LeapFrog My Own Leaptop (Frustration Free Packaging)

I purchased this toy as a Christmas present for our two year old because he loves the one that his older sister has. I read through the description multiple times and assumed that when Leap Frog said it was customizable that they meant in the same way that the older version is/was. Our son loves it and was excited as soon as he saw it in the box. WE on the other hand were disappointed to find out this morning that the connectivity feature is gone and with it the ability to have the toy say your child's name, customize music, and "send" messages from family members. I paid about $13 for this which is a great price but I know that earlier versions have been on sale for as low as $17 so I would have happily paid that extra $4 to have the features I thought I was getting. Overall, it's a great toy and our son is happy but I just can't give a 5 star review when I was expecting the earlier features based on the description provided by Leap Frog.

Thought my son might be a little young for this (he's 2.5 years old), but he loves it! He is thrilled that he now has his own "puter" and he carries it all over. He already knows his letters and has really enjoyed the feature that names something for each letter and the "games". His favorite part of the computer is the songs. He loves them and dances all over when the number song comes on. We've had this laptop for about 6 weeks and it is a definite go to when we need him distracted for a few minutes. This has been a very interactive toy for my toddler.Update: My son still enjoys this toy a lot. I lowered my rating to four stars because I have realized that the "games" tab is actually only one game and it's much too hard for kids. My son never goes to that tab anymore and now primarily listens to the music. I wish there were more games.

My 2.5 year old loves this! She likes to sit at the kitchen counter and type on her leaptop while I am checking my email on the netbook. She is learning some of the alphabet sounds and other things from it too. But beware - it is for a toddler, so the sounds of the letters are limited, as are the options. But at 2.5, too many options is actually a bad thing. So far the product has proven very durable and easy to clean. Downsides include a ridiculously large installation software to personalize 3 emails and one song for her. But really, with the other things on here, she doesn't need that much personalization. Some of her friends in nursery school got the leap pad. But it is way too advanced for a 2 year old. Even if she does like the games on the leap pad, what happened with her friends is that it got cracked, broken, the cards for the games got lost, etc. She just isn't ready for that yet. The leap pad says it is for 5 and up, and it really, truly is. She does great with this and I will be upgrading to the leap pad when she is old enough not to lose or damage it. Highly recommend this for toddlers.

We got this for our daughter on a whim at 22 months and she was OBSESSED with it, and eight months later (at the time of this revidew) and she taught herself the alphabet just from playing with this Leaptop. No joke. I couldn't believe it either until she started pointing to large letters on books, signs, etc. and saying which letter it was.I kept this in the car and she considered this toy a special treat while we were running errands. I would much rather listen to Scout pronounce letters and sing the ABCs versus a bored, complaining kid in the back seat.Our 11 month old has gotten his hands on this toy and it's HIS favorite. He will root through a box of toys to dig this from out of the bottom. He can open it up himself and also move the yellow button (to switch from ABCs, Messages, Games, Emails) on his own.Since the toy goes to sleep on it's own, I've not had to replace the batteries. Cant say enough good things about this toy.

This laptop is great for the value. My two year old loves the many different songs, and sounds it plays. It has 4 different "modes" so he can do four different things. One for music, one for games, one for "email", and one for ABC that teaches the sound, look, and gives a word or animal for each letter of the alphabet. He got a different vtech laptop when he was 6 months old and I think he outgrew that one since it was more or less just playing songs and making different sound effects, so this one is more age appropriate for him and he will probably still be able to use it for the next couple of years.It is a little loud, but there are two volume settings and he just insists on having the loudest one on (2 year olds, right?) but that's okay. It is also small and compact so it easily fits in his diaper bag or small backpack that he likes to carry.