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MobiGoTouch Learning System | 
| Brand: MobiGo
Category: Toy
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $58.99
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Seller: Cheapees
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 109
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 8 years
Battery: 4 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4 x 2
MPN: 80-115800
Model: 80-115800
EAN: 3417761158005
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Portable handheld gaming system lets kids enjoy learning on the go | | • | Touch screen technology introduces kids to a new way to play and follows the hottest trend in gaming today | | • | Slide-out QWERTY keyboard adds a stylish touch and gives kids a chance to familiarize themselves with a keyboard layout | | • | One cartridge is included with the system | | • | Sturdy, kid-tough design and colorful appearance |
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Product Description
V Tech's MobiGo gives kids ages 3-7 their own touch-tech toy that keeps them engaged while they learn. With a touch-activated screen and a QWERTY slide-out keyboard, kids get to emulate their parent's gadgets while learning from characters like Shrek, Disney Princesses and Dora. Tap, slide or flick with MobiGo - kids pick the way they play and learn about colors, shapes, spelling, math, logic and more.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 17
 Great toy!!! September 5, 2010
arhodes
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My son is three years old, and he is so in love with this game! I bought the carrying case with it which I would recommend also because it holds the game and the extra games too so they won't get lost. I was a little apprehensive about a game for a three year old, but some of the games are really easy even for a three year old. I very much recommend this toy to anyone thinking about getting it.
 A tentative 4 stars for potentional - it all depends on the games to be released September 3, 2010
Traveler (New England)
I like the MobiGoTouch system. It feels solid, looks like it could be educational (at times), and it will hold the interest of a child. I gave it to a five year old boy to play with and he was entertained for hours.
However, the MobiGoTouch suffers a bit of an identity crisis from trying to be something for everyone. V Tech says this is for kids age 3-8 and it shows. And that's a problem. True, one could argue that this is a game that can "grow with your child," but how many electronic kids' games last five years or hold a child's interest for that long? And for how long with V Tech release games for this product? All unknowns. It's also unclear at times just how educational this system really is.
All of these issues are apparent in the game that comes with the unit. There are two games, one for math and one for reading, that are clearly not intended for a three year old, but would be excellent for a 5 or 6 year old just starting to learn. And there are games, such as the piano musical note game, that seem pointless and silly and will only hold the interest of a 3 or 4 year old.
It's hard to truly grade this system without seeing other games. Unfortunately, as of this writing (September of 2010) there are very few cartridges available. It does look like several will be released before Christmas. The boy I gave this system to likes the Pixar film "Cars" so I plan on getting that for him when the game is released in October. Still, I can't really say how good soon to be released games will be. Hopefully they'll be more focused for both age and educational value compared to the included game.
With all that in mind, my four star rating for the MobiGoTouch is tentative. If the other games are better then the rating is warranted. If it's more of the same I would definitely deduct a star. As with all such toys, definitely investigate it on your own to see if it will be good for your child.
 Good engineering design poor manufacturing follow-through September 2, 2010
Forest Peterson (Stanford)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
So we download my daughters favorite game, drive off to grandmas and my daughter plays her favorite puppy game we downloaded. On the way she turns off the MobiGo, takes a nap, and when she wakes up grabs her MobiGo to play her favorite game again. Except, the game is now gone. We then must pullover at whatever neighborhood off-ramp we are at, pull out the laptop, find a wi-fi connection, and download her favorite puppy game to the MobiGo again, hoping she does not turn it off again until we are at grandmas.
We recently purchased the MobiGo for our 3-year old daughter. She loves it and would never notice the few things I did: 1) The advertised Vtech progress tracker - a significant factor in our choice over other products - does not exist yet, only a web page with a user interface example of what it might be like. 2) the down-loadable games from the website, are unfortunately lost each time the device is turned off - indicating flash memory rather than a memory card. And 3) the internal memory is only 30MB or so, a bit low in today's world, and allows only three games stored internally.
Suggested solutions: 1) finish the "progress tracker" coding and validation - or copyright/patent negotiation, 2 & 3) Add a memory card slot, to supplement the base memory. Last, this product appears it could play movies and store all games internally, dispensing with the Atari 2600ish era game card format.
Overall, a good product that deserves better than 3 stars but just cannot be given them. The team that engineered this had a great vision that is within the realistic bounds of today's technology, customer sophistication, and cost constraints, but has apparently been terribly corrupted in the manufacturing value engineering process to deliver a product with obvious potential but falls just short off. We like the VTech product engineering and truthful marketing approach - they are a company that is obviously a step ahead - so it really pains us to post this review.
Fantastic fun and educational value August 26, 2010
Jenna Glatzer (NY, United States)
Just in time for a car trip, this wonderful toy appeared on our doorstep. It's so well made and well thought out for the preschool/kindergarten crowd of today. Nice graphics light up the screen, and there are plenty of games on the included cartridge (though my little one will love the Toy Story games when I wind up buying that one for her).
Cons: A little difficult for little hands to pop up the screen, and even I could not reliably trace the lines and shapes with my finger on the touch screen (you really need to be exact with it).
But those are minor points in light of the versatility of this device. It teaches so many concepts and skills, from matching and shapes to manual dexterity and concepts like left and right. A huge hit with both my preschooler and me.
Not Educational Enough August 26, 2010
John B. Clements
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
About two weeks ago, we were given a Mobigo for our four-year-old. I find it
uninspiring, and not seriously educational. It's hard to make a claim like
this, because the problem isn't with the hardware; it's with the software--that
is, the games that are available. This means that it's possible that there
are genuinely educational games available. Nevertheless, the titles that I
have seen are pretty much color- and shape-themed video games, targeted for a
younger audience and produced on a shoestring.
As Danielle Ice of [...] writes (in an excellent review that I
would urge you to read), "If you're buying this product with the consolation
that your kids will be glued to an electronic device that's at least
educational and teaching them something, I feel you'd be fooling yourself."
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