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Coby Kyros 8-Inch Android 2.3 4 GB Internet Touchscreen Tablet - MID8125-4G (Black)I bought this talet as a learning tool for my 15 month old (and for future use for my 3 month old). I couldn't justify spending $500 on an iPad when there are thousands of free android apps that would be appropriate for toddlers. So I was excited to buy this for $130 on Cyber Monday! It came by Saturday.
This is a nifty little gadget. My son already loves it- there are tons of apps on amazon that will teach letters, numbers, colors, animals, etc. We also love the musical ones like the mini piano and finger drums. I spent a great deal of time searching through the free apps and found 120 of them that seemed worth trying out.
Here's the part I hate about this tablet: it takes FOREVER to get it all set up. Here's what I had to all do:
-set up email account through the device (HINT- if you enter it a million times and it says username/password incorrect, you probably have to change your email settings to enable IMAP)
-go to amazon, choose apps.
-download amazon AppStore
-download each app one at a time. This takes a while.
-install each app once they're downloaded. This also takes a while.
-the internal memory will fill up quickly. So I put in a micro SD card. I then transferred the apps to the card (one at a time).
-continue downloading/installing apps now that there was more memory available.
-eventually the SD card was full. So then I went through the apps that were installed. Mayn didn't work, so I deleted those. Then I was able to download more (and transfer, and check to see if they worked...)
So in general, the PROS would be:
-it's fun, lots of apps to check out
-pretty inexpensive
CONS:
-It is super slow. Probably takes about 1-2 minutes to start up (like a computer; I know iPads are pretty instantaneous).
-It's annoying to have to download everything item by item.
-The information guide is a joke. It just tells what the buttons are (in 3 different languages).
It fulfilled my need as an educational tool for kids, but if you're looking for something hardcore (or if you don't have a weekend to waste setting it up), you might want to keep looking.
***UPDATE*** I'm returning this, and changing my rating to 2 stars. I thought I was willing to deal with its slow speed, but half the apps don't work, it keeps exiting apps on me, and there's hardly any memory space on it, even with a memory card. I think I'll get a kindle fire instead. This tablet is just poorly made, and isn't worth what they're charging for it.