How Three-Year-Olds Use The App Store

George Dearing‘s three-year-old son got his hands on dad’s iPhone and – oops – found himself staring at the App Store. While it was still logged in to dad’s iTunes account.

So he did what any three-year-old would do in the same position: he went shopping, while dad’s attention was elsewhere. The image above is George’s screenshot of the digital receipt that arrived later on.

As George points out, the lad was attracted by the colors and shapes he saw in icons and screenshots. Which is how a mishmash of stuff like Wheels on the bus, Doodle Jump, and I Am T-Pain ended up as a surprise package of new stuff for George to play with.

(What a great idea for Apple: the Daily Kids Pick! A handful of random apps, as chosen by a random three-year-old given an iPhone for 10 minutes. Only $15!)

George makes a serious point, though: “What kind of message does it send to companies trying to capture attention in crowded app stores?”

Thanks to George for the pic and the story.

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