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worsel60 · 12-01-2010, 09:08 AM

I bought one for Christmas for my 3 year old grandaughter and set it up yesterday. She's going to love it. It seems very sturdy and does everything it says it does.

It took about a half an hour to download and setup the PC software and register myself as the "parent" of Lillys vreader. Once you do that, you hook up by USB and can download books to your backpack ( one of the icons on the device and requiring an SD card ) . You get to choose 6 free books out of maybe 10. They are not as good as books on cartridge, no animation and fewer extras, but with pictures and just as long. There are also some $7.49 downloads that may be as good as a cartridge book. I haven't tried one.

I put a 4G SDHC card in the reader (not included). The free books are about 10M each. It takes 4 AA batteries. We'll see how long they last. I'll probably buy her some rechargeables and maybe the AC adapter and backpack carrying case before Christmas.

So far, I'm as impressed with the value as I was when I got my first Kindle. One of the games on each cartridge is actually a reading comprehension test. Cool. The downloads are staged on the PC. I'm assuming if she broke the unit I could transfer them to a new one.

12-01-2010, 09:08 AM	#8
worsel60 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Kindle	I bought one for Christmas for my 3 year old grandaughter and set it up yesterday. She's going to love it. It seems very sturdy and does everything it says it does. It took about a half an hour to download and setup the PC software and register myself as the "parent" of Lillys vreader. Once you do that, you hook up by USB and can download books to your backpack ( one of the icons on the device and requiring an SD card ) . You get to choose 6 free books out of maybe 10. They are not as good as books on cartridge, no animation and fewer extras, but with pictures and just as long. There are also some $7.49 downloads that may be as good as a cartridge book. I haven't tried one. I put a 4G SDHC card in the reader (not included). The free books are about 10M each. It takes 4 AA batteries. We'll see how long they last. I'll probably buy her some rechargeables and maybe the AC adapter and backpack carrying case before Christmas. So far, I'm as impressed with the value as I was when I got my first Kindle. One of the games on each cartridge is actually a reading comprehension test. Cool. The downloads are staged on the PC. I'm assuming if she broke the unit I could transfer them to a new one.