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Our 3 and 1/2 year old loves playing our smart phones and our tablet computer, so we thought it would be great if we could get him his own kid centric tablet. We were excited that this seemed to be a "full featured" android table. So I got in line at Toys R Us at 5:00AM to get one of the few that were being sold and when I arrived home and opened it up, I was EXTREMELY disappointed to learn it isn't nearly what it advertised. First, this is not a full featured android tablet. You DO NOT have full access to the android marketplace and many of the apps that our child loves playing on our smartphones (Zoodles for one) are not available and cannot be installed on this device. Second (and even worse), on the front page of the kid's home page is the "App Store". This is the place where Nabi tries to sell additional apps to you and your kids. Although your kids cannot make purchases without knowing your password, you also CANNOT remove this link from the page, meaning your child will be constantly encouraged to browse for more items they want you to purchase for them. I wish I could come up with some pros, beyond the fact that I like the "idea" of creating a kid centric tablet. However, the construction didn't seem any better than any other 7" tablet and the lack of versatility was far too much of a drawback. Ultimately we purchased a basic 7" android tablet and created our own kid centric tablet by downloading the apps we wanted and then removing the items we didn't want. It was easy to temporarily remove the "marketplace" link so our child wasn't able to go shopping and wasn't tempted by constantly being asked to shop for more games, yet we can add things whenever we want. It is a good idea, but it is not worth the money and the designers seemed far more interested in encouraging you to buy more items from their store than truly providing a kid friendly tablet.