MobiGo 2 Touch Learning System Review

MobiGo 2 Touch Learning System kids ages 3-8 can enjoy having their own educational handheld toy that engages them while they learn. MobiGo 2 has the same great touch screen play as the original MobiGo, and now offers a motion sensor and microphone, adding two new features for kids to explore. Now kids have four ways to play with their MobiGo2: the touch screen, the keyboard, the motion sensor, and the microphone. There are many built-in and downloadable apps that include e-books, coloring books, an art studio, a photo album and more. 

Pros in New in version 2 

preloaded "Hamster Highway" game, which is the one that highlights the new motion sensor. When you tilt the Mobigo left, right, back, or forward, you control the action of the hamster rolling around the race track in his hamster ball. It's one of the rare MobiGo 2 Touch  games that isn't educational, pure entertainment.

Four different modes of playing: Motion, touchscreen, microphone and slide-out keyboard

The new feature is the microphone, which is highlighted in the "Photos" feature. You can add your own photos, making this a great spot to keep some of your child's favorite photos. When you press the star, it tells you to "blow into the microphone to see the special effects.Not much variety, but you get the idea of what the microphone could be capable of in other games.

If you have trouble with accuracy of the touch screen (it's great for most games), you can now use a stylus, which is easily stored in the back of the device

Shape/Size slightly larger overall than the original MobiGo 2 Touch Learning System , that the old case wouldn't fit, but it does... barely. The touch screens themselves are the same size, and so are the control buttons. 

 

one of the few negatives about the original Mobigo was that it didn't save your downloaded games onto the device. Every time you turned off the device and turned it back on, any games you downloaded from the Vtech site would need to be re-downloaded.

Now, awesomely, there's actual storage in the Mobigo. Sufficient storage. Once downloaded the required software (not hard-- took two tries to get my device to work with it, but was fine after that), it provided me with free access to every game I'd ever downloaded on the original MobiGo 2 Touch Learning System . 

Cons

The downloadable games are really short and simple-- nothing exciting, and few are in the older children range. 

The "number keys" are really just the top letter keys, and the number placement is confusing. For instance, when you want to type the number 2, you're supposed to type the letter W.

great new features don't yet have great new software to go with them... Vtech will soon release software that takes advantage of the motion sensor and microphone, they has even been kind enough to price it the same as they priced the original.

Touch screen is very good, but not perfect.

Highlight

Your child can enjoy on-the-go play with MobiGo 2 Touch . This handheld touch learning system is a multi-functional device that provides fun and education in many different ways. Numerous games and apps teach basic learning skills including math, vocabulary, spelling, reading, logic, drawing and more!


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