By: Aseem Gaurav on June 29, 2011
LeapFrog, the educational toy maker, has come out with their new tablet designed specifically for kids, the LeapFrog LeapPad, that costs just $100. The tablet has a 5 inch touchscreen display (resolution of 480 x 272 pixels) and features a still and video camera, a microphone and 2GB of memory.
The tablet, which is aimed children between 4 and 9 years old, comes with an accelerometer, a stylus and a range of educational games. In total there are over 100 different applications and games. The LeapPad Explorer tablet games auto-adjust to enable children to learn at the correct pace. It even remembers a child’s progress from game to game, so as to keep the content engaging.
Children can learn simple things such as spelling, phonics skills, mathematics, and even world languages, science, geography and life skills. Kids can also practice writing skills using the stylus.
The tablet offers story, art and photo studios which helps in developing the child’s creative side. Moreover, your small ones will be able to stretch or draw on their images, which you can share with friends and family through email or Facebook. LeapFrog vows to add more content and apps over time.
The $99.99 tablet comes in green and pink colours with a durable form factor.
The brand LeapFrog is nothing new to parents as the company is famous for its educational toys, books and games for children, and the latest product kid-friendly tablet should help in creating a niche in this segment.
The tablet is available for pre-order at major retailers in the US, Canada, Ireland and the UK, and will be on sale at major retail locations starting from August 15.
Experts say it is too early to tell how it will be received by consumers but one thing is sure that there is cut throat competition in the market but what makes a product stand out of the crowd are product quality and market demand.
