Vtech InnoTab Interactive Learning Tablet – Pink
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Great kids tablet, Consider this vs. the LeapPad,
We got this tablet for my daughter’s birthday, after comparing this with the Leapfrog LeapPad. My oldest child has a Mobigo, which my daughter loves to play, which helped to make the decision. But also price and features played a part. Here is a point by point review based on my run through while setting it up for her.
Hardware
Material/Build Quality:
The Vtech Innotab is a kids tablet, and as can be expected, is not made of top quality materials, by design. While cheaper plastics might not look or feel as nice, they are more flexible and durable, to help protect against drops. It also keeps the cost down. This is more evident on the back, as the front actually looks pretty good. The buttons all have sure feel to them when pressed, which is good. On the back, the kickstand seems pretty sturdy, and holds it at a good angle, but I don’t see it getting used much, unless your child enjoys using it as a digital picture frame. As far as the ports go, it has a USB port, for downloading content from the computer, which is covered by a rubber tab, and the battery compartment, which is shared by the SD card slot, has a plastic door (more on this in a second). But the AC adaptor jack, headphone jack, and cartridge slot are uncovered. I wish there was a way to cover these, especially the cartridge slot, when not in use. I highly recommend keeping a cartridge in the tablet at all times, as it feels awkward to hold without, nevermind the danger of fluids/crumbs. Now back to the battery door. This is by far my biggest disappointment with the tablet. It is thin, and is extremely loose when attached, both sliding around, and pulls away from the tablet a little bit. I suppose this can be remedied by placing a piece of foam inside to hold the battery door out, but I would have preferred it fit better to start. Also since it pops out easily, be aware much younger children will probably be able to access the batteries and sd card, as such I don’t recommend this tablet for children under the age of three.
Screen
I was very impressed with both the look and response of the screen. It is resistive, but registered all but the softest touches and swipes, and was very accurate with both finger input and the stylus. The resolution isn’t fantastic, but for a 5″ screen, it is more than adequate to get the job done, and the colors looked bright, which is important.
Connectivity
As I mentioned, this tablet has ports for headphones and AC adapter both on the top left corner while holding in portrait orientation, cartridge slot, which is in the middle on the right side while in portrait, mini-USB port, and SD card slot inside the battery compartment. I used an 8GB card with no problem, and I read somewhere it will read up to 32GB. The SD card was the biggest reason why I purchased this over the LeapPad, as I will explain later. Reading the instructions, it made it seem like the AC adaptor will only power the device, so if you plan on using rechargeable batteries, make sure you bring a seperate charger wherever you go.
Software/Features
Setup/Menu
The Innotab has many great features for kids, which mimic the grown-up tablets like the iPad. An e-reader, games, photo gallery, video player, art studio, coloring book, calendar, and more. Setup was a breeze, and it will play the included apps or cartridges immediately out of the box (No hour long setup required like the LeapPad). The main menu has an icon for all the various apps on the tablet, with the ebook and games tab taking you to a submenu showing all the games/ebooks. There is also an icon for the cartridge, and an icon for another submenu of just the apps you have downloaded. The transitions between menus and apps was a black loading screen, but never took more than 5 seconds to go between any of the apps on the tablet.
Apps/Cartridges
Out of the box, it includes two games, I played one which was a game about moving blocks of ice to let a penguin get to a fish to eat, the other is a pinball game, an ebook (Rufus, a country dog, goes to the big city), plus you get three v-coins to download three additional apps. Once you go to the vtechkids.com website, register, and download the Learning Lodge software, you can purchase the apps, We chose a farm animals game, a matching game about seals, and the ugly duckling e-book, but there was about 15 different games and an equal number of ebooks. The cartridges are plug and play. Unfortunately, while the LeapPad will accept Explorer cartridges, the InnoTab will not play Mobigo cartridges. This was done because the Innotab incorporates motion control into the apps and games, and Vtech didn’t want to reduce the quality of the gameplay. (Or wanted to sell more cartridges, however you want to look at it). I think this was a mistake by Vtech, because with Leapfrog making theirs compatible, Leapfrog will keep prior customers with them, but previous Vtech…
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|Tip review for the Innotab from a 32yr old mom,
I purchased the Innotab from my local store (not on Amazon; sorry I saw it on sale in my area) for my daughter for Xmas.
Here is my review on the product….so far.. from the past two days. I will try to update this comment once I see my daughter plays with it.
Ok, I little background on my daughter. She will be 3 years old in March 2012. She is very knowledgeable with gadgets. She knows how to get the apps she likes on my phone instantly. Also, showed good response towards my friend’s iPad 2.
So far this product looks fun. You have uploaded apps that comes with it. So this is good till you buy more. It has the cartridge slot. So those games you see in the stores for the Innotab, it’s a cartridge you slide into the Innotab and of course it would have the e books, games, and etc. I am not sure what each has…haven’t purchased any yet.
It takes 4 AA batteries. I haven’t tested how often to replace. I read that you will go through batteries but I will include that in my update in near future. It has the option of you to put in a SD card. Now, I read that some says you can’t go passed 16 GB, that’s what the tech from Vtech says…I took a chance and purchased a 32 GB SDHC card and it works fine. Personally, I purchased this card (it was $30 dollars at CompUSA/Tigerdriect) because I know my daughter has a lot of favorite movies she watches and songs she loves to listen. So instead of me loading certain amount of files, I just say the hell with it and load all her favorites. I have a lot more space to go and it’s get when I find games and other stuff. So, if you can afford it, why not?
With loading movies, it will say in the booklet and you will find some reviews saying that the movie file have to be in a AVI format. This is true. I had to convert my movies. I went to the website Any Video Converter ([...]) and I converted one movie so far. It was Toy Story. It took maybe 15 to 20 minutes to be converted. But wasn’t long and it worked.
For those who are worried about the audio after the conversion, I do have to say that the audio was a 7.5 maybe 8 out of 10. Only because it was very low when the Innotab volume was at the middle notch but to really hear it a bit loud, I had to turn the volume to the highest level. But this is ok! I don’t the movie Blasting loud to blow the speaker of the Innotab but enough to hear. This is good too when your little one has their headphones plugged in and worried about the volume being too high for their ears. They can hear it fine.
The video is good. I rate this 9 out of 10. Only because when the video was converted, it shrunken the screen. But that’s ok!! I still see what’s going on, nothing cut off. It’s like watching a movie on your smart cell phone. In this case, mines is the HTC Incredible form Verizon. So the screen size of the movie is that size.
Overall, don’t be surprise that you video is not the size of the Innotab screen BUT the little ones can view it and be entertained.
Loading Pictures to the Innotab…it’s a eh…I mean, the pictures looks good enough to view but it does show it’s pixelated (if that’s even a word). You will see the pixel boxes but it’s still viewable. Remember guys, this is a toy for the little ones..not an actual tablet like the iPad…LOL.
For the audio, to load music….your music files have to be MP3. This is what Vtech Support told me. Because I have WMA files and the instruction booklet says PCM. I’m like what? Let me just call…and they confirmed it’s MP3, so I have to convert those files as well. I am still searching for a free converter online. So I would have to include that in my update.
**By the way, sorry for the long review…I just want to help you guys out there when considering purchasing this toy or even if you own it and stuck***
Another suggestion….if this will be a gift…make sure you have this stuff done before you give it…Because if you give and your little on see it. Their patience is very short and they love to play with new stuff. Just get all this stuff done before you do so the kids could have and you are done.
OH! I forgot to mention….when you do load your own stuff…don’t use the Learning Lodge Navigator. Just drag your files on the SD card….remember to keep each folder separate ( Music, videos, etc). Once you done with one folder, let’s say music…just take that card and put it in the Innotab, let it upload onto it…check it and then do over again for videos (movies). The only thing I see the LLN is good for is transferring pictures.
Ok…well, that’s it so far. I hope this helps. It’s a great toy and I can’t wait to give to my daughter for Xmas. She would love it…especially having her own entertainment every where she goes. I have to say, it is a lot of work to include you own files but it’s not that bad, just working around some things but…
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