[IAEP] [support-gang] Questions about the new XO Tablet and Software

[James Simmons]

In the latest *Make Your Own Sugar Activities!* we'll have chapters on
making Activities using HTML 5. You can put HTML 5 inside a simple Python
Activity wrapper using WebKit.  You could take the same HTML 5 and create
an Android app using Phone Gap.  So you could have a certain number of
Activities that run on both platforms.  There are existing Android apps
that can read the formats the Read Activity does.

What you really need is an Android tablet that has good battery life and is
readable in sunlight.  The Vizio tablet I own fails on both counts.

James Simmons

On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:35 PM, <forster at ozonline.com.au> wrote:

> Thanks Mike
>
> Maybe Sugarlabs should be developing for Android as a longer term
> strategy. It looks like the future of kids educational computing is with
> Android tablets.
>
> Can the Sugar Activities be ported to Android or is it back to the
> beginning? Would it be better to concentrate on just producing quality
> educational Activities, leaving the desktop unaltered on the tablet?
>
> Tony
>
> > I'm reposting this from the Sugar Marketing list...
> >
> > Here's a list I compiled of some links to the crowded field of consumer
> > kids' tablets.
> >
> >
> > Android or Android-based
> >
> > - Sakar / Vivitar XO Learning Tablet (New CES 2013)
> http://xo-learning.org/
> > http://www.sakar.com/new-tablets-from-sakar
> > - Polaroid Kids Tablet (New CES 2013)
> http://www.polaroid.com/kids-tablet
> >
> > - Archos Arnova Child Pad http://childpad.us/
> > - Toys 'R Us Tabeo
> > http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13265885
> > - VINCI Tab II http://www.vincigenius.com/en/
> > - Kurio Kids http://www.kurioworld.com/
> > - Fuhu Nabi XD / Jr. http://www.nabitablet.com/
> > - Oregon Scientific Meep! http://www.meeptablet.com/us/
> > - Ematic FunTab Pro http://www.ematic.us/tablets/funtab-pro
> > - Lexibook Junior
> >
> http://www.lexibook.com/en/Laptops-Tablets/Tablets/MFC270EN-Lexibook-Tablet-Junior-Power-Touch.html
> >
> > - Amazon Kindle Fire HD FreeTime / FreeTime Unlimited http://j.mp/RGjms3
> >
> > Non Android
> >
> > - LeapPad2*
> > http://www.leapfrog.com/en/pages/support/product_pages/LeapPad2.html
> > - Vtech InnoTab 2* http://www.vtechkids.com/brands/brand_view/innotab2s
> >
> >
> > Walmart and Amazon sell most of these.
> >
> > Reviews from late 2012:
> > http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/childrens-tablets/460/
> >
> http://holiday-gift-guide.laptopmag.com/5-great-android-tablets-for-kids.php
> >
> http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/tablets/best-tablet-for-kids-5-to-choose-from-1117325
> > http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/11/16/best-tablets-for-kids-2012/
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:46 AM, C. Scott Ananian <cscott at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Yama Ploskonka <yamaplos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >>  is it Nell replacing Sugar? :-p
> > >>
> > >
> > > Just to be clear, I had nothing to do with the XO Learning software,
> and
> > > it is not Nell.
> > >
> > > (But I don't think an Android-based educational tablet is a bad idea.)
> > >  --scott
> > >
> > > --
> > >       ( http://cscott.net )
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> > >
> > >
> > I'm reposting this from the Sugar Marketing
> list...<div><br></div><div>Here's a list I compiled of some links to the
> crowded field of consumer kids'
> tablets.</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><span
> class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div>
> > <font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="font-size:18px">Android or
> Android-based</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"
> size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:18px"><br>
> > </span></font></div><div>- Sakar / Vivitar XO Learning Tablet (New CES
> 2013)�<a href="http://xo-learning.org/">http://xo-learning.org/</a><div><a
> href="http://www.sakar.com/new-tablets-from-sakar">
> http://www.sakar.com/new-tablets-from-sakar</a></div>
> > </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span
> class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px">-
> Polaroid Kids Tablet (New CES 2013)�<a href="
> http://www.polaroid.com/kids-tablet">http://www.polaroid.com/kids-tablet
> </a></span></span><br>
> > </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><br>
> > </span></div><div>- Archos Arnova Child Pad�<a href="http://childpad.us/
> ">http://childpad.us/</a></div><div>- Toys 'R Us Tabeo�<a href="
> http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13265885">
> http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13265885</a></div>
> > <div>- VINCI Tab II�<a href="http://www.vincigenius.com/en/">
> http://www.vincigenius.com/en/</a></div><div>- Kurio Kids�<a href="
> http://www.kurioworld.com/">http://www.kurioworld.com/</a></div><div>-
> Fuhu Nabi XD / Jr.�<a href="http://www.nabitablet.com/">
> http://www.nabitablet.com/</a></div>
> > <div>- Oregon Scientific Meep!�<a href="http://www.meeptablet.com/us/">
> http://www.meeptablet.com/us/</a></div><div>- Ematic FunTab Pro�<a href="
> http://www.ematic.us/tablets/funtab-pro">
> http://www.ematic.us/tablets/funtab-pro</a></div>
> > <div><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span
> class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px">-
> Lexibook Junior�<a href="
> http://www.lexibook.com/en/Laptops-Tablets/Tablets/MFC270EN-Lexibook-Tablet-Junior-Power-Touch.html
> ">
> http://www.lexibook.com/en/Laptops-Tablets/Tablets/MFC270EN-Lexibook-Tablet-Junior-Power-Touch.html
> </a></span></span><br>
> > </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"
> style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span
> class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px">-
> Amazon Kindle Fire HD FreeTime / FreeTime Unlimited�<a href="
> http://j.mp/RGjms3">http://j.mp/RGjms3</a></span></span><br>
> > </div><div><br></div><div>Non Android�</div><div><br></div><div>-
> LeapPad2*�<a href="
> http://www.leapfrog.com/en/pages/support/product_pages/LeapPad2.html">
> http://www.leapfrog.com/en/pages/support/product_pages/LeapPad2.html
> </a></div>
> > <div>- Vtech InnoTab 2*�<a href="
> http://www.vtechkids.com/brands/brand_view/innotab2s">
> http://www.vtechkids.com/brands/brand_view/innotab2s</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Walmart
> and Amazon sell most of these.</div>
> > <div><br></div><div>Reviews from late 2012:</div><div><a href="
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/childrens-tablets/460/">
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/childrens-tablets/460/</a><br></div><div><a
> href="
> http://holiday-gift-guide.laptopmag.com/5-great-android-tablets-for-kids.php
> ">
> http://holiday-gift-guide.laptopmag.com/5-great-android-tablets-for-kids.php
> </a><br>
> > </div><div><a href="
> http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/tablets/best-tablet-for-kids-5-to-choose-from-1117325
> ">
> http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/tablets/best-tablet-for-kids-5-to-choose-from-1117325
> </a><br>
> > </div><div><a href="
> http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/11/16/best-tablets-for-kids-2012/">
> http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/11/16/best-tablets-for-kids-2012/</a></div><div><br></div></span></div><br><div
> class="gmail_quote">
> > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 3:46 AM, C. Scott Ananian <span dir="ltr"><<a
> href="mailto:cscott at laptop.org" target="_blank">cscott at laptop.org</a>></span>
> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
> .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> > <div class="im">On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Yama Ploskonka <span
> dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yamaplos at gmail.com" target="_blank">
> yamaplos at gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div
> class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">
> > <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px
> #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> >     is it Nell replacing Sugar?
> :-p<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Just to be clear, I had
> nothing to do with the XO Learning software, and it is not
> Nell.</div><div><br></div><div>(But I don't think an Android-based
> educational tablet is a bad idea.)</div>
> > <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
> >
> <div>�--scott</div><div><br></div><div>--�</div></font></span></div><span
> class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"> � � � ( <a href="http://cscott.net"
> target="_blank">http://cscott.net</a> )
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