nyicequeen
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Does anyone know when it'll be in the paper? For some reason I was under the impression today's paper was going to have Walmart, Target and Toys R Us? Bit disappointed today.
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I guess it's whatever your tradition is. We always had Thanksgivings at 11 or 12 because dad was an air traffic controller, so he worked every holiday, including Christmas, because he would get Holiday pay plus night differential, plus OT if it was over his 40 hours. Matter of fact I can't remember any holiday he DIDN'T work. So I continued the lunch tradition. Wouldn't affect me except I'm traveling that night to in laws, then flying home first thing Friday.
Agree that the Friday crowds are less that way. Miss door busters but last year found almost everything anyways.
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I'm looking for one too. I remember there was one last year at Walmart at a good price, but my son was still too little. Hoping for good luck with that this Christmas
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not the best ad I have seen, but I already saw a few items cheaper in this ad then on Amazon or Target.
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I bought a 1st gen Nabi a year and a half ago. What you're getting with a Nabi is a tablet that you can give to just about any child and not worry about them screwing it up by accident or installing a bunch of apps without your permission. You get an interface that only allows the child to use the apps you specify for them and doesn't let them get into the settings to make unapproved edits. It does this very well. I've found the sideloading very easy.
The Nabi does have a known issue with the charge port but you can charge it with the usb port just like any other usb charged phone or tablet so that's really not an issue. Pretty much every family I know has a stack of usb chargers sitting around already from all the phones and tablets and such they've bought over the last 4 years anyway.
I've not had any issue with using an SD card. I think it is limited to 32GB but I think that's pretty standard for most tablets out there right now. I have ripped a dozen or so movies from DVD's for my son to use in the van while traveling. Its nice to not have to worry about him scratching DVD's.
And the mommy/daddy mode on the Nabi turns it into a regular fully functioning Android tablet if you want to borrow it for a bit.
I find it interesting that people complain about there not being enough free stuff for the Nabi when there's even less free stuff for other non-Nabi tablets. *shrug* The Nabi does come with a couple dozen free little apps and it can access all the same free stuff that all other Android tablets can access, providing it runs on Android 4.0 (which is what the Nabi 2 runs on). The Nabi Jr. and Nabi XD are both on Android 4.1.
If you're buying a tablet for a kid and you want easy to use parental controls, a Nabi is an excellent choice.
If you're looking for the best bang for your buck for a slightly older kid or for yourself in the 7 inch tablet arena, then the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" is probably going to be your best bet. It has received excellent support from Samsung regarding Android updates and has some great specs. I bought two last year from Walmart refurb'd for $140 ea. for my older two kids. They have put COUNTLESS hours on those things and we haven't had so much as a single hiccup.
It does bring free software, but when most of it is for games/other content that my kid doesn't want then I can't really do much with it.
As for the charging, yes I tried charging it on my laptop and it didn't work. Maybe I have a defective unit, between that and the SD card issues.
Yes, a closed system is great for a little one, but when I have to side load an app store to get something as simple as Angry Birds Star Wars.....We have a Note 2 7"as well, plus many other Android devices, and there's usually a lag between something available on Google Play getting on Amazon's app store. Lags are not good when the 4 y.o. sees his sister playing a game he wants.
Anyway, I hear that they're now doing Disney & Nick versions so maybe the content will improve.
It would be interesting to see about that "kids Samsung note" that was mentioned earlier
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Hello - I used to be on here under a previous name, but it'd been a while so I forgot it
Anyhow just wanted to share my tablet experiences from last year. Got a Note 7 for my DD, and a Nabi for my now 4 y.o. son.
If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have gotten the Nabi. I've had to side load almost everything my kid wants or use that 1market (?) app store. The actual Nabi store doesn't have much as far as free stuff. Also, the charger. Almost every electronic device out there has those flat heads (think the cell phones going to "universal" chargers), but not the Nabi. If it doesn't sit just perfect, it won't charge. So right now we have to take ours and wedge the charger up against the wall at a certain angle, and then use a stool to wedge/push it in the correct angle. Usually takes about 5 minutes of experimenting with micro-angles. I will say it has lasted, but frankly nothing that couldn't have been accomplished by getting a Kindle Fire or another Note 7 for him and getting an Otter box. Battery also runs out insanely fast.
The Cartoon Network link and other child programs that came with it were basically ads. There's no full content per se. Also I tried putting an SD card in so it could read the content and watch videos/load apps - no dice.
Just too many restrictions on this tablet and it's just been a headache. For the same price, I'd go with one of the Androids and just get some parental controls, or do the Kindle since their store is a bit more closed and the tablet has more parental controls.
Just my 2 cents. Hope this helps.
Toys R Us Big Book 2014
in 2014
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Got today's paper and only saw Target. No Walmart, and Toys R Us had a little pamphlet saying the book was available at the store or online. Nothing in the mail. Ugh! And yes, we're on the mailing list.
Then again, our mail delivery here stinks. We rarely get Saturday Mail. So fingers crossed we get it tomorrow