DisneyMaMato8
Earning My Ears
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- Jul 18, 2007
Have you seen the new cases by fisher price to protect iPods and iPads?
Good points. I can speak to the Innotab. It uses batteries. We were going through them very quickly and switched to rechargable batteries and it's much better now. Good point about the game cost as well. Not sure how much the iPad cost (thinking around $300). The gamesbooks for the Innotab are an average of $17 not on sale. I purchase them when they go on sale for $9.99 which seems to be a lot. Using those price points, I would have to purchase 22 games to make the price "comparable". My son has 5 and that is all he cares to have.
I think age is a good thing to keep in mind along with how many games you think they would want.
I went back and forth between LeapPad and Innotab and, in the end, I went with the less expensive Innotab as I know these electronics seems to be becoming "obsolete" so quickly!
Good luck with your decision, OP. You can try out both the Innotab and LeapPad at Target.
I've had some more time to think about this, and I think there are a few things to consider to help you choose the right one for your kid.
First, battery life. Is it rechargeable? You don't want to be replacing batteries constantly.
Second, games or app cost. I prefer the iPad or an android model mostly because there are tons of free educational apps. I've purchased one or two pricey apps, but the majority have been free or $1.99 or less. There's a Facebook page I follow called Good free apps for kids.
Good luck choosing!
Sounds like you've gotten a lot of good suggestions already. You might want to just consider getting him an iTouch, or waiting until one of you upgrade to a new iphone (next week? ) and let him just use your older version iphone. Pros: he already knows how to use it, and you already own the apps. It's just another option to consider...we've always given our kids our old devices when we upgrade. We get a new one and they get the old one and are thrilled to have one of their own.
Yeah, we actually have one of those, but we also have Otterboxes for our phones so we don't use it.Have you seen the new cases by fisher price to protect iPods and iPads?
We've been debating this too and finally decided to go with an Ipod Touch 4 and this case: griffin armored survivor case . (You have to watch the video! We can get a refurbed Ipod 4 for around $129, but i don't remember the website. Maybe they will be even cheaper now with the new models out.
We have both an ipad now and android phones and I think the aps on the ipad are way better, and tv content is way easier to purchase too. We may consider the 5th gen, but I think that's a bit out of our price range.
Just buy the iPad. Most people who share devices with kids and buy the kid substiute STILL have to share their deviced with the kids.
If he likes an iPad, get him an iPad.