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Oregon Scientific Interactive Globe from Oregon Scientific
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Minimum Age: 7 years
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Our Editorial Review
Product Description Explore the world without leaving home. Touch the SmartPen to the globe to learn about countries, capitals, history and more. You can even connect to your computer's Internet for world news and current facts with the included free one-year online subscription. Includes 30 activities and quiz games in all, with six activities in Spanish. Requires 2 "AAA" and 4 "AA" batteries (included). Measures 15" tall. AC Adapter sold separately.
Customer Reviews
Good idea but a lot to improve Posted 01 December 2008
We received this as a gift for my [...] and she loves it but it also frustrates her as we don't seem to make it function properly.
We downloaded the program (which took forever) and when we did so, we got a confirmation of "free" updates for one year when the booklet clearly says you get 2 years of "free" updates. I called to complain about this, talked to someone who was very corteous, I was told I would get called back, but this was one month ago and no word from them yet.
Now we have also noticed that all the states in the USA don't work when you want to use the "Local Places" option, it just keeps ringing the error sound.
Another thing, it states that the "official" language in the USA is English when that is false information, as English is the most used language in this country but not official yet. That makes me doubt of any of the other information given for other places that I don't know the facts for.
I will call again. Will try to update this review when I hear back from them.
Great while it worked Posted 26 July 2008
I had no complaints about this product and everyone enjoyed it.. while it worked that is. We've since gone through customer support twice to replace what they said was a malfunctioning pen, but to no avail. On the good side, customer support was very helpful and easy to communicate with (not always so common any more). I'd rate this a 4 or 5 if it was still functional. I bought a 2nd one for my nieces and apparently that one is still working.
I now have a geography geek on my hands. Posted 04 April 2008
We love this toy. I bought it for my 4 year old for Chrismas one year, when he began showing an interest in animals and where they were from. My husband shook his head and laughed, but I held firm.
It turned out to be his fave toy that year, and now 2 years later, he still uses it all the time. (I wish I could say the same for all those other toys I spent good money on...)
It tells you not only what the countries are, but tells you about the climate, the population, what language is spoken, capitals, leaders, and that's only the beginning. You can play a timed game where it calls out countries and you have to find them. You can listen to every national anthem from every country, and learn how to say hello in every language. There is a pull out drawer on the base which details all of the United States.
Best of all, it has software, so you can tailor your globe to your child's age, and update it when neccessary. It's really cool. It makes your child want to learn, because it's fun! My son's grandfather liked it so much, my mother in law got him one for his birthday!
I wish I had the same head start when I was a child. I mean, for a six year old to be able to name every country in Africa, now that's pretty neat, and I atribute it all to the Smart Globe.
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