Fuhu nabi Jr. 5" Capacitive Touch Android Tablet for Kids Review
Redefining the toy tablet category, nabi Jr. includes a full-featured app store made specifically for children as well as the ability to side-load Amazon app store. You'll never be short of activities, apps, games or movies and music for your child on the nabi Jr. With over 1,000 apps and games available there is really no necessity for costly cartridges. Whether your child wants fast-action gaming or to explore their inner Picasso, nabi Jr. has an app for that. Simply connect to Wi-Fi and access the nabi Jr. store made just for kids. Allow your child to explore his or her creativity and learn with this nabi Jr. tablet that features the Wings educational system, which offers a fun way to tackle math, reading and writing fundamentals.
Pre-loaded with Wings Education System (Pre-K and K), nabi Jr. is a revolution in learning, digital reading and creativity. Covering Pre-K through 6th grade in reading, writing, math and arts, Wings was built with common core, state-standardized requirements in mind and, from the ground up, innovative and fun user interfaces and amazing graphics. Wings is the most advanced tablet education system to help give your child a head start and develop a love of learning, strong study skills and confidence.
Features Built-in camera and video recorder - Makes it easy to capture crisp photos and footage. Rotating design allows orientation adjustments. Wings educational system - Utilizes core fundamentals of math, reading and writing in engaging gaming content, enabling you to find well-rounded learning solutions for your child. Safe & Secure - Dual mode - Kid-safe Mode and password-protected Parent ModeSpecifications Operating System - Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich Display - 5-inch, Capacitive Touchscreen Display (800 x 480) Processor - NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-Core Cortex-A9, 1GHz RAM - 512MB Storage - 4GB Flash Memo
Price : $99.99
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Fuhu nabi Jr. 5" Capacitive Touch Android Tablet for Kids Feature
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system - Along with a dual-core, 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor offers an easy-to-use interface, allowing your child to make the most of his or her educational experience.
- Made durable and kid-safe - nabi Jr. was made to withstand drops, bumps and the occasional spills that are inevitable in a child's hands. With its food-grade, drop-safe bumper nabi Jr. is sure to last whatever your child puts it through.
- Built-in Wi-Fi - Offers simple wireless Web connection.
- 5 capacitive touch screen - With 800 x 480 resolution provides a clear view of media and helps ensure easy operation.
- 4GB internal storage - Allows your child to store a variety of music, videos, e-books, games and more.
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227 of 233 people found the following review helpful.
Kids Love it, Parents Not So Much
By Tracy B
We purchased our Nabi Jr's about two months ago for our 3 1/2 year old twin girls after spending countless hours researching all tablet options. We chose the Nabi Jr. because we liked that it's an Android tablet with the "mommy mode" and that we could purchase apps much cheaper through Amazon App Store. At first I was in love with the Nabi. Then, after about a month, we started having various issues with it.
My biggest complaint is the lack of customer service. They pretty much direct you to their Facebook page. I do not like having to use a social media outlet to get help. These tablets are a good price, but they are expensive as far as toys go and we bought two of them. I fully expect to have access to customer support if/when the need arises and I was shocked at how lackluster their customer service is. One of the Nabi Jr's quit charging about 6 weeks ago. It would not charge with either charger. We bought the warranty through Wal-Mart but they directed us to call the manufacturer. We called (it took awhile to find a phone number) and were told that they do not have any more chargers in stock and that we would be put on a wait list and should receive a call within 3 or 4 weeks. Fortunately it started charging again on it's own because it's been a month and a half and they never called back. I don't understand how a company can put an electronic product on the market, one geared for children no less (who are notorious for breaking things), and not have replacement parts available. I find this to be quite unacceptable. If you read through the complaints on the Nabi Facebook page you will find that I'm not the only one complaining about this.
My other gripe is that one of the Nabi Jr's does not hold it's Amazon Apps. I have to go back into "mommy mode" and reselect all of them to get them back on home page so my girls have access to them. I don't know why this happens, but it happens at least every other day. Since we have two, and I have twins, they of course have to have access to the same apps or else I hear about it in the form of whining and tears of frustration. The apps that are available through the Nabi app store are nice but more basic and my daughters' favorites are all apps purchased through the Amazon App Store.
I struggled with how many stars to give the Nabi Jr because my girls absolutely love them. I was very surprised by how user-friendly they are. My twins figured out how to navigate through the apps very quickly. So because they love the Nabi Jr I am giving it 3 stars. If it were just up to me, I would probably rate it a 2 star. The Nabi Jr. is very durable, colorful, lightweight, and again I love that I can purchased apps from Amazon and Google. I just wonder if the company was in such a hurry to get the Nabi Jr. out that it almost seems like they jumped the gun released them too quickly. The customer service is practically non-existent, parts are out of stock or unavailable, and they advertise Nick Jr. apps that still are not available (as of 5/30/13) which I feel is a bit of false advertising. My twins love Bubble Guppies so I am excited about the app, whenever it finally becomes available.
If you choose to purchase a Nabi Jr. I highly recommend purchasing the extended warranty offered at the time of purchase.
171 of 179 people found the following review helpful.
Nabi Jr.
By nina
I bought this for my two-and-a-half year old son. At first he didn't really like it, he was easily frustrated with some of the games that came pre-loaded on it. However, I sat down with him the next day, and encouraged him to keep playing, keep solving puzzles, counting, learning his alphabets, etc.. and within the day, he was hooked. Now he loves his Nabi Jr. and I love that I can have my iPad back. His favorite games are "Beck and Bo", which I downloaded free from amazon app store, and "ABC Puzzles HD" which I only paid $1.99 for (also off the amazon app store).
PROS:
-It's rechargeable, so you're not running through batteries like crazy.
-You don't have to buy cartridges to use it like you have to do with the innotab and leap pad.
-It already comes loaded with age appropriate games/puzzles. My son loves most of them (especially the puzzles).
-Comes in handy when my kid starts getting cranky on shopping trips and having a meal at a restaurant.
-Able to connect to wifi.
-Has a Mommy/Daddy mode that's password protected (you can also access a web browser and e-mail from this mode).
-You can have different user profiles on it, so when my youngest son gets older they could technically share a nabi, but I'll probably just get him a new one since the price is so competitive, $99 is not bad at all.
-Able to download Amazon App Store. If apps are not free, they're only about $.99 - $3.99. Still better than $19 cartridge for a leap pad.
-Compatible with Netflix (however, I did have to go into my Netflix settings to configure the video quality. This way, my child's TV shows and movies run smoothe on his Nabi Jr. Not really a big deal, he doesn't have complaints, and rarely watches Netflix on it anyways).
-Has a rotating camera that takes pictures as well as videos. (Just FYI: There are two plastic films over the camera which you need to take off so pictures don't look so blurred).
-Has nice grippy bumpers that work! (He's dropped it on the pavement by accident getting out of the car, thrown it purposely [though I haven't let him do that again] when he got frustrated the first time, and it survived without a a scratch).
CONS:
-While it's rechargeable, the battery life doesn't very long. Maybe 4-5 hours of non stop playing and unfortunatley it takes just as long (if not longer) to recharge it back to full power.
-After a week our nabi jr. stopped charging. I contacted Nabi through Facebook, and we figured out that it was the wall adapter/charger that stopped working. I was then told that the company couldn't send me a replacement charger because they haven't officially released the nabi jr. yet. They encouraged me to return the whole thing back to Walmart (where I bought it) or wait until it is officially released, and then fill out the necessary paperwork to get a new one. Fortunately, I had an extra wall adapter from my HTC cell phone which solved this problem for me. I read a review by another parent complaining about the same problem, and it only validated my hesitation in going with that route. Why would I return the entire tablet (which already has a good amount of new apps downloaded on it) with the broken charger just so I can get a new charger that's only going to break in another week or so anyways? Fix this Nabi.
-It comes with a fake stylus. Lol this is just so silly to me, really Nabi? You couldn't just incude it? Oh but wait, not only do you not include it, it's not even available for sale yet! In fact, most of the accessories for nabi jr. have not gone on sale yet. I wanted to buy a screen protector, no such luck. However, I did keep on screen you're supposed to peal off on. I just snipped off the little tab in which you're supposed pull it off with, and smoothed out the little air bubble. Worked out well for me, I didn't have to spend extra money, and it was already perfectly placed on while in factory).
-Nabi accessories are on the expensive side.
-The Wings Challenges app does not work yet. It says, "Coming Soon". Nabi says its supposed work on the next update, but I have no idea when that's supposed to be. It's May 2, 2013 today, and Nabi has not even given an expected date.
-The Chores List is a great idea, but you have to buy Nabi coins to award your child for completed tasks. I guess it then goes towards apps he wants? Haven't quite figured that out yet because Nabi Jr. doesn't come with an instruction booklet or a "get to know your Nabi" type pamphlet.
-Oh and it has false advertisement. On the website it says something along the lines of learn ABC's with Dora the Explorer, put on a hat parade with Kai-lan, and count with Bubble Guppies. Yeah okay, where? Nickelodeon apps are few and far between.
-Lastly, I have an issue with the free apps which have ads. Unfortunatley if your kid taps on the ad, it'll bypass Mommy/Daddy mode where they are now able to buy/download/install this new app they just tapped on. Does that make sense? This is a chink in Nabi's parental controls. I've tried talking to them about it, to see if there was a solution, but they just gave me a bunch of runaround answers, and refused to admit that this was a loophole for game developers.
Despite all the cons, my kid loves his nabi, and I've learned to keep the wifi off so he doesn't accidentally start charging things to my debit card. I'm actually very impressed with how helpful it's been as a learning tool. I watch him play on it and I can see the gears in his brain working lol. Nabi also made 5 apps free for download to help with autistic children. I think this is wonderful. It may be a marketing tool, but I still think its great they've picked a route that's mutually beneficial.
80 of 83 people found the following review helpful.
Hope this helps a few people...
By S. Gomberg
To be honest, if you aren't a technical person, then this 4GB nabi probably isn't for your kids. One of the main problems with this model is the limited memory for apps. Fuhu really messed up here out of the gate on their first jr tablet with a measly 4GB, which only 1.7GB is usable for apps! The other 2.3GB is partitioned for the Android System and the Cache partition and the backup boot/recovery partitions (which is EXACTLY why months later they released a higher end version with 16GB and upgraded specs). So that leaves you about 20 small games/apps, which if you're like me and want to install everything to then just give it to your kids so you wont have to reconfigure it for months at a time, then you'll max out installing apps at around 25.. So my recommendation is for you to just spend the extra $40 if you have it and get the 16GB edition. It also has more ram (1GB RAM vs 512MB RAM of this model), as well as a faster processor TEgra-3 and a slightly higher battery capacity.
otherwise if you have already purchased the 4GB model or are a techy person, then this review is for you.
I believe this is my very first review on amazon and because FUHU really screwed people here on this model I felt inclined and responsible to help my fellow man out and those who have kids (I have 2 boys - 3yr and 4yr, and they LOVE this tablet).
I'm just doing this review off the top of my head, nothing in order so please bear with me.
The Pros:
Screen Protector - It comes with one! (just cut the small tab that they tell you to hold and remove , off!) Then leave the screen clear protective thingy on! I did and was SO glad!) and its perfectly cut/sized already. Viola!
MegaBumper on the tablet! you really have to drop this thing at a very bad angle, or step on it or drop something on it to break it.. really guys.. and if you did then ya, sorry but that's how it is these days..even with cell phones with insurance, they STILL dont cover a cracked screen and you'd still have to pay the $100 deductible fee which is the cost of the tablet anyway, so lets keep it real and try to supervise the kids or teach them good tips on how to handle it! lol
Parent mode (not necessarily mommy mode, there is also daddy mode, ok..) this gets you behind the NABI interface to let you install and configure the tablet for your kids.
$99 bux. I mean seriously? Awesome, price is perfect. There's no WAY i would spend more then that on a tablet that my kids will probably eventually crack the screen and break.. i mean come one guys, you're literally handing the child a $100 bill and tell him to not rip it?? .. its GONNA happen! just be glad that it only cost you 99 bux. I wont even spend $150 on a tablet for myself. I think all those people who let their kids play with ipads and expensive tablets are crazy or just plain rich.. but not me. Besides the way technology works, by the time your kids are older, they'll have something faster and cheaper out there.
Rotating Camera! One of my sons was always using Nana's cell phone to take pictures and of course would end up calling and texting all kinds of numbers, so as soon as we got this, not only is the camera cool, but it rotates and he loves it! Fuhu, good job on that. (yeah the camera quality is garbage, but the little ones dont care or even know about megapixels and stuff like that. KEEP IN MIND THIS TABLET IS AIMED AT TODDLERS, YOUNG-INS.. not the teen or pre-teens! and it only takes DECENT pic at full lighting outside, indoor not so much)...
Massive 5" screen.. that's almost 1" bigger than most cell phones out there these days! Thanks Fuhu
decent specs on ram, cpu and battery.
Most of all - THE OS - Android!! This is the MAIN reason why I dropped $200 on two tablets for my boys. The other tablets like leapfrog you actually have to pay for the apps!! ARe you guys kidding me?? Just watch, those other competitors most likely wont last. The entire essence of the tablet are the apps it drives and the market is already saturated with android apps, AWESOME ones, great learning apps, reading book apps, puzzle apps, game apps, etc.. it really is a NO BRAINER!!!
The Cons:
Plastic pen/stylus.. The one it came with.. BASICALLY shouldn't have. They later regretting this once they realized they didn't want a chocking hazard on the tips of the stylus. I wish they would at least offer a choice for the parents to buy the EXACT molded one DESIGNED to go in the back of this tablet holder.. we just don't have any other choice but other stylus pens that don't fit and you have to bring with you.. oh well..
So now, this begs the question, why did I write this review?? Why did I mention it was for the techy person??
BECAUSE THIS ANDROID NABI JR 4GB LITTLE AWESOME TABLET IS FULLY ROOTABLE. Google NabiLabGui and do your reading, basically I was waiting (about 6 months) until they finally came out with this root method so that I can install google play store and have full SU rights. This lets you take complete control over EVERYTHING on this tablet. And finally was able to get this tablet to use the external 16GB SD card as APP memory!!!!!!!!!!!! ARE YOU GUYS HEARING ME??? This means you dont have to drop $40 on the "oops - sorry we screwed you customer, heres the 16GB edition" model from FUHU!! I spend literally 3 days trying to figure it out, trying EVERY program linking the SD card to the system and only 1 program worked and that is LINK2SD, that program along with FOLDERMOUNT I have completely installed over 6 GB of apps and my kids WONT put this thing down!!
As a side note just in case you're wondering or you want to interject something about returning the tablet to fuhu, yes the VP or someone who claims to be important at FUHU said he screwed up (read about it on their facebook posting, guy by the name Jason, posted 9/22) and that if bought the tablet before October (if I remember correctly), then they will give you $99 back, BUT YOU HAVE TO NOT ONLY SHIP THEM THE TABLET, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIPPING, AND THEY WONT REFUND TAXES EITHER, OH AND YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PAY FOR INSURANCE....
So thanks for the offer, but NO thanks! By that time I'd be spending around $50 to ship it back to them for what?? Its ok guys, I'll just root your tablet and be on my way.
I guess I'm mad that they increased the price by $40 really for no reason.. I mean when it comes down to extending the memory to 16GB and all the OTHER SMALL spec upgrades, there's no way that justifies $40, maybe $10, MAYBE!!
I think they're doing themselves an injustice because you cant get the $99 tablet at retail anymore, or at least FUHU is backpedaling very quickly on the botched launch of their nabi jr.. I'm glad I jumped on it and have ZERO regrets. It really is a great product, but then again, I run a tech company and am a tech.. so sorry to everyone else.
Hope this helps someone!!!
Oh yeah, did I say the tablets are awesome! Now that they are rooted, google play store and have 16GB (I may even increase to 32GB later), these tablets are well worth the $99.
P.S. Also I found out a way to image one nabi and restore it to my other sons nabi so they BOTH have the exact image of each other and not complaining about what games/apps they didn't get when they see their brother playing.. lol, as wells as backing up the launder screen as they screw it up and move apps around, i just copy and past the launcher.db file back anytime I want and all is PERFECT again. ;-)
P.S.S. Yes you have to disable in-app purchasing from amazon and password protect your Google purchases, i learned the hard way.. thanks sons!
P.S.S.S. The charging mechanism is weird on these tablets. This is how I charge them at it works EVERY TIME:
Upon powering off, wait about 20 seconds, then plug in the USB cable to charge it, and WATCH THE SCREEN CAREFULLY IN THE DARK (or cover part of the screen with your hand). It will quick flash for about a split second. That means it WILL charge.. if you DONT see that quick white flash on/off, then you need to either power cycle again, or hold the power on/off again. Basically I've had these things plugged in all night and it will NOT charge unless the tablet fully powers down/shuts down PROPERLY. This means you shouldn't hold the green power button to turn it off. My son initially was turning it off that way, but that doesn't do a clean shutdown to the system. You need to hold the green button for a few seconds, then select power off, then click ok, then let is shut down! THEN YOU CAN CHARGE IT!
Forgeting PSSSS - listen as of this post 11-8-2013 I installed their latest update v1.2 and its rooted working great, but yes, we are still "waiting" for the WINGS program.. lol..
Any Questions? Thanks for reading my 1st review?? (I think.. I dont know.. maybe its my second)...
Honestly not worth it
