Micromax has forayed into the kids edutainment segment with the launch of Canvas Tabby tablet. This comes with a dual-use mode, both for parents and kids, and can be used as a family device.
For kids, the Canvas Tabby comes loaded with 100+ originally designed applications and access to over 500 carefully curated videos for Education, Creativity and Entertainment, as well as strong parental control system. The Tabby Kid’s use mode is powered by EddyPaddy and developed by kids-content company Educren. This tablet is aimed at fostering the natural curiosity of kids to discover more about the world around them. In the parent-use mode, the Canvas Tabby can be used as a fully-functional, high performance Android Tablet to perform all the necessary functions required of a tablet.
The Canvas Tabby comes with tremendous Parental Control features so that the kids do not access the undesired content. This tablet has been designed in such a way so that kids can sharpen their skills and develop their potential with parents’ guidance and observation. Depending on the kid’s age, parents can configure his or her profile to access the most age-appropriate content – upto three distinct children profiles can be created on the Tabby. Not only can parents set time limits for their children to use Tabby, they can decide which subjects their children should focus on by promoting specific content, and add and block content as per their own judgment. In addition, they get detailed reports on what their child is actually doing on the tablet, and can even configure and change settings on the device remotely.
The Canvas Tabby sports a 7.0-inch display and runs on the Android KitKat 4.4 OS. The Tabby is driven by a 1.3Ghz processor paired with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM. It is also equipped with 2MP rear camera and VGA front camera. It is packed with a 3200 mAh battery. It has connectivity options of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
The Canvas Tabby is price at Rs. 6,499 and will be available from June 22nd exclusively on Flipkart for a period of 3 weeks and subsequently will be available for sale in all online and retail channels.