Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids Edition (7-Inch with Orange Bumper Case)..
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133 of 144 people found the following review helpful.
By nanaladybug
I preordered this for my five year old grandson. It came yesterday. He did not put it down until bedtime. He loved it. It is true it is just like my samsung galaxy two except for a few additions. Also he was able to play it soon out of the box. His dad down loaded many of the educational tools that he is uses in school. This was the main reason for picking this tab. He was not approved for a free IPad that was given to children with autism. So he had been working on my tablet. Thank you Samsung for your products. Samsung rocks
82 of 94 people found the following review helpful.
By Colleen Green
My five year old son has outgrown his LeapPad and has commandeered our iPads on numerous occasions to play Angry Birds, Word World or Where's My Perry. Unfortunately one day I found him watching You Tube videos of the graphic and violent video game Saint's Row. At that point we knew we would not simply be handing down our iPad 1 to him while we upgraded to newer iPads for ourselves. Apple simply has no provision for parental controls on their products which is sad. We've spent a great deal of money on apps through the Apple App Store. We have always loved that the apps from the App Store are certified even if you occasionally run into a few that don't work. Plus, Apple products last forever and tend to have good resale and trade in value.
Hence, we were skeptical when we decided to look at other tablet manufacturers for our son. We researched every kids tablet on the market. We felt he would either outgrow, break or not be able to access the apps he loves on most of the devices on the market. So, we turned to the Tab 3 Kids tablet as our solution.
Is it breakable? Yes. About as breakable physically as an iPad which tend to be pretty durable. However, as we have trained our son over several years to be gentle with our tablets, we weren't as worried about it. My iPad always had a rubber bumper on it and the bumper for the tab is exactly same. I expect it will hold up and protect the device the just as well.
Setting up the device was a headache. There was a lot of registering this and that, etc., unlike Apple which is ready to go out of the box. I am not a fan of the Android operating system. Neither is my husband who has worked in computer system networking for the last 18 years. However, given there's little choice in the kids tablet market with OSes, it could have been a worse experience. The so called "gifts with purchase" were worthless except for the 50g of drop box space. Unfortunately we already paid for Drop Box and weren't eligible for that.
Once I had figured out how to use the tablet it was pretty easy to get my son's favorite apps from the Google Play store. (The majority of the other tablets we looked at had no access to Google Play. A big turn off.) Google had most of the apps he uses. Sadly no Word World, but oh well. The costs for the apps were the same as the Apple ones.
The kids' portion of the tablet is pretty easy to use. You are only allowed 20 apps for the kids to access at a time. They can easily be switched out under parental controls though. The time limiters for the tablet are a little simple. Would have like a bit more choice and flexibility. You can either limit use of the device to anywhere up to just over an hour OR you can set the time the tablet is child accessible, ie, 10am to 2pm. You cannot set multiple access times.
The kids App Store is silly. I doubt my child will be interested in much of what is in there but he's surprised me on more than one occasion. There is no access directly to You Tube which is a big plus for me. I get tired of him watching videos of other people playing Angry Birds or Minecraft.
I was very easily able to set up his access to the apps I purchased through Google Play using the parental controls once I had downloaded them on the normal side.
Battery life seems comparable with our iPads. The screen size is good for him. Big enough to see unlike an iPhone or iPod Touch. The adapter for charging is a simple micro-USB so no special expensive cords to buy.
All in all it's a good little tablet for kids. I expect it will last a couple of years before needing replacing with the next new thing. A word of warning to parents though: don't buy this tablet and expect to "share" it with your child. Just because it has parental controls and has the normal Android OS on it as well doesn't mean your child isn't going to go absolutely nuts if he sees you using it. Take it from a parents who have owned iPads of various types since the day they hit the stores. Get your child THEIR OWN tablet even if they are not allowed to use it all the time. You'll appreciate not having to deal with the headaches.
48 of 58 people found the following review helpful.
By S. Placencio
This thing is great! Is the same as the regular Galaxy tab 3 but comes with kids mode and a lot of pre installed kids apps. Also is yellow with an orange rubber case included. My six year old son is always using my wifes ipod and my Galaxy s3 so he is a pro at using these already. I love the color and the fact that it has a case included. The kids mode is great and there are a lot of games and apps for free on the kids store. You can set up parental controls to limit how long your child uses the device and also a password to make sure your child can not access anything you don't want them to. I love the fact that you can change from kids mode to standard mode with the touch of a button ( after you put in your password) so it makes this a standard galaxy tab 3. My son will love this when he gets it on Christmas day. Was looking for a tablet for my son and this one is perfect!
