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Originally Posted by jbcohen
Short answer no. I do not think the daughter understands what an ipod is and wants one because its trendy, in my opinion one of the worse reasons to buy one. The ipod is a music player, lets get this right it is not an mp3 player s it does not play mp3 files. Like other apple products its proprietary, can take files from only one vendor (surprise you are forced to get all your music from you guessed it apple corp). AS a general rule apples cost a lot more then their mp3 competitors. The ipod is not for book reading and its not for games.
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Have you even used an iPod? The iPod has no trouble playing DRM-free MP3 (e.g. ripped from CDs or bought from Amazon/Google Play). The only DRM scheme it supports is Apple's Fair Play but there's nothing preventing you from loading it with DRM-free music. Also, why do you say that an iPod is not for book reading or games? I have an iPod Touch and it handles those functions well enough (granted I do prefer the PRS-350 and PSP for those).
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Originally Posted by jbcohen
I would recommend a laptop and an electronic book reader. The laptop will be great for the games and plus it will have a physical keyboard for emailing and twitter, however it will have one problem - its too big for book reading, that's where the book reader will come in handy. The laptop will have great battery life so it can go back and forth to school with her, however will be too heavy for that. The book reader will take care of the book reading. A tablet is nice however it does not have a physical keyboard that will make it hard for emailing and IM (Instant Messaging) which are popular with kids her age and will spare the phone for mom.
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I don't recommend giving a child her own laptop just yet. At that age, she can just use the family PC which is hopefully in the living room so her internet access can be monitored.
I gifted my niece an iPod Touch a year ago. Her mom loads her iPod with books and games through iTunes (there's a bunch of free educational games available). She has no internet access on the iPod.
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Here's the discussion I started last year asking that same question:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=156229