LeapFrog is a company that focuses on children’s tablets and they just introduced two new slates: LeapPad 3 and LeapPad Ultra XDi. The former can be seen below and as you can see, it looks quite a bit like a toy.

LeapPad 3 has a superior CPU compared to its predecessor and judging by its case, it’s protected against rough contact and spills. It uses a 480 x 272 pixel resolution on a 5 inch screen and inside is a 1 GHz CPU. The LeapPad Ultra brings WiFi support and both models come with games, apps, e-books, video and audio content. LeapPad 3 is priced at around $100 and it will be available in July.

Meanwhile, LeapPad Ultra XDi is priced at $130 and will come in 2015. I can see there’s a directional pad on the side of the tablet and also what looks like a front camera and a Home button. There’s a pet game here, a word game, music related activities and the child has a profile set up with his own avatar in the left corner.

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The S6 Study Pad is a new learning tablet for children and it comes with a custom UI applied on top of Android. It also integrates 1 GB of RAM, a A31S quad core processor and a few educational applications.

This model relies on an interface that seems to be based on tiles, at least in the section where you get to choose the learning fields. I see there’s geography, history, chemistry, maths, English, physics, politics and biology. There’s also a cloud icon, meaning you can save your sessions in the cloud, as well as some tools and font options. The slate seems pretty sturdy, it has two big speakers at the top and a kickstand integrated.

From what I can see it comes with a microSD card slot, a front camera and even what appears to be a full USB port, although I could be mistaking. We have no price for this model and even if we had one, usually such learning tools are offered with a discount to schools, kindergartens and other institutions where children need tablets.

Fuhu made the headlines today, when they unveiled the Big Tab, a huge tablet that’s meant for entire families. Fuhu is a brand that focuses on child-oriented gadgets and they unveiled a 20 inch and 24 inch of their Full HD Big Tab models, shown below.

Both slates come with a carrying frame, that also works as a kickstand and a 15 points capacitive touchscreen, a quad core Nvidia Tegra 4 CPU and 16 GB of memory. The OS here is Android 4.4.4, but there’s a software layer on top, called Blue Morpho. The tablet comes with a dual mode feature, that allows families to switch between the nabi mode and parent mode. The latter runs stock Android and works pretty much like a standard Android slate.

Once you swipe to the right, you’ll each the parental control area and access the nabi mode. This one is a launcher that holds all of the apps that kids would interact with. The nabi system also includes educational apps and games, like the Big Canvas app, that allows kids to draw, create animations and edit videos. There’s the Wings Learning System, used to learn Math, Reading and Writing and providing over 17,000 lessons and 300k questions.

Movies, games and books are also included, for the full package, plus multiplayer board games for the whole family. The Big Tab 20 inch tablet goes for $449 and comes this fall, while the 24 incher goes for $549.

Mitashi isn’t a brand I’m familiar with, but with a child tablet segment that doesn’t include many models, it’s easy to remember this name. They’ve debuted a new kid-friendly tablet dubbed Sky Tab 2, that runs Android and it’s available in India.

The price is $115 and the product is listed on the company’s website, but it’s out of the stock for the time being. The Mitashi Sky Tab 2 packs a 7 inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 976 x 600 pixels and Android 4.2 as the OS. There’s a 1 GHz dual core CPU inside, 1 GB of RAM too, 8 GB of storage and a microSD card slot with up to 32 GB of extra storage supported.

The slate has a 2 MP back camera, a 0.3 MP front shooter and a 3300 mAh battery incorporated as well. Sky Tab 2 has a parental control feature, that allows you to add filters, block websites and monitor what the kids are browsing over WiFi. There are also 27 preloaded apps for children and a rubberized protective case, that prevents damage from drops.

Every week we learn about a new child-friendly tablet and this week’s model is the Kurio Telekids TAB, shown below. This new model is for sale in Netherlands and this is in fact the seventh Kurio branded model that reaches the Dutch market.

It comes with a protective rubber case, available in several color choices. The Telekids brand is featured proeminently and in spite of the name, there’s no TV channel or service associated with the device. In the end all we get is a 7 inch Android model with a special section for children. The software area features an Internet filter and a special kid-friendly app store, the Kurio App Store.

A nice feature of the Telekids TAB is the Motion one, that relies on the camera to play games similar to the ones on the Nintendo Wii. The moves you make trigger certain in game actions. The product is certainly on the lower end side of the spectrum, with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, a dual core Intel Clover Trail processor, clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage. There’s also a microSD card slot, a 0.3 Mp front camera and a 2 MP back shooter.

WiFi and Android 4.4 round up the specs list of the model, that’s priced at just 99 euros.

We owe a great debt to Nickelodeon for making our childhood more beautiful with programs like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, plus they also made the legendary Sponge Bob and now to top it all they debuted their own tablet. This is a device called Nickelodeon Junior and it’s pictured below.

This is a small device, a 7 incher with a dual core 1 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM, so specs are modest. We also get 4 GB of storage, a microSD card slot with a bundled 8 GB card and a front 0.3 MP camera. We have no idea what the resolution is here, but I expect something more than 800 x 480, probably 1024 x 600 pixels. There’s Android on board, in an unspecified version, as well as 200 apps, of which 21 exclusively available on this slate.

70 games, dozens of TV shows from the famous channel and more are included here. The product has a parental control mode for kids aged 3 to 6 and kids aged 6 to 10 separately. Internet access is also regulated through this, by the way. The product is pretty highly priced, at 129.90 euros, but a brand is a brand after all…

The kids tablet is a segment that has been relatively popular over the past two years or so, because every major company has tried its hand at it. The thing is that the market is still open for a champion, because there’s no dominant brand in this area. Kurio’s Xtreme Kids Tablet is interesting enough and let’s see what Androidpolice’s review had to say about it.

This is an Intel-powered slate, priced at $130 and packing a 7 inch 1024 x 600 pixel display, as well as a 1.2 GHz dual core Intel Atom Z2520 processor and 1 GB of RAM. There’s a 2.1 MP rear camera, a 0.3 MP front shooter, 16 GB of storage, a microUSB port and WiFi on board, as well as Bluetooth 4.0. There’s a 3000 mAh battery inside, Android 4.4 as the OS and the product is available in blue or pink.

Sold at Toys R Us, the tablet has a very intuitive user interface, particularly for the little ones. The display is criticized in the review, as well as the sluggish nature of the device. The control layout is very smple, with all the buttons, jacks and ports placed on the right side of the device. We’ve also got a silicone cover for protection and the ability to create a new kid’s profile easily via the Settings menu.

Parental controls must be specified and pre-categorized apps such as games, media, ebooks and more are available. Kurio Xtreme is praised for UI, but criticized for hardware and in the end the user is urged to go with the Amazon Fire HD Kids tablet rather than this model.

Every other week or so we get word of a new kids tablet and this time we’ve found one that actually has the word “kids” in its name. It’s priced below $100 and dubbed ClicN KIDS Tablet 2. It packs Intel hardware inside, as well as Google Play.

The product is now up for preorder in USA, with a $99.95 price tag and the slate comes from CNK Digital. The KIDS Tablet 2 has parental controls, a special Grown Ups mode, that makes the tablet a regular Android model, with all the functions one needs. This one is a 7 inch model with a 1024 x 600 pixel resolution, a 16:9 aspect ratio and under the hood we’ve got an Intel Atom Z2520 1.2 GHz processor, as well as 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage.

There’s also a microSD card slot on board, 5 GB of Google Drive space and a 2 megapixel rear camera included, as well as a 3 MP front cam. ClickN KIKDS Tablet 2 offers an integrated microphone for chatting and interacting with learning apps, plus WiFi and a battery that provides 8 hours of functioning time. The device comes with over 30 games preinstalled.

Fuhu has unveiled its latest generation of tablets, the nabi 3 model, that includes the Elev8 unit shown below. This product is colourful, seems child-proof and comes with appealing features.

It packs an 8 inch screen with a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, a 2 MP front camera and an 8 megapixel back shooter. It also has 16 GB of storage, a faster and more powerful CPU than the predecessor and relies on Fuhu’s Blue Morpho operating system. The product focuses on edutainment features for the little ones. It includes over 400 kid-focused experiences, apps and associated services and offers.

Elev8 is a WiFi-only tablet with a sleeker and thinner frame, plus a colorful case. The company has also redesigned the Nabi Jr. model, that’s meant as a child’s first slate and packs a 7 inch screen, thin format and pre kindergarten apps and features. Future special editions will be offered.

The device pictured below is called Fuhu Nabi Pass Tab and it’s a children’s tablet that may just be worth your money. Why? It’s all because of the way it’s sold to consumers… The product comes with a Pass Tab plan, that’s available for preorder now and it ships on June 16th.

This is a 7 inch slate that’s seriously protected from the little guys’ accidents, spills and other such mishaps. It comes with padding and child-friendly functionality, including access to Disney or DreamWorks content. There’s National Geographic Kids also included here and basically you get a rival for the Amazon Fire HD 6 Kids Edition or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids tablet, but with a twist…

Fuhu Pass Tab doesn’t need you to pay upfront, but it’s based on sort of a subscription, for $10 a month. Basically you’re renting the tablet and not buying it. Fuhu offers two Pass Tab plans, one with $10 per month and a 2 year span, or $15 a month for 12 months. If you want to keep the tablet after the subscription you can pay a dollar for the first plan and $20 for the second.

The payout reaches a total of $241 tops and the deal isn’t that bad in the end. You get a Tegra 3 slate, 1 GB of RAM, a heavily tweaked Android 4.2 and a ton of content. Fuhu also offers unlimited replacements on broken tablets, because… you know, kids are kids.

Indian device maker Micromax has debuted a tablet for the children, a model called Canvas Tabby, that’s pictured below. It has a very affordable price tag of $102 and it’s dubbed a “dual mode family tablet”, featuring a special kids mode.

Canvas Tabby has voice calling features and it will be available exclusively on Flipkart for 3 weeks, starting with June 22nd. This is the first Micromax tablet focused on the kids segment and parents can switch from regular usage mode to kid-friendly mode fast. The product comes preloaded with educational content, that includes over 100 apps and over 500 videos.

Included here are educational and creativity apps, like Kids Paint Wild Animals, Kids Paint Vehicles, Kids Spell and Learn Fruits, Kids Spell and Learn Body and much more. The slate runs Android 4.4 KitKat and brings a 7 inch 1280 x 800 pixel display, with a TFT panel and eye glare protection. There’s a dual core 1.3 GHz processor inside, 1 GB of RAM and dual SIM slots, plus 8 GB of storage and 3G connectivity.

GPS, a microSD card slot and 2 MP back camera round up the specs list.

The company Findaway entered the public eye about 9 years ago when it launched an audio player with an audiobook on board. It received quite a bit of buzz and got Barnes & Noble to sell it. The product flopped in the holiday season, but them got picked up by libraries. Now the same firm launches a tablet, called Playaway Launchpad and detailed below.

This device is meant for the children’s sections of libraries and it’s supposed to be lent by a library system. Many libraries have started tablet-lending programs with iPads and Android slates, but the Findaway product is supposed to be the first one to be lent by a library system. The Baltimore public library system has picked up 90 Playway tablets and split them between 3 branches.

They also have a 3D printing station and lend video games, so they’re very evolved. The slates come with a pack of themed science, math and reading apps, intended for a varied age group. Findaway worked with Fingerprint, a children’s app company, in order to choose the right applications. Multiple themes are included and the devices are built with tough plastic cases, in order to survive bumps.

LeapFrog has unveiled its first child-oriented tablet, a model called Epic and the company’s first slate with Android on board. This 7 incher combines parental control features with a variety of Android games and apps.

Aimed at 3 to 9 year olds, the device runs Android 4.4 and not the LeapPad proprietary system, that was present on previous devices. Another piece of good news is that unlike the previous LeapFrog models, this one doesn’t use cartridges, relying only on apps like Fruit Ninja and TocaBoca titles. There’s a Learning Library store available and all apps are ad-free. Over 20 are preinstalled.

LeapFrog Epic brings a 7 inch touchscreen with a 1026 x 600 pixel resolution, a quad core 1.3 GHz processor, 16 GB of storage and a microSD card slot. There’s also 1 GB of RAM available, WiFi, Bluetooth and 2 megapixel back and front cameras. A battery life of 6 hours is promised and the Epic can survive drops, although it’s not that heavily ruggedized.

It becomes available in September, priced at $140.

KD Interactive has just launched a new kid-friendly tablet, the Kurio Xtreme 2 model, that’s both resilient and low priced. Available for $129, this model runs Android 5.0 Lollipop and it’s made for rougher interactions and drops from the little ones.

Specs are modest here, including a 7 inch 1024 x 600 pixel display, with 5 point touch, as well as a quad core MediaTek MTK8127 processor and 1 GB of RAM. There’s also 16 GB of storage, a microSD card slot, 2.1 MP back camera and front 0.3 MP shooter. A 2820 mAh battery powers up the unit and we’ve got micro HDMI also thrown in, if you want to connect the slate to a TV.

Kurio Xtreme 2 has a built in kickstand and comes bundled with 18 Kurio Motion 2.0 games, that involve motion tracking, which will make the kids get some exercise. Other apps and services offered here are Spotify, YouTube Kids, Toon Goggles, Netflix, Skype and even a kid-friendly email app. Websites can be filtered on this device and there’s a Kurio Guard filter applied for inappropriate content.

You can get the device here.

Fuhu is probably the tablet brand we’ve heard most often linked with kids tablets, so we’re not exactly surprised to see them launching one more such device. Fuhu debuted today the Elev-8 model, an 8 inch slate that’s pictured below.

It comes with an 8 inch 1280 x 800 pixel display and apparently this model has a very slim chassis, for its segment. There’s a child-proof casing in the mix, that probably cancels that slimness claim and specs include 32 GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a 5 megapixel main camera and a front 2 MP shooter, as well as a microphone. Elev-8 brings a child-friendly interface, large and colorful icons and a variety of apps and activities.

The slate is available in Walmart and Toys R Us locations, priced at $169. Those who purchase it before December 31st will get a free six month Nabi Pass, which is a subscription to child-friendly and educational content. Discovery and National Geographic Kids content is included, as well as Cupcake Digital items and children’s literature.

The children tablet segment is growing, so today we learn that EE is launching the Robin slate, a device meant for the little ones, but also with tweaks for their parents. The parents can set up filters for the content and browsing that the kids do.

EE Robin is built around the idea of kid usage with parental controls that can limit the Internet access. It allows parents to monitor the child’s behaviour online and the device comes with a protective bumper that reduces the risk of breakage when dropped. A recent UK study showed that almost a third of children under five have their own device.

Robin will come with entertainment content intended for kids, including the Hopster TV application, that offers shows and games for the little guys with ages 2 to 6. EE provides here over 40 games and apps preloaded and the product goes on sale from October 23rd with monthly subscriptions for web access and pay as you go options. Security system Kurio runs on top of Android and filters inappropriate content.

Verizon launched a new tablet today, through a partnership with Ellipsis and this new device is meant for kids. The product is actually part of a series of slates, following in the footsteps of the Ellipsis 7, 8 and Jetpack. Dubbed Ellipsis Kids Tablet, the slate is pictured below.

The new child-friendly model packs an 8 inch IPS display, a 5 megapixel main camera and a front 1.3 MP shooter. It also brings 16 GB of storage, a microSD card slot with support for up to 32 GB of extra storage and a 5000 mAh battery. There’s WiFi in the mix, 4G LTE connectivity via Verizon’s network and a special Zoodles Kid Mode subscription.

The subscription lets kids and parents access age-appropriate games, apps and videos, including educational content. Obviously there’s parental control in the mix, with app blockers, child lock and time limits available. The product will be ready for purchase starting next week, November 12th at $249.99 straight from Verizon. Kickstands and bumpers are also available for the slate.

VTech is a tablet maker and they specialize in kids tablets, but they’re going through a bit of a scandal right now, since their devices have been hacked. What’s worse is that the breach revealed personal pictures of the little ones.

The information coming from the hack includes personal data, which also means recordings and photos. Cyber attackers accessed Vtech’s database and stole the children’s personal info, recordings and images. 5 million customers are said to have been affected, but the hacker that started the hack claims that he only accessed chat logs and personal info.

Pictures taken with the cameras are included, according to Vice magazine, that interviewed the hacker. Security expert Troy Hunt learned that all communication via the app was unencrypted, so when a hacker accessed the database, he could read all the info easily. Said info can be traced to usernames and identities, meaning the children and adults can be identified.

VTech has started taking down some of its vulnerable portals, like Learning Lodge, that were affected by the hack. That’s the kind of problem to take down an entire company…

Interestingly, every two weeks or so we see a new tablet for children, although we have no idea if this segment is successful or not. We have no sales numbers and no clear market share, so on paper it should be a good business if products keep coming up. However, today we learn that one of the biggest names in the biz, Fuhu has been acquired.

Toy maker Mattel has purchased Fuhu, the creator of the Nabi tablet series for children, with business and assets included. Fuhu had previously filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, but thanks to the buyout, it will continue to work as before. The Nabi slates will offer access to the content in the Nabi Shop and App Zone and Fuhu also promises that product warranties won’t be affected.

You may still be able to buy the Nabi tablets at the Walmart and Amazon stores, no problem with that. Nabi’s sale to Mattel is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2016, so things could change by then. Mattel being the toy giant it is, could invest serious money into Fuhu and maybe make the Nabi series even better.

Sydney-based firm One Education has been working on a new device, a tablet that can be taken apart by the little ones. The result is called The Infinity and it looks like the model below.

Its point of inspiration was the One Laptop Per Child initiative and starting from that a device that’s pretty much modular came up. This model has a camera, Bluetooth and WiFi, plus an 8.9 inch touchscreen display, a 1.4 GHz quad core CPU and a keyboard dock. The modularity part means that all parts of the slate slide out of their special chassis placements.

They can be explored by children and that even includes the core parts, battery, hub and screen. Modularity also applies to software, so the device can run Android, Linux, Windows or Chromium OS. There’s also Infinity OS as an option, with apps that help kids learn to code. The price is $249 right now and One Education wants to ship the product in September 2016.

An Indiegogo campaign has already started, raising 40% of the $50.000 goal. Is this the new OLPC XO?