Christmas Present

**svfd757** · 10-08-2012, 03:19 AM

So I am purchasing a Nexus 7 for my 16 year old daughter for Christmas. I am thinking about buying one for my 9 year old daughter as well. I hear good things about the NABI tablet for kids. This thing comes loaded with ICS and an impressive processor. Should I just get her the Nexus 7 and move on, or is the NABI worth it? I cannot seem to find a NABI forum on here.

**Eduardo06sp** · 10-08-2012, 03:47 AM

Get the older one a Nexus, then the smaller a Nabi. They'll both enjoy it.

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**still1** · 10-08-2012, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by svfd757

So I am purchasing a Nexus 7 for my 16 year old daughter for Christmas. I am thinking about buying one for my 9 year old daughter as well. I hear good things about the NABI tablet for kids. This thing comes loaded with ICS and an impressive processor. Should I just get her the Nexus 7 and move on, or is the NABI worth it? I cannot seem to find a NABI forum on here.

you wont find Nabi forum because they are not popular device and you wont get a lot of support.
fixing issues will be a nightmare but thats not the case with Nexus 7

I would say buy both of them Nexus 7

**Eduardo06sp** · 10-08-2012, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by svfd757

So I am purchasing a Nexus 7 for my 16 year old daughter for Christmas. I am thinking about buying one for my 9 year old daughter as well. I hear good things about the NABI tablet for kids. This thing comes loaded with ICS and an impressive processor. Should I just get her the Nexus 7 and move on, or is the NABI worth it? I cannot seem to find a NABI forum on here.

Also, if you buy them both a Nexus 7, there's a few games they could play multiplayer.

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**Unicorn Rancher** · 10-08-2012, 12:37 PM

Do you have to buy games and other apps twice if there are multiple N7s in the family?

Ry · 10-08-2012, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by UnicornRancher

Do you have to buy games and other apps twice if there are multiple N7s in the family?

Do you plan on using the same Google Account on both devices?

**still1** · 10-08-2012, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by UnicornRancher

Do you have to buy games and other apps twice if there are multiple N7s in the family?

If you are using same account in all tablet then NO. but if you use different account then YES.

**jpash549** · 10-08-2012, 01:54 PM

Depends on the nine year old but I would think she would not like a kids tablet as much as a more grown up one. Would seem that there are plenty of suitable games and learning apps on the google play store. Get drop insurance-maybe. Christmas here already?

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**svfd757** · 10-08-2012, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by jpash549gg

Depends on the nine year old but I would think she would not like a kids tablet as much as a more grown up one. Would seem that there are plenty of suitable games and learning apps on the google play store. Get drop insurance-maybe. Christmas here already?

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Unfortunately Christmas is right around the corner. I am concerned with the Nabi being too "kiddy" for her, but they claim that it "grows with your kids." Probably just get her the 7. Plenty of time left to figure this out I guess

**still1** · 10-08-2012, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by svfd757

Unfortunately Christmas is right around the corner. I am concerned with the Nabi being too "kiddy" for her, but they claim that it "grows with your kids." Probably just get her the 7. Plenty of time left to figure this out I guess

I agree Nabi would be too kiddy for a 9 year old. if your kid is 5 yr or less then i agree with Nabi.

kids are smart these days. also try to get both your kids same tablet. I remember i being jealous of my sis's toys and my father got us both different one's just saying

**jrwatson** · 10-09-2012, 03:15 AM

I think the Navi is too kiddy for her--a lot of the ads show much-younger kids. in a couple years she'll be in middle school, and by then she'll definitely outgrow it. kids grow up real fast between like ages 9-11 lol, my little sister sprouted from a child to a tween in no time. I mean at 9, she already has the fine motor dexterity not to require a giant rubber grip and large buttons, so she's physically capable of using the N7 just fine.

With a secure case, child-proof app launchers and whatnot, you have the option of downgrading the N7 to a very child-friendly device. but you can also upgrade to a tween-friendly device. So better specs at the same price, and the ability to grow with her--I think the N7 would be better, but that completely depends on how long you think she'll use it before she moves on to another device.

also to keep in mind--your decision also depends on whether or not you'd be ok with her using social media (fb) in middle school; because if she still uses this when she's 12 and you don't have the child launcher, I don't know if you'd want her secretly facebooking on it like my sis did with her ipod.

**dvdmon** · 11-02-2012, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by still1

you wont find Nabi forum because they are not popular device and you wont get a lot of support.
fixing issues will be a nightmare but thats not the case with Nexus 7

That's not true at all! Just because the Nabi doesn't have a support forum here doesn't mean either of the two things you mention, which, as I said, are false. Nabi has an extremely active Facebook page with a whole slew of designated parents that provide a huge amount of information, flag concerns for the company to follow up with, etc. It is definitely a much more responsive experience than I have ever had with almost any company, and certainly by a huge somewhat faceless monolith that is Google. Secondly, your contention that it isn't popular is also not true. It might not be in comparison to the Nexus 7, but certainly is one of the top if not THE top selling tablets designed for kids.

**dvdmon** · 11-02-2012, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by svfd757

Unfortunately Christmas is right around the corner. I am concerned with the Nabi being too "kiddy" for her, but they claim that it "grows with your kids." Probably just get her the 7. Plenty of time left to figure this out I guess

Actually, there are a lot of parents on the FB page who claim that their 9, 10, 11, 12, even 13-year old loves the Nabi. Here's the deal, it is a kids tablet with preloaded academic suite of apps, but also games and such. I have a 32GB microSD card in my 7-yr-old daughter's (which you can't do on the Nexus) which stores a couple dozen of her favorite movies, albums, and audio books, plus about 300 home videos of her from the time she was born. The only thing that might appear "kiddy" about it is the bumper case, but if you need to take this off, you can, and then it's a small white tablet that won't look very different from the Mini iPad I would think. That kind of defeats the purpose of the bumper but I guess you could get a protection plan in case it gets dropped. With the bumper though it is almost impervious - save for someone directly dropping something heavy directly on the screen or stepping on it. They've done drop tests (search for Nabi Drop Test on Youtube) where they've dropped it from 7 feet and it works fine. Plus all the parental controls. Sure there's software to do similar stuff, and with Jelly Bean 4.2 you can have different user accounts, but I wonder how those compare to something that was designed from the ground up to have a parental control mode that has full access to everything in ICS and a child-specific mode that is locked down (to whatever degree you want)...

By the way, the bumper is not for kids who don't have fine motor control, otherwise you are talking about a tablet for 3 or under. The Nabi is specifically geared towards kids 2-12 and has educational apps that go from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Even the kids in their videos, the box, and print material seem to range in age from about 5 to about 9 or 10, so I'm not sure where the idea that it is a little kids tablet comes from except that a bright thick bumper case is sometimes associated with smaller kids toys...

**MangoPowah** · 11-04-2012, 05:46 PM

Wow, growing up, having GBA SP's and DS's made you coolest kid on the block...

Now kids have tablets and smartphones. :banghead:

But yeah OP, get both of them N7'S.

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**Azwizzard** · 11-04-2012, 06:39 PM

I havn't played with the Nabi or anything, but just looking at it and the price... for the same amount of $$ I would get a 16gb N7.

We have a 10" tablet that is set up for my wife, but my kids use it all the time. We have 1 screen that is just games for the kids to play and we loaded some movies on it for the kids for when we travel.

I have an 11 year old, 9 yo and 6yo twins that all use it with no problem.

**Eduardo06sp** · 11-04-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Azwizzard

I havn't played with the Nabi or anything, but just looking at it and the price... for the same amount of $$ I would get a 16gb N7.

We have a 10" tablet that is set up for my wife, but my kids use it all the time. We have 1 screen that is just games for the kids to play and we loaded some movies on it for the kids for when we travel.

I have an 11 year old, 9 yo and 6yo twins that all use it with no problem.

This, get the Nexus 7. Well, the Nabii is for kids, but you can get more apps with the Google Play store. I'm not sure if the Naabi is an Android tablet, but if it's not, it probably won't have as great apps and games. Instead of appearance, I'd worry about app-store quality. 90% of the you will be using apps. Also, nothing beats the Nexus 7's quad-core.

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**dvdmon** · 11-05-2012, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Azwizzard

I havn't played with the Nabi or anything, but just looking at it and the price... for the same amount of $$ I would get a 16gb N7.

We have a 10" tablet that is set up for my wife, but my kids use it all the time. We have 1 screen that is just games for the kids to play and we loaded some movies on it for the kids for when we travel.

I have an 11 year old, 9 yo and 6yo twins that all use it with no problem.

And they all share one tablet WITH you and your wife? Wow, you guys must need to have scheduled slots for the thing!

Nexus 7 is a great tablet, but it's not geared towards kids, so you have to add onto it a bunch to get it to be more kid-friendly like the Nabi 2. Also, Nabi 2 has a microSD card, so my 7-yr-old daughter has access to a couple of dozen of her favorite movies in addition to hundreds of home video clips from the time she was born till the present - all of which she can access off-line - on the 32GB microSD card. If there's an app or game that she needs that's only on Google Play, not Amazon, I just sideload it for her. I even have all Google Apps running (Google Play runs, you just can't update/install stuff), so when she's asleep I can check my gmail. But I've loaded all her music, audio books, and audio journals from school into Google Play Music and created playlists for her so she can listen to these anywhere (choosing keep on device for stuff she listens to most). So while Google Play would be nice, it's far from essential. The Nexus has a better screen, and GPS, so those are the two areas that I really wish the Nabi 2 matched the Nexus, but still, I really think it's a toss-up. Your Nexus might work great for your family, but that's not to say that a Nabi 2 would be a better fit for others. Look at the plusses and minuses of both and decide based on your needs. They are both great devices and have things to offer the other doesn't...

**dvdmon** · 11-21-2012, 12:18 PM

Just wanted to mention that the Nabi is going to be $129 at both Best Buy and Walmart for Black Friday. It actually went on sale at Bestbuy.com for that price this morning and sold out, but some people are apparently having luck refreshing the page multiple times and being able to buy it. I tried for the heck of it, and quit after 50 refreshes.

But anyway, $129 for something pretty close to an N7 is I think a pretty good deal.

**natehoy** · 11-21-2012, 03:00 PM

Originally Posted by svfd757

So I am purchasing a Nexus 7 for my 16 year old daughter for Christmas. I am thinking about buying one for my 9 year old daughter as well. I hear good things about the NABI tablet for kids. This thing comes loaded with ICS and an impressive processor. Should I just get her the Nexus 7 and move on, or is the NABI worth it? I cannot seem to find a NABI forum on here.

The Nabi is cheaper and comes pre-loaded with software that may be appropriate for the 9-year-old, but from what I've seen it does not come with native support for the Play Store, so you may have to engage in a little hackery to make that happen if you want to buy apps once and have them useable across your entire stable of Android devices.

It's been mentioned before, but what you probably want to do is start a "family" account that isn't going to be used for much in the way of email or anything, and do all your Google Play Store buying on that account. Add that account as a secondary account to all of your devices, and any device will have access to all of the software you've bought.