Chromo Inc Orbo Jr Tablet PC, Blue

I'm going to take my time and write a honest review for anyone looking to purchase this tablet...... don't make the mistake I did!i'm a sucker for reading reviews and deciding if I'm going to purchase it based off of them...I did lots of research on inexpensive tablets that I could purchase for my 2.5 & 4 year olds for Christmas. I wasn't looking for anything too fancy as they're so young, and the quality/speed doesn't matter as much. The Orbo Jr. kept popping up. There were some good & some bad reviews but I decided to go along with it and purchase 2. I bought a blue one and a red one. The price was right, and unfortunately that went against me this time.I started by opening the blue one and turning it on. It took about 3 minutes to boot up (which is a long time with today's technology)It turned on and started with 68% battery life. The first thing I noticed was the screen quality just isn't there. It is very pixalated and when looking at the screen, it almost looks maginifed - makes me sort of feel cross eyed, or that my vision is going bad. I didn't know if this was just me, or if it was defective, or this is how it is supposed to be. I had my husband look at it, and he agreed that it looked goofy. When I opened the Red Orbo Jr, it looked the same way.I decided to continue to set it up since this would be for my kids, and they wouldn't be able to know the difference in quality. I connected to the WIFI and set up the date/time. All of a sudden, I got back to the main screen and the battery life was already down to 49%! It was literally 2 minutes later.I plugged the Orbo Jr into the charget that comes with (very cheap quality) and continued to set up the tablet. The charger started to smell like it was burning and I realized it wasn't working. It didn't charge the tablet. It works out that the charger was the same as the charger used with my phone {Samsung Galaxy Mega} so I just used that. When the tablet is plugged in, you can go to town downloading things and surfing without the battery draining. When the tablet isn't plugged in, you can literally watch the battery life countdown like a clock!I then opened the Red Orbo Jr, and began to set that one up. Unbelieveable --- this one dies faster than the blue one!!! It was like minutes and it was dead from a 80% charge. I just couldn't believe it. I did read other reviews that the thing would last a hour or just around a hour - no way! The battery would say at 80% charge that there was 8 hours of life left --- what a joke! Try 8 minutes. I didn't even go ahead and set up the red tablet because I then knew I would be returning the products.I can't get over how poor the visual quality was on these (like I said what do you really expect from a $60 tablet) and how fast the battery died. I would NOT recommend this item to anyone.I returned the items and decided to spend a little more money and purchase 2 "NeuTab N9 Pro 9" Quad Core Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Tablet 8GB" instead --- which I am VERY happy with my choice.Reading reviews & purchasing items based off of them is a learning experience - and in this case was a bad experience. I hope I can help someone else make the correct choice in not purchasing this item, unless you're ok with low quality. I am so glad Amazon is so good with returning items and really helping out the buyers in bad situations!

In the process of requesting to return item. This was purchased for my 22 month old, who loves to listen to The Wheels on the bus video's etc. He has navigated our IPAD mini with ease since the age of 18 months, and we thought this would be great for him, and would free up our IPAD. Being that he was so little, I was glad to see that there was a "protective" case already included on this tablet, as he has both dropped and thrown our IPAD in the past, in which there was absolutely no damage done at all. However, upon setting this tablet up, I was disappointed in the protective case, it is a flimsy silicone that can be removed, and there is no screen protection at all. In my opinion it does not provide adequate protection for a "toddler JR tablet". After just 2 days, the screen is cracked, and I am not sure how it happened exactly, as he was using it sitting down on the sofa at the time, and no one heard him drop or throw it. I was considering returning the item due to very poor battery life, as it would die after just 2 hours of use, however now I am even more disappointed in the weakness of the product. I would strongly advise looking into another item if this is for a small child. I'm waiting to hear back from the seller..

Not worth the money. I wish I just spent the extra $0.54 - $40 and got the older version of the Kindle Fire for my son.My family has 2 Kindles, one for me and one for my husband. My four year old loves our Kindle too. My son has no issues navigating our kindles, but, he gets so VERY frustrated w/ the slow speed of this thing, he never uses it. He still requests to use one of ours instead. I purchased this for $59.95.http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0051VVOB2/ref=dp_olp_used_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=usedPROS:- Thin- Comes w/ kid friendly sage- Colors are bright- Kids can't purchase apps w/o a passwordCONS:- SLOOOOW! I have tried on multiple occasions on different days and I have not been able to get this tablet to handle playing a song from Amazon music to date. It immediately gives me a warning about the tablet overheating EVERY time an app is opened. Please note this is when ONE SINGLE app is opened. Not when multiple apps are opened. This happens with Skype, ABCMouse.com, even when I open the alarm clock app to set up an alarm!!! This is a huge con and I am knocking down 3 stars for this.- Toddlers (4 yr old) can not easily charge the tablet with the case on the tablet. The case makes it so you have to wiggle the USB charger into the case.- Little Battery Life. This thing will only last about 45 mins before it has to be charged.OF NOTE:A USB cord and wall adapter charger is included. But, chargers are included with all tablets. I am leaving 2 stars on this product since it is still useable for about 45 mins. This is annoying on trips. I suppose it could be a good thing when we are at home because the tablet limits my son's screen time for me.Thank you for reading. I hope this review was helpful for you.