Child Friendly Tablets

[SimonMac]

With Christmas around the corner and seeing as the kids (7 and 5) won't leave my shiney iPad alone I was looking at some of the child friendly tablets on the market, has anyone else looked into them, anyone already bought one for their little monster and "road tested" it as dads (and geek moms do?)

On paper the Kurio looks the best, but have found a few disappointing reviews, where as the Leapfrog LeapPad 2 seems to get good reviews, but is that because it's aimed lower?

 

[hyperD]

I was going to suggest diazepam until I looked at the context of the article...

 

[DimPrawn]

FFS buy them both a new iPad each. What sort of contractor are you?

 

[Sausage Surprise]

Etch a Sketch...they're the future

 

[SimonMac]

I was going to suggest Ritalin until I looked at the context of the article...

FTFY

 

[The Spartan]

On paper the Kurio looks the best, but have found a few disappointing reviews, where as the Leapfrog LeapPad 2 seems to get good reviews, but is that because it's aimed lower?

Bought my 7 yr old daughter a Kurio and she absolutely loves it, they're really child friendly and some of the pre-installed apps are really good. The best part for me was the inbuilt parental control for the internet so I don't have to worry so much about her stumbling across something she shouldn't. I bought her the 10 inch tablet and then she started poking fun at my Nexus 7 for being small.

Oh almost forgot to add she reads eBooks on it and also watches movies and it addicted to Angry birds.

 

[SimonMac]

I wanted to get the youngest (2 years old) this, but it never passed the funding stage on Kickstarter

 

[SimonMac]

Bought my 7 yr old daughter a Kurio and she absolutely loves it, they're really child friendly and some of the pre-installed apps are really good. The best part for me was the inbuilt parental control for the internet so I don't have to worry so much about her stumbling across something she shouldn't. I bought her the 10 inch tablet and then she started poking fun at my Nexus 7 for being small.

Oh almost forgot to add she reads eBooks on it and also watches movies and it addicted to Angry birds.

The reviews of the Kurio comment on the underwhelming nature of the hardware, have you found this a problem, what is the battery life like?

 

[Fandango]

you could get a refurbed Asus Transformer TF101 for about £200 off eBay

My 3yo loves using mine! Games, youTube, coloring apps etc

 

[SimonMac]

you could get a refurbed Asus Transformer TF101 for about £200 off eBay

My 3yo loves using mine! Games, youTube, coloring apps etc

Not very child friendly, kids have a habit of bouncing expensive electronics!