{"id":667729,"date":"2010-02-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5473374"},"modified":"2010-02-17T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T16:00:00","slug":"vtech-flip-the-ebook-reader-your-kids-never-knew-they-wanted-we-love-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/667729","title":{"rendered":"VTech Flip: The Ebook Reader Your Kids Never Knew They Wanted [We Love Toys]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_vtechflip.jpg?w=500\" class=\"left image500\"  \/>With the era of the tablet upon us, eBook readers were the gadget du jour in a technological moment that is about to pass, if it hasn&#8217;t already. But your kids don&#8217;t know that, now do they?<\/p>\n<p>The VTech FLiP, an eBook Reader geared towards preschoolers, is definitely a worthy gadget for a budding bookworm and might just pack enough bells and whistles to engage a text-ambivalent tot.<\/p>\n<p>The Flip looks just like Mommy and Daddy&#8217;s eBook Readers but with a see-thru flip cover and a grabbable bubbly border. There are two colorways&mdash;a blue and a pink&mdash;and each has a matching backpack accessory that can be purchased separately.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ngawkerGallery(5473361,4,'');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The books themselves&mdash;a mix of franchise favorites like Shrek and Toy Story and kids book classics like Thomas the Tank Engine&mdash;can be loaded via cartridge or, eventually, downloaded directly onto the device. The pages are displayed on a 4.3&#8243; color touch screen are all packed with interactivity&mdash;the device will read aloud and highlight words as it goes, and kids can play instructional games or use a limited, built-in dictionary to look up the tough words using the touch screen or the QWERTY keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: 7c99d8b51a1feaccf4 --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/bg-video.cp.motionbox.com\\\/motionboxons\\\/flash\\\/VideoPlayer.swf?type=sd&video_uid=7c99d8b51a1feaccf4&security_token=prod3.d6232dba894b6864\",\"customParams\":{\"allowScriptAccess\":\"always\"},\"width\":500,\"height\":319.65,\"ratio\":0.6393,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":\"mbox_player_7c99d8b51a1feaccf4\",\"objectId\":\"mbox_player_7c99d8b51a1feaccf4\",\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"motionbox\"} );\n<\/script><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/7c99d8b51a1feaccf4.jpg\"><\/a><!-- \/videoId: 7c99d8b51a1feaccf4 --><\/p>\n<p>The VTech Flip will be available early in the Fall for $59.99. Though by then your kid might want a full-on kiddie tablet.<\/p>\n<p><em><a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #toyfair\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/toyfair\/\">Toy Fair<\/a> is the annual event where we get to<\/em> completely <em>regress back to childhood and check out all of the awesome toys coming out for the rest of the year. 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The VTech FLiP, an eBook Reader geared towards preschoolers, is definitely a worthy gadget for a budding bookworm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":950,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2NHP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}