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Since launching Le Petit Dummy a couple days ago, we’ve been getting tons of really positive feedback:
“What a fun iPhone app! Le Petit Dummy. My kids are obsessed. So am I.” — @ravenme
“Le Petit Dummy in the Apple Appstore is awesome, funny, easy and beatifully executed.” — @boristerzic
“Le Petit Dummy iPhone app is full of lulz, get it now!!” — @samin
But we’ve also received some negative feedback about the pricing schema. Specifically, people are confused about what is a premium feature and how many times they have to pay for them. So let us clarify how these work in the current version of the app. The following are the premium features:
Each of these features is a 1-time upgrade. Once you purchase “Add your own photos” you can add as many as you want, without paying for that feature again. The same goes for recording audio and using a set of premium teeth. However, adding photos and recording audio are 2 separate premium features, which surprised some customers. So in order to make this process more clear, we’ve submitted a new version to the App Store that combines the “Add Audio” and “Add Photos” features into 1 upgrade. Once you pay for one, you get them both.
Lowering the price
This new audio/photo feature will cost $2.99, as opposed to $3.98 for both features separately (prices reflect the US store). Since the App Store approval process can take a couple of weeks, we have reduced the price of the “Add audio” feature in the mean-time. This lowers the cost of the combined premium features by 0.99 to match the new pricing schema.
This is our first attempt at in-app-purchases, so we’re still figuring out what works and what doesn’t. If you have any feedback related to this or otherwise, drop us a note at admin@theclassicspresents.com.
And now, and awesome video by Merlin Mann
Mon Petit Dummy from Merlin Mann on Vimeo.
Three months ago, Bill and I decided to create an iPhone app. We had an idea in mind and though the idea was most definitely low-brow, we thought the challenge worthy of our efforts. So down into the gutter we climbed to begin working on the app that would become Le Petit Dummy.
Everything was going as planned. We were making great progress. Then it happened. Something entirely unanticipated. The more time we put into developing the app, the more it became respectable. Lo, our gutter-born brainchild was maturing! It sprouted wings of respectability and soared. The depths whence it came were now but a speck. It defied our intent and expectations and blossomed into something magical.
So, what does it do? What DOESN’T it do!
How many times have you longed to see the famous neo-classicist Jacques Louis David sing a scat rendition of Mouret’s Rondeau? If you are anything like me, the answer to that question is easily in the thousands. Well, my friends, long no more…
Too highfalutin? Okay. How about this? You could combine two disparate memes to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
Must go faster indeed! Perhaps you and TiVo want to collaborate to mock someone you saw on a Chevy commercial.
Not your thing, you say? You’d rather poke Kanye in the mouth as he tries to vocalize his innermost thoughts, you say? Be our guest.
Maybe a talking hotdog is more your thing. There’s an app for that!
Got a pet monkey? Does it often misbehave? Wish it could vocalize self-pity? Your wish is granted.
So many possibilities! Le Petit Dummy does it all! Well, it doesn’t do GPS turn-by-turn navigation but maybe we can work that into a 2.0 release.
Le Petit Dummy is available from the app store now. Enjoy, and don’t forget to tweet your new Twitter avatars.
