
Putting People First has a great post linking to the range of toys launched this year based heavily on consumer electronics. Here's a snippet and a few of the links:
Consumer electronics for kids is the fastest growing trend in the $22 billion toy industry. With children becoming ever more tech savvy at ever-younger ages, toymakers are scrambling to capitalize on the rapidly growing market for youth electronics.
* colorful optical mice by Kutoka Interactive
* digital cameras and graphics tablets by French toy giant Smoby
* Click & Create With Mia - a kind of Photoshop for tots that teaches kids to draw, paint and animate shapes on screen, and allows them to create posters, invitations and birthday cards
* the SmartKids laptop for children aged 3 to 6 that features a piano keyboard and bilingual programs in Spanish and English
* the Marvel Ani-Movie Studio, which allows kids to create digital stop-motion films starring Marvel Comics characters
Check out the rest of the toys .
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great for my blog + my 3 yr old gamer webhog!