Keep kids and parents happy
With loads of manufacturers now making tablets, surely the good people at Toys “R” Us should know better than to enter into the most oversupplied category in the consumer electronics field. The company’s new Tabeo Android-based tablet has an interesting twist, focusing specifically on pacifying frenetic back-seat children with an in-car mobile diversion by way of a tablet that’s chock full of kid-friendly games.
The seven-inch device arrives preloaded with 50 apps, including child-favourite Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja, and you can access more apps online. The specs are not industry-leading, and when a product focuses on kids alone, it need not be.
$150; visit toysrus.com. Store more multimedia: As tablets and smartphones become the primary multimedia hubs in cars, the only limit to drive time possibilities is the maximum amount of storage space that people have on their tablet or smartphone.
Kingston’s Wi-Drive WiFi-enabled hard drive is a small, portable flash-based storage device that expands mobile storage, wirelessly streaming data to any Wi-Fienabled smartphone or tablet, allowing music and videos to be accessed no matter where you are or how limited your storage. Available in 32-gigabyte and 64-gigabyte models, the manufacturer has developed smartphone apps to provide direct wireless compatibility.
$80; visit kingston.com.