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March 20, 2012

Barbie as a gadget

BarbieAccording to this article from the New York Times, most toy makers had a disappointing 2011, but the "main item retailers could not seem to keep in stock last year was a tablet computer for children, the LeapFrog LeapPad Explorer."

If you can't beat em, join em... right?

So now we've got Barbie with a screen in her torso - she's a digital camera now. And "Monopoly money can now be counted by a tablet computer."

It reminds me of the time I was waiting to get my hair cut, and there was a family with a few little kids - two were playing with iPads, and the third was playing with an iPhone.

I'm not sure it's a good thing, but I guess it's inevitable.

Read the full article here. 

 

Posted at 10:09 AM in Current Affairs, Data & Trends, Observations |

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