Vtech - Tote 'N Go Laptop Plus | 
| Brand: VTech
List Price: $21.99
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Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 26
Batteries Included: No
Age: 3 - 6 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 3.8 x 11 x 14.1
MPN: 067800
Model: 80-67800
UPC: 050803678005
EAN: 0050803678005
ASIN: B000E1PY6U
Release Date: June 12, 2006
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| Features:
| • | The Tote & Go Laptop Plus - A big byte of learning for little bits! | | • | Colorful laptop with 30 engaging activities | | • | Detachable mouse with mouse pad for left-handed or right-handed users | | • | LCD screen displays fun animations | | • | 3 years + |
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Product Description
Program your preschooler for early learning with the Tote and Go Laptop Plus. This realistic looking computer features big style for little learners. Complete with a colorful keyboard and detachable mouse that's designed for both left- and right-handed users, the Tote and Go Laptop Plus features 30 engaging activities that teach language, math, games and music. Comes with a nifty handle for easy fold-up-and-go learning. Requires 3 "AA" batteries, included. Measures 11" x 14" x 3.5".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 53 more reviews...
 "Pop Pop" Hits a Homer October 21, 2007
Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States)
82 out of 87 found this review helpful
You'll see toys that look more like "real" notebook computers on Amazon, but I trusted the consumer ratings (and liked the price) and gave this to my granddaughter for her third birthday. Reports from mom are that she's played with it practically non-stop (granddaughter, not mom) for three days and wants to take it with her wherever she goes. We're all musicians, and even mom's reviews about the functionality and tolerability of the music were positive.
Granddaughter more or less confirmed mom's favorable review by getting on the phone, reciting her ABC's ("alphabet," she corrected me), telling me that her own name starts with L, her Halloween costume starts with M (Mary Muffet), and her baby brother's starts with S (spider). Mom said she was impressed because at least five of the games are still beyond her (granddaughter, not mom), leaving room for further activity down the line.
("Pop Pop" refers to the writer--I forbid the use of the word "grandpa" with respect to my person--if my granddaughter tells me my name starts with the letter G, I'll consider lowering my rating).
My 2 year old knows her ABC's. Thanks VTech! March 31, 2007
Dawn M. Pastor (Atlanta, GA)
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
My daughter always wanted to play with my laptop so I picked this one up for her on her 2nd birthday (August). And by October, no joke, she knew every letter of the alphebet. This laptop comes with 30 different games, one of which shows you an upper case (or lower case) letter and the child needs to correctly push the correspoding letter. My daughter is now 2 years, 7 months, and in preschool. Her teachers are amazed that she can correctly identify every letter they show her (upper and lower case). Sure we sing the ABC's and I can't deny that she is very smart but I sincerely attribute most of her alphebet knowledge to this little laptop and I highly recommend it. Thanks VTech.
A Winner December 3, 2007
Waynes World Of Books
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
Vtech really got it right on this one:
* Durable, rugged construction. After a year of abuse from two young boys, the only issue is the mouse doesn't click well to the left, but it still works OK. Everything else is 100%
* Intuitive. My older son (then 2 years, now 3) figured it out almost immediately.
* Surprising depth. Some functions are more complex, making for lasting play. A year later, and my son still pulls this laptop out for play.
* Highly educational. Our son picked up his letters and numbers early, largely through constant use of this laptop.
* Cheap. the 3-year-old has been showing -- at best of times -- our younger son how to use it. Sometimes they'd fight over it. So we bought another.
Wayne Gralian
 Fun for kids, annoying for adults September 23, 2007
Chris (Worcester, MA)
23 out of 29 found this review helpful
We'd received this as a birthday gift for our 3-year-old, who loves setting up her computer next to me while I work (just as she is doing now). However, I don't love the fact that the volume control resets to "medium" (which is loud) each time the toy starts. The same goes for the awful background music: it can be disabled, but only until the next time it is turned on. Since both the volume and power buttons are very prominent and are accompanied by animations and sounds, she has as much fun pressing them (and resetting the volume) as the rest of the features.
If you are hoping to distract your 3-year-old while you are working or studying, keep this in mind: every time you sit down to work, you may just find a squawking, bleeping, screeching little yellow laptop appear at your side. It may be a good educational toy for the 4+ set, who could be steered toward using it during specific study times, but I doubt that it will be with us that long. Now I need to find a less obnoxious replacement.
 Eh. Not super impressed... June 8, 2008
Samantha (New York)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
Got this for my 2 year old son when I got my own laptop, in hopes it would occupy him with his own and off of mine! It does that. Briefly. He's an active kid and doesn't sit and play with this kind of thing very long, okay, but this doesn't occupy him very long. I'll get my laptop out and he'll run off and get this, sit down, put it on his lap, mess around with the buttons and the mouse for a while, and then he's off to something else (or MY laptop) after about 5-10 minutes max. He's certainly as bright as some of the other reviewers' 2 year olds, but he most certainly didn't pick up the alphabet in some days/weeks and start playing with this thing "correctly." This is NOT a stupid or slow kid, and things like figuring out how to choose exactly which activity he wants and playing it correctly every time are absolutely beyond him. I suspect that anyone with a 2ish year old that did that is absolutely the exception, not the rule.
If you're looking for this for your 2(ish) year old to keep them occupied, you might want to look for something else. If you have a really calm toddler, you can probably use this WITH them to help teach the alphabet etc - it seems to be a good learning tool. But don't expect most kids that age to sit there and figure it out alone and learn that way. Not gonna happen. They're too young. If you want something that they can bang away on pretending to be typing like Mommy on her laptop and pretending to be using a mouse like Mommy does, it's great. (That's why I got it for mine.) But even then, it's limited in its ability to "entertain" them - at least at this age.
I have 2 big complaints with this product. The first is what other reviewers have mentioned: The sound level defaults to medium (should default to low!!), but worse than that, when the sound level button is pressed, the really, REALLY annoying monkey on the screen starts screeching (my husband says it sounds like a super loud annoying cricket) and does not STOP until a different key is pressed. Even if the cover is closed. Wanna guess what button my little boy likes to press the most? And then walk away. Arrgh!
Second, I realize he's slightly below the minimum age for this, but still. The battery compartment on the back has NO screws holding it closed. It simply snaps shut. He delights in turning it over, opening it, and yanking out the batteries - faster than I can leap up and get him to stop. This is simply DANGEROUS. Unless the toy is for 5+, they ought to be securing those compartments shut. I don't get it.
All in all, I think it's a good learning tool, and with a fairly calm kid or a slightly older kid, I think they'd learn a good deal from this and have fun doing it. But if you're reading this because you're thinking of buying this for a 2 year old or thereabouts, and hoping they're going to learn all this stuff all by themselves just by playing the game, I don't think it's likely. And if you have an active ("busy") toddler, don't expect this is going to hold their attention for all that long.
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