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New 'Pentop' Computer To Help Children Learn

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the one-more-gadget-for-kids-to-lose dept.

theodp writes "Educational toymaker LeapFrog is introducing the Fly "pentop" computer, a talking computer hidden within a pen the size of an electric toothbrush. Available in mid-October for $99 at Wal-Mart and Target, the device responds to written commands and is aimed at 9-14 year-olds who can use it as a calculator, a calendar, to create and record music, and to play logic and geography games."

14 of 144 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Are they mad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How does one "loose" a pen?

  2. No...no...no!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I said consummate v's...CONSUMMATE!

  3. Re:Are they mad? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sigh.

    I have a loose tooth, but I'm determined not to lose it.

    Lose: To *not* win, to misplace (forever).
    Loose: Not tight.

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  4. yeahh... but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeahh... but does it run Linux?

  5. Re:Are they mad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    How does one "loose" a pen?
    I don't know. I've just tried throwing one up in the air and shouting, "you're free, you're free", but the stupid pen just plummeted to the ground. I think it had something to do with the Intelligent Gravity but I did expect the pen to at least attempt to escape its infernal servitude.
  6. Re:Are they mad? by ExKoopaTroopa · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always thought pens were like umbrellas, they don't belong to anyone in particular, they just appear and you pick one up when you need one...

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  7. Terrible joke time! by SFA_AOK · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess it's powered by a PEN-tium?

    ...

    I'll get my coat.
  8. Well... by mangus_angus · · Score: 5, Funny

    judging by the number of 9-14 year-olds that told me how bad they "pwnd my n00b ass" at Counter Strike last night, something tells me they are beyond this.

  9. Re:Are they mad? by alexhs · · Score: 2, Funny

    > I always thought pens were like umbrellas, they don't belong to anyone in particular, they just appear and you pick one up when you need one...

    So they would be like music and films, you don't steal them, you're infringing on some obscure thing called 'copyright' ? ;)

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  10. Shiny talking pen is cool! by elgatozorbas · · Score: 1, Funny
    RED RUM!

    RED RUM!!!

  11. Re:Get Smart! by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny
    And what's next, a talking shoe?

    Of course, the shoe would only talk when walking over a specially marked carpet...

  12. I'm surprised by kurbchekt · · Score: 2, Funny

    No one have a link of the NetBSD port for this thing yet?

  13. obligatory comments by kc0re · · Score: 2, Funny

    A) Yes, but can it run Linux?
    B) Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of pens!!!

  14. Re:Are they mad? by Pxtl · · Score: 2, Funny

    Get it right:

    Suzie's about to lose her anal virginity. After that happens, her ass will be very loose.