VTech’s InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet Awards Parents’ Choice Award

June 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

VTECH ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA, LLC LEARNING APPVTech, a world leader in age-appropriate and developmental stage-based electronic learning products for children, announced that its InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet, one of the first children’s learning based tablets with Wi-Fi, has been selected as a 2013 Parents’ Choice Award winner by Parents’ Choice Foundation.

VTech’s InnoTab range offers children their own tablet that opens up a world of age-appropriate educational content across the widest variety of curriculums, from downloads to software cartridges, combining innovative technology with a developmental learning tool that grows with a child and makes learning fun.

The InnoTab 2S Wi-Fi Learning App Tablet features a secure wireless connection to VTech’s comprehensive app store, the Learning Lodge, where children can explore more than 350 educational games, e-books, videos, music, and more; pick their favorites; create a wish list; and send the list right to their parents’ e-mail. Parents can then approve the wish list, which sends the purchases wirelessly, directly to the InnoTab 2S.

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The UK’s Top 10 Best-Selling Toys to Date

June 5, 2013 By

The UK’s Top 10 best-selling Toys year to date (April 2013)

  1. Vivid Imaginations‘ Moshi Monsters Moshling Figures
  2. Lego‘s Lego Minifigures
  3. Leapfrog‘s Leappad Explorer Tablet
  4. Hasbro‘s Furby Hot and Cool
  5. Vivid Imaginations‘ Moshi Monsters Blind Bag
  6. Mattel‘s Monster High Doll
  7. Leapfrog‘s Leapfrog Explorer Game
  8. VTech‘s Innotab Learning Tablet
  9. Mattel‘s Cars 2 Character Clipstrip
  10. Flair‘s TMNT Basic Figures

Source: The NPD Group

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As National Baby Safety Month Begins, VTech Survey Finds Accidents, Choking Are Top Parent Concerns

September 7, 2012 By

Courtesy of VTech

Results Show the Majority of Today’s Parents are Extremely Safety Conscious, Labeling Themselves as either “Protective” or a “Close Supervisor”

In honor of National Baby Safety month in September, VTech Communications, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VTech Holdings Ltd., commissioned a survey1 conducted by independent market research firm Toluna to uncover parents’ worries, habits, and priorities for a safe home. Top safety concerns include children getting hurt by falling or getting into harmful material (29 percent), choking (24 percent), and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (20 percent).

With these worries top of mind, today’s parents are extremely safety conscious with the majority (71 percent) of survey respondents labeling themselves as either close supervisors (40 percent) or protective (31 percent).

“As every parent discovers, keeping kids safe remains a 24/7 proposition,” says Stacy DeBroff, founder and CEO of Mom Central. “National Baby Safety Month offers parents key advice and tips around home safety practices that can both help protect children and provide parents with peace of mind.”

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VTech Launches “Show & Tell with Switch & Go” Video Contest

August 23, 2012 By

VTech Electronics North America, LLC, is bringing bigger roars to the toy vehicle aisle as Attila the Ankylosaurus, Span the Spinosaurus, and Brok the Brachiosaurus join the other Switch & Go Dinos on shelves. All seven durable and collectable Switch & Go Dinos are now available both online and in store at all major retailers. In conjunction with the full launch of the toys, VTech is unveiling the “Show & Tell with Switch & Go” video contest, which encourages children to use their imaginations to discover the ultimate dinosaur and car combination toy.

Designed for ages 3 to 9, VTech’s Switch & Go Dinos provide a unique 2-in-1 play experience, as all seven toys easily transform back and forth between dinosaur and vehicle in a few simple steps. Each Switch & Go Dino comes equipped with a customizable LCD screen allowing kids to personalize their play experience by choosing dinosaur eyes when in dinosaur mode and driver faces when in vehicle mode. More than 50 dinosaur and vehicle sound effects and educational dinosaur facts bring the toys to life, offering kids a personalized, immersive, and enriching play experience.

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Toys Transform Toddlers into Little Learners

August 8, 2012 By

Courtesy of Toy Industry Association

Back-to-school season is just around the corner for millions of kids across the country … but there’s no need for younger siblings who are not yet in school to feel out of the learning loop. Thanks to toy innovation in the infant and pre-school categories, there are tons of great new playthings on the market that build cognitive and developmental skills at a young age.

“With increases in total U.S. births predicted for both 2012 and 2013, toymakers are rolling out a broad array of brand new toys and games to challenge and excite little ones, presenting them with more play options than ever before,” says Adrienne Appell, trend expert at the Toy Industry Association (TIA). “Toys can help transform tots and toddlers into lifelong learners by helping them explore their interests and talents very early on.”

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VTech to Offer Downloadable Nickelodeon Episodes on InnoTab 2

August 6, 2012 By

VTech Electronics North America, LLC, is partnering with Nickelodeon to bring a number of animated series to the InnoTab 2. Beginning late August, episodes of Nickelodeon’s hit animated series including Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Bubble Guppies, will be available for download from VTech’s Learning Lodge Navigator.

The InnoTab 2 learning tablet gives kids ages 3 to 9 their own 5-inch touch-screen tablet with free onboard activities to get them started, and a new rotatable digital camera and video recorder. This sleek and durable toy also comes equipped with a tilt sensor, photo viewer, video player, MP3 music player, e-reader, art studio, microphone and more. The InnoTab 2 also features 2GB of onboard memory and an expandable SD card slot for up to 32GB more storage capacity.

Nickelodeon videos will be sold in bundles of three episodes and individually. Starting in October, the videos will also be available for download on VTech’s original InnoTab. The InnoTab 2 hits store shelves in mid-August.

This post was originally written by Sierra McCleary-Harris and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.

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VTech MobiGo 2 and InnoTab 2 Now Available for Pre-Order

July 20, 2012 By

VTech Electronics North America, LLC, have announced that MobiGo 2 and InnoTab 2 are now available for pre-order at ToysRUs.com, Amazon.com, Target.com, Walmart.com, and VTechKids.com.

MobiGo 2 is a multi-functional, handheld touch learning system that comes equipped with a motion sensor and microphone for total game control. The InnoTab 2 gives kids their own touch-screen tablet with free on-board activities to get them started, and a new rotatable digital camera and video recorder. Both products connect to VTech’s Learning Lodge Navigator so children can choose from hundreds of apps to download, including new content from Brave, Madagascar 3, and Hello Kitty, for more fun and learning.

For pre-orders, the estimated shipping dates for MobiGo 2 and InnoTab 2 are July 23 and August 10, respectively.

This post was originally written by Sierra McCleary-Harris and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.

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DreamWorks Announces Ogre-Whelming Licensee Support for Shrek Forever After

May 24, 2010 By

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. has announced a full slate of promotional partners and licensees in support of Shrek Forever After, which opened in theaters on Friday.

Among the Shrek Forever After licensees are Activision for video games; Hasbro Games for a line of classic Shrek games and puzzles; Penguin for a variety of storybooks; Rubie’s Costume Co. for Halloween costumes; and VTech, which continues to feature Shrek in new key hardware systems and will launch the character Shrek on the MobiGo & FLiP platforms. Playmates, the master toy partner for Shrek Forever After, offers a full array of toys ranging from figures and plush to dolls and role play toys.

For more information, please visit www.dreamworksanimation.com/shrek.

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Iron Man 2 Takes Over Toy Fair

February 18, 2010 By

At Toy Fair, Marvel Entertainment, LLC debuted a slew of partners and product lines based on the company’s upcoming flick, Iron Man 2, and franchise, Marvel’s Super Hero Squad.

Hasbro, the master toy licensee for Super Hero Squad and Iron Man 2 (in theaters May 7), is introducing a wide range of toy and game products, including  action figures, roleplay, preschool toys, board games, and puzzles. At the four-day event, Hasbro debuted the new Iron Man Helmet, featuring directives from Jarvis, and a “slow release” visor, and the R/C Walking Iron Man (above), a toy that allows kids to send the character walking forward across the floor and fire projectiles from his hand and shoulder rockets.

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VTech Appointed as Chuggington Global Licensee

January 14, 2010 By

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Ludorum plc has appointed VTech as the global licensee for Chuggington electronic learning products. As part of the deal, in June VTech will launch a new Chuggington laptop, for kids ages 3 and older. The VTech Chuggington Laptop features the show’s characters––such as trainees Wilson, Brewster, and Koko––and their real voices. The laptop includes a Wilson-shaped selector, abc keyboard, and the numbers 1-10 to teach kids language, numbers, logic, and games.

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