. Pros Smartphone app lets parents communicate with the device. Memory card slot. Bundled rechargeable battery. Proprietary Wi-Fi connectivity. Backwards-compatible with all InnoTab game cartridges.

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InnoTAB - THE LEARNING APP TABLET. 4 Items Found Sort By: Click to View. SD Card Slot For Memory Expansion; Recommended Age: 3-9 Years; Includes USB Cable.

Gift Cards; Gift Registry; Credit Card. 'innotab games'. Disney VTech InnoTab learning game cartridge Disney JAKE and the Neverland Pirates parallel. My cartridge is supposed to be compatible with InnoTab MAX, but it's not working. What can I do? What should I do if I want to cancel my Learning Lodge account?

KidConnect feature allows parents to send emails to device from their smartphones. Cons Noticeable lag in boot up time, as well as when moving to different apps. No more dedicated stand.

Card slot now for MicroSD rather than SD. Card slot is hard to access. Bottom Line With its improved controls, increased storage and bundled rechargeable batteries, the VTech InnoTab 3S is an attractive tablet for those who bought the previous iterations. But the laggy performance frustrates, and its addition of a MicroSD card slot (rather than the SD slot of old) is a head scratcher.

The InnoTab 3S is VTech's latest salvo in the toy tablet battle. For the same price as its previous iteration—and $50 less than the —it adds more storage, rechargeable batteries, and redesigned controls. But laggy performance at boot-up and when moving through apps—as well as replacing the SD card slot with a MicroSD slot—hold it back. The InnoTab 3S measures about 5.7-by-8.3-by-1 inches (HWD).

It's smaller than the LeapPad Ultra, and the VTech InnoTab 2. But that's not the only difference.

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With the InnoTab 3, VTech has done a complete overhaul in terms of the controls. The main change is that the orientation of the device is mainly landscape mode, rather than portrait mode (as it was in the previous iteration).

The 2-megapixel, 180-degree rotating camera is now located on the middle of the long side. The device offers over 55 photo features and special effects.

VTech has done away with a physical camera button; instead, there is a camera button on the screen when the user is in camera mode. VTech does add a new toggle button to the left of the screen. The home button is at the bottom of the screen, with volume up and volume down buttons located on either side of it. All the buttons have icons, except the Enter button to the right of the screen, right under the Hint button. The omission of an icon on the Enter button is puzzling, as parents who can't find the instruction manual will be mystified by it. The device comes with 4GB of onboard memory that can expand to 32GB via micro SD, as well as a pop-up onscreen keyboard and stylus with a storage slot. The MicroSD slot is a head-scratcher for me.

Not only is the slot still hard to access (it's still located very close to one of the battery compartments), but a MicroSD card is not as common as an SD card in most people's homes. It comes with two stylii (one is a spare) as well as a string to connect the stylus to the device.

The InnoTab 3 features a five-inch touch screen and tilt sensor. It also has a built-in microphone, headphone jack, and four different media players: an e-book reader, MP3 music player, photo viewer, and video player. One feature I'm going to miss is the stand present in other iterations. It was a convenient way to prop up the device when watching videos. When I first turned on the InnoTab 3S, there was a noticeable lag in having the device boot up.

I thought it was an anomaly until I started going from screen to screen. Again, there was noticeable lag, something I didn't see with the LeapPad Ultra. That lag could prove frustrating to young users who have no real concept of delayed gratification. The device comes with 20 free apps loaded out of the box. In order to use the Wi-Fi enabled features such as Wish List Maker, Kid Connect, and the Web browser, you need to register the InnoTab 3S on the Learning Lodge program, which is bundled as a CD that you have to install on your PC. While installing the Learning Lodge software via the included CD was easy, the actual setup was difficult.

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I chose the InnoTab 3s as the device during setup. But when I plugged the device in, the Learning Lodge program didn't recognize it. The only device that showed up was the InnoTab 2. I ended up doing a search online and downloading the plug-in for the InnoTab 3, then unplugged and plugged the InnoTab 3s back in. After a couple of tries, the Learning Lodge finally recognized the device. Then the Learning Lodge informed me that it needed to download a firmware update, which took 10 minutes. It was another 10 minutes of waiting for the firmware update to be downloaded into the InnoTab 3s.

For someone as used to firmware updates as I am, it was still annoying for me to have to wait so long to even start using the device. I can only imagine how typical parents will feel having to go through the same thing while their youngsters ask repeatedly to use the device.

Still, once the updates were done, the device worked smoothly. I also had no problem downloading previously purchased games from Learning Lodge to the InnoTab 3S. Like the LeapPad Ultra, the InnoTab 3S is backwards-compatible with all InnoTab game cartridges, a boon to parents who really don't want to have to purchase a whole new library of games and ebooks. Having played with previous InnoTab iterations, my five-year-old tester had no problems navigating the InnoTab 3S.

He did express frustration at waiting for each app to load, but he had a lot of fun playing with the Art Studio and WonderCam apps. I tried sending him a message using the KidConnect App on my smartphone. Although it took a little while for the email to reach the InnoTab 3S, he thought it was the greatest thing to get an email on his own account. The InnoTab 3S has brought some welcome updates to VTech's InnoTab line, such as more memory, a battled rechargeable battery, and a toggle button. The fact that its $50 cheaper than the LeapPad Ultra only adds to its attractiveness.

But the lag time is problematic to me, and the MicroSD card slot (as well as the removal of the stand) is a head-scratcher. Thus, the LeapPad Ultra remains the Editors' Choice in the toy tablet category.

That said, if you are already well deep into the InnoTab line (i.e., you have all those game cartridges in your possession), then the InnoTab 3S is a great tablet to get.

I've had some questions about if the InnoTab requires using only the original USB cables. I also wanted to point out for people buying the InnoTab 3 that they need to get a 'micro USB' cable instead a full size SD card. My recommendation is that you should buy a micro SDHC with a full size adapter - like the one I have in the video. If you're questioning which size of card to buy, I'd suggest getting at least a 16GB card. I haven't seen one yet that hasn't worked - generic or name brand.

If you do want to get a 32 GB card, I'd recommend that you purchase a name brand one and purchase it locally. The chances of a name brand one working successful is higher than generic ones.

I don't know why exactly but I think some of the generic ones don't stick to the full specs of what larger sized cards are suppose to do so they end up not working in devices that can't handle abnormalities. Mini USB 1 Foot cables on Amazon for your InnoTabs: Micro USB cables on Amazon for your Android phones: InnoTab 3 on Amazon: InnoTab 3S is now $79 on Amazon!