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New 'Pentop' Computer To Help Children Learn

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday August 23, 2005 @10:06PM 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."

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No...no...no!! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-08-23 22:14 · Score: 4, Funny

I said consummate v's...CONSUMMATE!
Terrible joke time! by SFA_AOK · 2005-08-23 23:07 · Score: 5, Funny

I guess it's powered by a PEN-tium?
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I'll get my coat.
Well... by mangus_angus · 2005-08-23 23:07 · 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.