My niece is 8 going on fifteen and I’m having a real problem even thinking about shopping for birthday gifts that will excite her. The problem is that at her age she’s past the plastic junk and baby doll stage, but not really responsible enough for an iPad. It seems that there aren’t a lot of cool options for kids this age, but things they are changing.
Welcome the tabeo, a 7 inch multi-touch tablet designed by Toys R Us. The tabeo offers your youngsters a world of entertainment right out of the box. Imagine a WiFi tablet that comes preloaded with games like Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Temple Run, contains apps that help your children learn about math and science, has an included library to foster a love of reading, and entertainment and activity options galore, all this, with a heaping portion of parental controls.
The tabeo helps keep kids safe with a full suite of customizable parental controls that allow parents to tailor the level of security for up to eight users, so each of your kids can have access to different levels of content. You will have the ability to block whole catagories of content or specific websites and change the parameters at will. Parents can even determine the days and times kids can access the web and get alerts if any presets have been bypassed.
For more information about this super kid-friendly tablet, please visit the tabeo.com website in the coming weeks. The new tabeo will be available exclusively at Toys”R”Us stores nationwide beginning October 21, all for under 150 bucks. If you know you want one, you can pre-order it now by visiting Toysrus.com.
[ Toys R Us introduces tabeo – Just for Kids and Just in Time copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
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