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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68378 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Oregon Scientific
• Model: PR18-06
• Dimensions: 16.10" h x 13.50" w x 13.10" l, 8.20 pounds

Features

• Sold Individually

Customer Reviews

Totally AWWWEEESOOMMMMEEE
My seven year old daughter can't leave it alone. She's now humming the national anthem of Russia. She now knows where Mongolia is. This thing is incredible and it can stay current with upgrades from the Web. I love this company but this product takes the cake. You won't go wrong buying this incredible globe. In our opinion, it far surpasses the one from LeapFrog.

Could be Better
As an adult who is in to maps and world travel, I think the whole smartGlobe idea is alot of fun! This globe is comparable to the SmartGlobe made by LeapFrog which also came out this year.

This globe however has alot more features, and is updateable. Not only can you use this little globe to check timezones and estimate travel distances (including a large pullout map of the U.S.) but you can use it for currency conversions, estimated flight times, typical weather to expect....even interesting facts about countries, history
and geography of places you might want to visit!

My only complaints are that the globe itself seems rather cheaply made (especially compared to the LeapFrog model). The stand is made of wobbly plastic, and as for the globe itself- it is rather crudely drawn and could be a bit more attractive. Design flaws they could have easily corrected after putting all that work and information into this globe.
Why make this thing look like a toy? It could easily sell both for kids and adults- as an office executive toy or something great to have around the home.

I did try the update feature- it does work but it is finicky, takes a good long time (took me a few hours to figure it out with DSL) and doesn't seem to like Windows Vista.

Disappointing
I purchased this for my 3 year old last Christmas. The good news is he LOVED it and it seemed to be really educational. The bad news--we tried to download updates from Oregon Scientifc's website and it completely messed up the unit. Oregon Scientific's tech support was HORRIBLE (eg phone tree for 5 minutes that leads to a dead end, or cuts you off after waiting on hold for 20 minutes, or if you finally get through to a human being, they are clueless information that sounds like they are making it up as they go along). Very disappointing, especially since I was happy to purchase a product made in the USA, and my kids were fascinated with it (for the week it lasted). We ended up taking the globe back for a refund. This Christmas we are going to try the Leapfrog Globe instead (which is probably made in China). BTW there used to be a lot of customer reviews from parents on this globe and they seem to have disappeared.