Archos Introduces Child-Friendly Android ICS 7-inch Tablet

[exfileme]

Later this month, Archos is releasing a 7-inch Google 4.0 tablet just for kids.

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[A Bad Day]

The question is...

Is it durable?

Unless if this was marketed for very tame kids, whatever you give them, you better be okay with it being broken.

 

[esrever]

Wow, this is actually a very good idea. A good way to introduce kids to technology. Just needs some decent educational apps.

 

[DaddyW123]

If this is rugged/durable, I could see XDA rooting it and installing full blown ICS with google on it. Then people could spray paint the bezel to improve the kidding look. Then you end up with a cheap, durable, full ICS Tablet.

 

[Benihana]

Don't all these kids already have iPhones, iPods, and iPads? I see little 4 year olds playing on these devices at work (I work retail), so I'm not sure what age this is exactly targeted for.

 

[ryandsouza]

[citation][nom]Benihana[/nom]Don't all these kids already have iPhones, iPods, and iPads? I see little 4 year olds playing on these devices at work (I work retail), so I'm not sure what age this is exactly targeted for.[/citation]
Was thinking along the same lines. But maybe due to the "kid interface" mom & dad won't be tempted to grab it for themselves...

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Has web browsing. Not "safe" for kids in the way that paranoid parents crave for.

 

[archange]

Seems like a decent piece of tech and not a bad idea in itself.
Why on earth, then, call it "ChildPad"?? It''s not just a little weird, it's downright creepy.

 

[__-_-_-__]

panasonic thoughbook only that will handle childrens

 

[jkflipflop98]

[citation][nom]A Bad Day[/nom]The question is...Is it durable?Unless if this was marketed for very tame kids, whatever you give them, you better be okay with it being broken.[/citation]

Kids will break an anvil if you leave them alone with it. Anyone with children already knows the base rules.

 

[DaddyW123]

[citation][nom]jkflipflop98[/nom]Kids will break an anvil if you leave them alone with it. Anyone with children already knows the base rules.[/citation]
That was pretty much the sentiment at my fraternity house too. The walls were lined with 3/4inch plywood under the sheet rock so that it was harder for us to put holes in the walls... we still managed to break everything somehow. Anytime we built something, the saying was "is it TKE proof? - eh, we'll find a way to break it".

 

[goodsyntax]

[citation][nom]jkflipflop98[/nom]Kids will break an anvil if you leave them alone with it. Anyone with children already knows the base rules.[/citation]

My kids broke my last anvil on Thursday!

 

[pacioli]

[citation][nom]goodsyntax[/nom]My kids broke my last anvil on Thursday![/citation]

I hate it when that happens...

 

[applegetsmelaid]

Child Pad? I thought that's what the iPad was for.