138 of 139 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars VTech InnoTab, 26 Sep 2011 = Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars This review is from: VTech InnoTab (Blue) (Toy) I finally got this for my daughters 3rd birthday, although it is advised for 4 to 9 years old as like every other farther I believe my child is advanced for her age. 30 min after she opened it up she was playing with it without any help from me. There are a few games and an eBook already installed, although by signing up to Vtech I received 3 Virtual coins allowing me to purchase 3 more items of my choice.
The Downloadable Games Books are great value for money, all being ?2.99 (This may change when new downloads are available).
Tips:
Make sure you have some rechargeable batteries (4*AA) but I would recommend 8 with 4 on charge whilst 4 in use.
There is a Power Supply & in car charger may be advisable to get.
Make sure you have a SD Card to put your child's Music,Photo's, downloaded games on to, the innotab will take up to 16GB and some people have said that 2GB is enough I don't agree for the extra couple of pounds get as big as you can.
You can also play Video's on this device but I have yet to find anywhere that advises what format it will accept (Waiting feedback from VTech).
Overall:
This is a fantastic toy for my Daughter and I would recommend it to anyone.
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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Product, 5 Oct 2011 = Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars This review is from: VTech InnoTab (Blue) (Toy) This is a parents view, as my son is getting this for Xmas. I have however done alot of playing and setting up the device ready.
It uses motion and touch for all the games and apps, like a phone does. As every game as motion built in, in some way, this is the part I feel my son will love the most (he also has a leappad, but not much motion on them yet).
The cartridge games have a ebook included and 5 games / creative apps which are all character based.
Downloadable apps are also available to download for a small cost although the current libarary isnt alot.
If you install a SD card (I currently have a 4gb in for testing purpose) you can download movies of your own choice for free, music, photos etc... I have currently added 3 full length Disney movies, 5 peppa pig episodes, 5 fireman sam episodes and 2 other smaller cartoon movies. I have put on 3 music albums and also lots of family photos (taken from my 12m camera) and I still have over 2gb left.
I love the colour and pop app, which is a colouring book app (leappad lacks this) and once you have coloured your picture you can move it around and take a photo off it.
Although there isnt a camera, some apps allow you to take virtual photos. You can move around a picture to take a "photo" of the things you want.
Calendar app, notepad app, stopwatch, calculator and address book are all added extras, which my 4 year old wont understand at the moment, but will be a great added bonus when he is old enough.
It comes preinstalled with a ebook, 2 games and you get 3 vcoins to download 3 of your choice.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?42 of 44 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but needs improvement, 4 Oct 2011 = Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars This review is from: VTech InnoTab (Blue) (Toy) Just received it yesterday and generally I think it's good, my son likes it too.
The apps and games are great too, and transfering music to the device is easy.
What I didn't like, is that the video and photo transfer is not working yet (the Vtech software just says these features are coming soon...).
But what really frustrating is the way the touchscreen works:
it's really difficult to click an icon, because if your fingers moves a bit during "clicking", then the software interprets it as a swipe gesture and moves the icon a bit. So you really must be careful not to move your finger in any horizontal direction while clicking the icons, otherwise the app wouldn't start. It's not easy even for an adult, not too mention a child, who wouldn't hold the device so steady.
I wish there was some kind of calibration of the screen's sensitivity possible, to solve this problem.
Apart from the above annoyances, it would a great toy and learning tool!
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