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Vol. 27, No. 5 September/October 2011<br />
Tablets & Tech Trends<br />
for the iTot Generation<br />
T<br />
here is no escaping them. You see them everywhere: iTots.<br />
Those little consumers who have their hands all over the<br />
family iPhone or iPad, and other tablet computers, smart-<br />
phones, and mobile devices. It's the touch screen that draws them<br />
in—it's so intuitive. They just start tapping, dragging, zooming,<br />
playing, and exploring. So, it is no surprise that toy manufactur-<br />
ers and other new industry players have<br />
entered the market with products<br />
specifically designed to appeal to kids,<br />
using new touch screen interfaces, ac-<br />
celerometers, and other technologies<br />
that mimic the activities found on their<br />
parents' devices.<br />
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