Chromo Inc Orbo Junior Kids Edition Android 4.1 Tablet, 4GB, Red

I do not frequently review my purchases on amazon, but in this case I felt it necessary given the issues with the Orbo Jr tablet. We bought this as a Christmas gift for my eight year old autistic child. First, the pro of it was it's really easy to install things on, and I was remotely able to downloa two games onto it as well as Kids Place, which basically is a child proofing app for the tablet. The second really great thing about it was that the silicone bumper case is really good and I'm confident my son won't shatter the screen on accident like what happened with his previous tablet. Now for the cons: The battery drains incredibly fast: I've seen it go from 100 percent to fully drained after less than half an hour o being unplugged. This is problematic as the reason we purchased a tablet was for his entertainment on the go, not for him to be stuck in one place. Two, it tends to get bogged down really easily if too many apps are opened- which is reasonable under most circumstances, but three apps is awfully low. I will return and update my review in six months time, unless something major happens with the tablet before then.

My son is almost 2 and he loves to watch Elmo videos and PBS. I decided to buy him a tablet for Christmas so he would leave my phone alone. I was stressed out and at that point just wanted to get shopping over with so I quickly glanced at the reviews and information and the price was right so I just bought it. First thing I noticed when it arrived is when they were talking about this sturdy tablet... it looks easily breakable. That cute colorful cover is really thin. Next there were no parental locks. At all. I expected it to sort of compare to the kid Kindle's or the Nabi's. The picture quality is awful. The speed of everything is sooooo slow. Kids are impatient. My son won't wait 2 minutes for something to load. Oh and the cherry on top is after sitting under the tree he finally unwrapped it and it was dead as a doornail. After being fully charged and turned off. The battery will not stay charged and drains impossibly fast. A complete and total waste of money. If you need something cheaper buy a refurbished Nabi or a Galaxy Tab and use it in kids mode. You'll be glad you did.

Given the Orbo Jr. was only $60, I knew it was going to be a "cheap" tablet, but did not expect it to be as bad as it was. The TN panel is about the worst display I have seen since early 2000's. Viewing angles are extremely terrible, any slight movement (10-15 degrees) causes half of the display to either wash out or become difficult to view due to the inversion of colors. There is also a very high amount of reflection from the display which interferes with text and makes it difficult to read. The display creates a strain on the eyes, after using it for only 15 minutes I felt the strain and decided that I would not give this to my children.The Android Jellybean (4.1.2) OS is good, I have no issues with the OS. However, I would not say that the tablet software has been setup/modified for children. I had to make the OS "kid friendly" by tweaking things here and there. There was no "kid mode" setup. In fact, this is not something you could just had a child without first verifying all the settings.Did not find and software/games for children pre-installed, but it does have the standard Google Play (account needed) to install apps. They also include their own market app which downloads and installs apps (sideloads apk files, did not investigate the download sources).Overall, the display is was what killed this tablet for me. I purchased 2 of these (one for each child) because of the low cost. I will now buy a better tablet with a higher quality display and let the kids share.

we bought this for my 2 year olds christmas gift and he likes it. It's lasted in a world where not much does (my 2 year olds world, the kid breaks everything!) it's good for games and keeps his fingers off our phones half the time =) the graphics aren't good and the camera sucks but it's for a 2 year old so who cares. will probably buy another one in a couple years for my other boy.had to edit/update this review. not even two minutes after I wrote this my 2.5 year old threw it in the hallway (as he's done before) and now it seems broken. when we try to turn it on it stays on the power on screen (a white screen with the blue letters saying orbo) and it will just sit on that screen until the battery dies. we've tried resetting it but something internal must of broke because the system wont load up.

I purchased this (and a blue one) on a Lightning Deal hoping they would be suitable for my grandsons: I ended up returning them. They worked okay at first, but before the month was up they started having issues. One of the units would not charge properly even though four different cords were used. One of the units also would only allow a maximum of four games to be loaded before it maxed out. I would have assumed "Operator Error" were it not for the fact that we had two units being used side by side with the same number of photos saved and the same games being installed and uninstalled. As I said, I ended up returning these and upgrading my grandsons to the Amazon Fire Kid's Edition: they were considerably more cost-wise, but they have been running perfectly for over two months with no issues whatsoever.

I ordered this for my son but saved it ....left it unopened in the shipping box I receive it in. Well over the week end was my son's birthday and party. He opens the package all excited bc he has been waiting sooo long to get it but he was soooo disappointed. Omg! He cried his poor lol eyes out bc it did not work bc the middle of the screen was busted. Here we did receive the Amazon fire tablets the other day...they were good. No cracks no damage...i dunno. All I do know is that my son is very upset and so am I. How can we resolve this issue. I can't pay for broken stuff I'm on a fixed income..please let me know what I can do bout this...