=- Robert Nay (14 years old). Pic source: ABC news -=
14-year old's Iphone App Beats Out Angry Birds
By Adrianne Jeffries - January 17, 2011 | 11:45 a.m
It took Robert Nay a month of coding at the public library to develop "Bubble Ball," a free, physics-based puzzle game that has been downloaded more than two million times in two weeks.
Mr. Nay is 14, in eighth grade and lives in Spanish Fork, Utah. Last week, Bubble Ball knocked the hugely-popular game Angry Birds out of the #1-most downloaded spot in the App Store's free category, making iPhone game developers of all ages feel bad about themselves.
"Some of my closest friends in the programming world started sending me e-mails [saying] 'I need to get off my ass,'" said Carlos Icaza, co-founder of Ansca Mobile, which makes the software development kit (SDK) that Nay used to build Bubble Ball.
But those other programmers had better hurry up, because Robert, who plans to pursue a career in computing, said he's already plotting his next move...
Aside from excelling at school, Robert plays the piano, mandolin and trumpet. But given the response to "Bubble Ball," he said he's going to be carving out more of his time to work on his next application.
The young Nay, who built his first website in third grade, has already released an Android version of the app. He's started calling his company Nay Games and is working on a new game. Hire him, Rovio, before he takes you and the Birds out.
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Upon reading the news, I can't help myself from wondering and start to imagine Nazhan doing the same thing as what Robert Nay is doing. It might sound a little bit too ambitious, but hey there's nothing impossible to dream rite?.
My little baby started using iPhone when he was 16th months old. I 'm using my iPhone as a tool to teach him ABC, numbers and so. I've downloaded about 20 apps used for baby's education such as ABC Tracer, ABC Phonics, 123 Counting, ABC FREE, AniMatchKid, AnimalCard, SightWords, Colors Pad, Baby Flash Cards and many more.
=- Nazhan's using the iPhone at a Restaurant (while waiting for the food to arrive); to learn Alphabet, Numbers and Animals -=
The awestruck moment happened again on his 19th months old of age when he can already choose the same apps that he favor and totally ignores mommy's suggestion for him to learn his ABC with the phone. Cehh, I guess he doesn't want to be bother to learn ABC with the phone and obviously favor the DizzyBee games and Bird Crazy games.
=- he totally ignores mommy suggestion to learn ABC and keep playing his favorite game. Stopped for a while to pose and strike a 'peace' sign to the camera coz he thought mommy was taking his picture hahahaha LOL -=
In a week or two, I'll substitute this iPhone 3Gs and getting myself the new iPhone 4. I'm not sure whether I'll let him play with my new iPhone 4 or not *henpon baru, mesti la sayang lagi kan*. I was thinking to get Nazhan a Nintendo or a PSP but hubby seems to be not likely in the act of approving the idea yet. After all, hubby will be the one who has to pay for the PSP if ever we decided to get it for Nazhan. Errrrmmmm, perhaps it could be the best idea for Nazhan's gift for his 2nd birthday which is coming in the next 4months ++ *kena start menabung duit syiling sekarang*.
He thinks that the console game would be too advanced for a 19th months old baby like Nazhan. As for me, after looking at Nazhan's awe-inspiring experience with iPhone; there shouldn't be any problem for Nazhan to mastered the consoles game as well.
What say you?. Should I get Nazhan a PSP to divert his obsession in my iPhone or should I just give him a computer so that he can start coding his own apps games just like Robert Nay? Ngeeeeee.
21 words of wisdom & comments:
dr dulu, nazhan dgn anas ni mmg banyak persamaan... huhu... nnti kena bg jumpa bdk2 2 org ni, hehe...
anas pun skrg dh pndai pilih sndiri nk bkk app yg mana, dh tanak belajar dah sejak jumpa games, huhu...
paling2, nk tgk upin ipin je... tahu nk tekan you tube yg mana satu... bknnye kite ajar pun, tp die tgk dn dia ingat... advance btol!
kelah nazhan pegey henpon! hahahaha!! budok2 loni kecik2 kenal gadget mace2 doh. kito dulu takdop pun bendo2 ni...
hahaha i think you should give i mac to nazhan so die buleh buat game & lawan budak nay tuh
huhuhu kis nowadays juz awesome...mmg expert & fast leaner.
hehhehe i think i should get my i phone for rayna. (hahaha padahal ibu rayna yang gile main angry bird)
perghhh! gadget savvy la nazhan ni. ape lagi, selambe ipad satu! hee
babe..i ras tak perlu kut..nanti dia malas nak baca buku..ekekek..
babe..i ras tak perlu kut..nanti dia malas nak baca buku..ekekek..
aku ni iphone pun tak pernah sentuh lagi.hehehe.hebat la nazhan.khusyuk btol ! memang budak zaman it ni :)
lil adam pun dah terbiasa guna touch screen, sekali guna laptop..kesian dia...
takes time gak nak ajar dia guna touch sensor kat laptop tu(sbb i malas psg mouse)
wah budak2 zaman skang kan kak :)
husna pun gitu..samsung omnia 2 abah dia abih kene touch tiap kali abah dia x perasan..tgk2 dia bukak alif ba ta la, abg la..adeh..
PSP tok berapo baguh. kalu laptop atau netbook utk dio belajar lg molek. lgpun kalu dok bui main game jah, tok jd kijo nanti.
amboiiihhh.. pandai nyee dia pusingkan nak tegak atau baring iphone tu.... bijak nyeee dia....
jari kecik2 je slide2 kat iphone tu... comeyyyy... hehehe....
sempat pulak sengeh kat camera... mmg cheeky... ;)
laptop ok goks.tp nk turn on tu takes time and xbrape nk mobile even size kcik pun..psp skrg da ada wifi kan.ok gak kalu nk tgk movie n download more educational apps direct dlm psp tu..plus,it's mobile.nk bwk travel pn b0leh~
whoa...dah syatnya nazhan! kalau bg kat kite iphone, maunya terkial2 nak guna..heh
eh eh samo nge anok shiera la..eli meme kagum tgk ..ni 2nd time tgk budok pandai slide hehe almaklumla kami x pakai iphone so xleh nk tgk anok sdiri pandai ko dop slide iphone ekkekke main game kt laptop teror la :P
molek ko beli PSP tu? ramai jah eli tgk saim pakat beli ko anok. tp setakat ni eli xdop hati lagi nk beli ko anok eli..tkt nok main game sokmo jah
shira >> tu la pasal, shira kena bawak ana sjalan2 kat fukuoka, leh jumpa dgn nazhan ;)
woghih >> tu la, jame kito dulu..main berambat tanoh jah
eray >> hahaha, maybe I should pujuk Solah belikan Mac untuk nazhan ;)
xeea >> ipad mcm besar sgt, takut dia xlarat nak angkat
cuppycakemommy >> tu la, skrg pun asyik nak main game je..takmo tengok flashcard dah
eliss >> nazhan lg advanvced dr aunty eliss di ala kiranya ni hehe
isabelle >> ooo, tp skrg mesti adam dh advanced bab2 guna mouse & laptop kan ;)
huda >> pantang lepa, tengok2 tepon dah kat tgn dia kan hehe
k.nur >> tu la, lo ni pong dah mls belajar sikit dio
angah >> dia mmg pantang tgk kamera, terus nak senigh2 je kui3x
amadaster >> tp lo ni meme iphone mommy tu milik dio doh la hehe
nadiah >> mula2 je terkial2, lepas tu mesti lg expert dr nazhan ;)
eliza >> tu la, hubby ore pong mace x berkene nok beli PSP ko nazhan..jd redho jah la iphone ni utk dio huhu
yatie..aper lagi..move to ipad la pulak..lagi besar skrin dia..dan yang penting takder la dia kaco iphone or lappy mommy lagi heheheh
instead of psp, better beli ipod touch. sbb byk educational apps for kids
atoyis >> mommy dha angkut iphone 4, iphone 3Gs tu dh jadi hak milik nazhan daaa ehehe
kambing bujang >> btol3x, kalau psp tu nanti dia aysik main game je pulak kan
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