarding to children’s app developers; whether they are garage shops or large scale corporations.

The results have been remarkable.  High volumes of concurrent users.  But, mainly very high numbers with regard to sessions running 30, 40, 50+ steps in duration (many running from 7-12 minutes)…and, while anonymous (we really don’t know who is using the app, other than by Country and device), we review chat logs and see a lot of people enjoying their conversational text chats with Santa.

Thanks for a terrific Holiday Season.

Yes, MY SANTA TALK will go back in the shop next year and reappear with even more bells and whistles…it’s become a tradition.

Cheers.

Passing validation for Kindle is a second step…not sure we’ll make it this year???

So, get your chat with Santa on…almost anywhere!

INTEL’S appUP (Windows 32 & 64)**
http://www.appup.com/applications/applications-My+Santa+Talk

*  A Featured App-of-the-Week on 12 December 2011

The new UI developed by contentAI is featured with the mobile web and app versions.  Have a safe and happy Holiday.

Mobile Web URL:  http://m.mysantatalk.com

Android:  Marketplace or AppsGeyser

Windows 32 & 64:  INTEL AppUP

Text:  SANTA   To: 20757 (U.S. Only to receive URL via SMS)

Also available on most Android App Stores.  iPhone and iPad users please visit us on Mobile Web.

But, seeing MySantaTalk move from Beta to it’s Version 1.0 is really exciting.

We are in the process of validating some native app versions and fine tuning the mobile web version.

One more day. . .

Nice timing on the GigaOM story about “interactive fiction” — http://gigaom.com/2011/12/07/interactive-ebooks-take-on-fiction-novels/ – Go figure, Santa reading GigaOM?

Have a wonderful Holiday Season.

- The MySantaTalk Team
Portland and Eugene, OR

We’ve been working.

Barely time to Tweet, never mind, right a worthwhile blog post.

We are in the process of moving our contentAI studios platform and a service out of Beta to release our Ver. 1.0 product — Sometime during the first week of December.

MySantaTalk for 2011 will be released during the first week of December (Sorry, couldn’t quite hit that Thanksgiving Day Parade release date — But, let’s keep the Holidays separate — The first week of December is perfect to start thinking about Santa).

Stay tuned.

New story.
New chat.
New pictures.

And, we’ll also be on some new mobile platforms this year.

OK, Santa’s going back to his RegEx Elves to put on the finishing touches.