And of course, like the MobiGo, then it’ll be cartridge time. It also comes with two free downloads.
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Similar to the InnoTab, once you install the Learning Lodge Navigator software (the gateway to downloadable content), you’ll instantly get three free downloads to give you a head start. And yet, like countless simple Flash games online, the night after we got the MobiGo, I found myself sneaking a few rounds of Hamster Highway after the kids went to bed. One of the latter is called “Hamster Highway.” It’s a simple game where you guide a hamster in a ball around a track in a race. It comes ready-to-go with an art app, coloring book, and three games. But that also means that it’s not sliding out at inopportune times or because you pushed a button at the top too hard. The only significant drawback for younger hands is flipping out the keyboard - my three-year-old sometimes needs some help getting it to pop up. (If you have other handheld gaming devices with microphones, you already know the amusement of watching your child nearly hyperventilate while trying to achieve something in a game by blowing into the mic!) In addition to the motion sensor and mic, it also has a touchscreen, directional keypad, and button controls. The new features for this version of the MobiGo are two extra inputs, a motion sensor and a microphone. Unlike any of those devices, however, the MobiGo 2 has a keyboard that pops out from under the screen for games and interactions that benefit from it. It’s a smaller device than the InnoTab (I think of it as a young kid’s Nintendo DS) similar to LeapFrog’s Leapster. It comes ready-to-go with a picture gallery, coloring book/art apps, and an e-reader app. The MobiGo 2 is almost as multi-functional as the InnoTab, just in a different shape.
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The extra benefit is that you can connect to Learning Lodge Navigator (the system through which you download new apps, books, and music) over wi-fi rather than having to connect it to your computer. Recently released in time for the holidays, you can also choose to go with the InnoTab 2s, which has the additional feature of a wi-fi connection for downloading new games, books, and music. You might already have a kid-friendly camera, but on the other hand, the InnoTab lets them edit the photos right on the device and incorporate the pictures into their apps. The biggest difference is that camera, and kids love taking pictures of themselves and their friends.
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Should you upgrade if you already have an InnoTab? That may depend on what other gadgets you have and what your kids’ favorites are. (Or, in the case of my daughter, singing greeting.) More than one kid with hands on the InnoTab? Each one can customize it (up to four users) with their own wallpaper, avatar, and voice greeting. You can purchase additional downloads or cartridges featuring your kid’s favorite characters, like Madagascar, Disney Princesses, and Cars. The InnoTab comes with two free downloads. It’s easy to hold and plenty of room for all the things they want to do “just like mom.” Many of the apps that come with it will look familiar from your own “real” devices, like a calendar, contact list, calculator, and e-book reader.
But this is a device that was designed with kids in mind. The five-inch touchscreen nestled inside a chunky frame might seem small when you’re used to looking at a regular tablet. For your aspiring film directors, it also takes video.
A built-in set of editing tools lets them become amateur Instagram-ers. The biggest change to the InnoTab is the addition of a 1.3 megapixel rotating camera that lets kids take pictures of you, their siblings, and thanks to the rotation, their favorite subject - themselves. Both are great devices that will keep your kids entertained and learning for hours. VTech has followed up last year’s popular kids’ tablet, the InnoTab, with the InnoTab 2, and its smaller MobiGo “learning system” device with the next version, MobiGo 2.