If you’ve ever had a kid “borrow” your iPhone to watch a video or play a game, you know that there’s no age requirement for touchscreen phone/tablet obsession. But while modern smartphones and tablets tend to have decent build quality and scratch-resistant displays they weren’t really meant to put up with the abuse that a toddler can inflict. Enter the…

Read more »

LeapFrog has been making educational electronic devices for kids for far longer than your 5 year old has been stealing your iPad. Now the company is getting ready to launch the next-generation LeapPad — a tablet meant for kids under the age of 9. While the original LeapPad was basically designed for reading books, listening to audio, and writing notes,…

Read more »

I can’t count the number of times I’ve looked at a netbook and thought, “You know what would make me like this computer more? If it looked like a Teddy Bear.” Mostly, that’s because I don’t know how to count to zero. But it looks like someone certainly thought it would be a good idea to turn a netbook into…

Read more »

Netbooks are inherently kid-friendly laptops. They’re small and light, which means they won’t break your back if you stick them in a backpack, and small fingers aren’t a problem. And of course, arguably the first netbook, the OLPC XP Laptop was designed specifically with children in developing nations in mind, so it included easy to use software and a rugged…

Read more »