ARCHOS Announces the Child Pad Kid-Friendly Tablet

Blah.. my kids are off today which means I’m like getting nothing done.. Speaking of kids, Archos has just announced the Child Pad which is a 7” tablet running ICS aimed at , you guessed it, children! It’s got  a 1GHZ CPU with 1gb of ram and the MSRP will only be $129. For that price I think I’ve got to pick one up..

Key Features & Benefits

Kid-friendly features of the Child Pad include access to the Kids App Store powered by AppsLib which is filtered down to 14-friendly categories and 10,000 apps including games, entertainment, communication, multimedia, books, comics, sports and more.

In addition, ARCHOS has created a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles and the top 28 kids’ apps pre-loaded including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenzy.

ARCHOS has also designed the Child Pad to comply with both CIPA and COPPA regulations, ensuring a safe tablet environment for kids and peace of mind for parents. The parental controls and safe web browsing is powered by Editions Profil, whose “Mobile Parental Filter” is ranked as the most efficient parental control software in worldwide benchmarks.

Availability & Price

The Child Pad will be available in stores starting the end of March with the recommended retail price of $129.

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