Both Gadgetorama headquarter Editors-in-Training are big fans of tablets and I suspect that they are not the only kids to have asked for their own tablets. Toys’R’Us today announced the tabeo, a tablet designed with children in mind. It will come with 50 free, preinstalled apps “that were carefully selected to entertain and educate children, while helping them explore the Internet.” It will also come with parental controls to allow them to customize Internet access for each family member.
“Over the past year, we’ve spent considerable time talking to parents and children to determine what features and functions they really want in a kids’ tablet, resulting in tabeo,” said Troy Peterson, Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager, Toys’R’Us, U.S. “We are proud that tabeo offers robust and flexible parental controls that can help protect children as they surf the Internet, and we are pleased to offer the tabeo App Store, which features only kid-safe content carefully curated by the Toys“R”Us team.”
Toys’R’Us Tabeo specifications:
- Processor: 1GHz ARM Cortex A8
- Operating system: Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
- Cellular connectivity: None
- Other connectivity: 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- Display: 7-inch WVGA (800×480)
- Input: Capacitive touchscreen
- Memory: 1GB RAM
- Storage: 4GB onboard and microSD cards
- Rear-facing camera: None
- Front-facing camera: Yes
- Connectors: Mini-HDMI
- Dimensions / weight: 223 × 142 × 12.2 millimeters / 380 grams
Among the games installed are Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, and Temple Run. It also includes education apps such as Operation Math and TechCalc, and a number of books. The tabeo App Store offers another 7,000 free apps as well as thousands more apps that can be purchased.
A number of accessories will also be available for the tabeo, including bumpers (one is included with the device itself as well), cases, docks, and tabeo branded cables.
The tabeo will be available exclusively at Toys’R’Us stores starting October 21st for US$149.99. There is no word on Canadian availability yet.
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