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Originally Posted by DustyDisks
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The daughter has a friend that uses his/her fathers Ipad. So she wants one also! But at $600 at the time it is a tad steep. The girl is 7 years old and still has not had the Christmas bubble popped about Santa yet. It is hard enough that she was introduced to death with her father and just last week her aunt.
I plan to help, in what ever way it takes, but other than my kindles that I do know about and love. I really do not have a clue.
It must be something that she can not grow out of and a kindle/nexus seem to be close to what the ipad can be and do.
Started this thread to get a mix of good opinions/discussions on the subject.
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If the iPad Mini ($329) is in your friend's budget that might be a good choice. There is also the iPad 2 @ $399 and the iPad 4 is $499 (not $600) which is still probably to high, but thought I'd mention the correct base price anyway. If they have a Microcenter near by they have deals going for the iPad 3 for $399 and iPad 2 for $359. Without knowing the budget it's hard to comment.
As far as not outgrowing something, eventually any tech is going to fall behind curve at some point. That doesn't mean it will become completely useless, but at some point the kid will likely want an upgrade because the old one won't run some app or another.
My niece is 8 and has used my Transformer and Nexus Android tablets without problems and like to use them, but when it comes to apps she wants as well as apps she uses at school on occasion the iDevices are what we decided on when my mother came to me for advice on getting my niece and my nephew (11) both tablets. They're both getting iPad 4's with Smart Cases, but her Christmas budget got boosted by some very specific circumstances.