Another mobile phone for kids, but this one should be a lot less controversial…LeapFrog Enterprises — which offers technology-based educational games and learning products — has partnered with Enfora — a provider of wireless solutions — to develop a new $99 mobile phone called TicTalk. Parents of children six years old or more who buy the phone can “log onto an easy-to-use Web site and pre-set exactly who the child can call and receive calls from, along with how often, and what hours and days of the week the phone can be used to call certain numbers. It also features speakerphone, voice recorder capabilities, a calendar, to-do list and other tools.” It will also include some educational games from LeapFrog…
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