Baby Book released to Windows Phone Marketplace

Finally released!
Baby Book has been in the works for quite some time and now it's finally time for a release. The main features are described here and there is also some notes about the icons used.


Main features

• Create, edit and remove babies
• Browse babies as cards on the main screen
• Easily scroll through your baby books and mark events
• Quickly see the latest event and latest measurements
• Add events to babies
• 35 predefined events for unborn children
• Seven predefined events for  children already born
• Custom events also possible
• Add measurements to babies
• Four ultrasound measurements available for unborn children
• Height and width measurements for children already born
• Images with all events and measurements
• Book view that shows events and measurements in one timeline
• Graphs coming soon for measurements!
• Share all types of events to social media
• No separate log in required, it's enough that your phone knows the services
• Facebook, LinkedIn, Windows Live, ...

Some notes about icons

	Add - this button can be used to add events and measurements to the baby in question.
	Edit - edit different entries in the app such as baby's information or individual events or measurements.
	Share - when you press this, you will be presented a dialog with generated message about the event. You have the opportunity to edit the message that's going to be released before the app publishes it.
	Save and share - this button saves the changes you've made and the proceeds to the sharingdialog as in the previous share function.
	Open Book - by tapping this button, you will be taken to a view with all your marked events ordered by time. You may also share, edit and delete events in this view by long pressing them.
	Pin Live Tile - this button allows you to pin a Live Tile of the selected baby to your phone's start screen.

Give it a go and download - there's a generous free trial!

What's coming?

Why is the app being developed?
The problem is not that we don't like books - but when we buy a book, it's the first few months that the book is around but eventually it's going to be forgotten on the bottom of a drawer, or destroyed by family pets. 


This creates a problem; as the baby grows, new events are piling to be marked and the pain of procrastination start to grow as well. When finally the book is found, the events have been fading from our memories and thus can never be recalled properly.

Here we come to the app. Since a growing number of us have mobile devices capable of taking pictures and making notes, we should also be able to use the device for keeping a baby book. This app will be constantly getting better and as result you will have a trustworthy place to store memories from a child's early years.

What are baby books?
Baby books are just like diaries with prefixed event forms that can be filled out as a child grows. The events are designed to be powerful memory aids when reading back a few years later and wondering how the time went by so fast.


The book itself serves as a parental log and can also be passed on to the child when he or she has grown older. It's interesting to see through your own parents' markings what kind of a childhood you had.


This app is aimed to be a full featured baby diary and as such, it will always be where ever you are - and ready to receive those important memories!


Our mission - what we would like to create
We the developers are trying our best to make this application serve its purpose as well as possible. Our goal is to build an application that is easy to use, simple to comprehend and platform independent. This means that we are aiming for an app that will be available for Windows Phone platform, as well as on Android and iOS devices.


It also should not matter whether or not you decide to switch phones in between - the events should always be there safe and sound. There is a web service in the works so keep an eye out for that too. It should eventually be possible to take notes with whatever device you have, browse the markings on the web service and order a traditionally printed book when you feel like having a beautifully designed book at your disposal to, let's say, give as a gift to your child :)


First release is coming withing a couple of days!
Interested? Leave us a comment on what you think.