The LeapPad Explorer was the first release in a new line of LeapPad products after the discontinuation of the original
LeapPad
LeapPad is a range of tablet computers developed for children. Various models of the LeapPad have been developed since 1999.
Development history
The device, resembling a talking book, took 3 years to develop and was introduced to the market in ...
line by
LeapFrog Enterprises
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (commonly known as LeapFrog) is an educational entertainment and electronics company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related content for ...
, Inc.
LeapPad Explorer was released on August 15, 2011.
New versions of the LeapPad Explorers were released in July 2012.
The update was branded the LeapPad2 and has a higher resolution camera, longer battery life, 4 GB of memory and a LF 2000 processor.
LeapPad Explorer specs
* Built-in 1.2 megapixel camera/video recorder
* 5" touch screen (480x272)
* 2 GB of storage
LeapPad2 specs
* Built-in 2.0 megapixel camera/video recorder
* 4 GB of storage
* LF 2000 processor (550 MHz)
Awards
In 2012, the LeapPad Explorer was awarded 3 titles: "Toy of the Year (overall)", "Educational Toy of the Year" and "Preschool Toy of the Year" at the 12th Annual Toy of the Year Awards,
which is held at the
American International Toy Fair in New York City.
See also
*
LeapFrog Epic, an Android-based tablet computer developed and marketed by LeapFrog
References
List of games licensed
*Adventure Sketchers
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Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
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Blaze and the Monster Machines
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''Brave''
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Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
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Bubble Guppies
''Bubble Guppies'' is a CGI-animated children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination of the sketch comedy, edutainment, and musical genres, and revolves around the un ...
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Cars 2
''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American computer-animated Spy film, spy comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''Cars (film), Cars'' (2006), the second film in the Cars (franchise), ''Cars'' f ...
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Clifford the Big Red Dog
''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' is an American children's book series about the adventures of a precocious girl named Emily Elizabeth and her titular pet: a giant, red-furred dog named Clifford. It was first published in 1963 and was written by No ...
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Crayola
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Art Adventure
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Disney/Pixar Up''
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Disney Princess
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Disney The Princess and the Frog''
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Doc McStuffins
''Doc McStuffins'' is an American educational computer-animated children's television series created and executive produced by Chris Nee (an Irish-American who was an associate producer for international versions of Sesame Street) and produce ...
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Doodle Jump
''Doodle Jump'' is a platforming video game developed and published by Croatian studio Lima Sky, for Windows Phone, iPhone OS, BlackBerry, Android, Java Mobile (J2ME), Nokia Symbian, and Xbox 360 for the Kinect platform. It was released worldwid ...
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Dora the Explorer
''Dora the Explorer'' is an American children's animated television series and multimedia franchise created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, went on hiatus on June 5, 20 ...
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Finding Dory
''Finding Dory'' is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Lindsey Collins and written by Stanton and Vict ...
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''Frozen''
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The Good Dinosaur
''The Good Dinosaur'' is a 2015 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn (in his feature directorial debut) and p ...
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*Get Puzzled!
*Globe: Earth Adventure
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Hot Wheels
Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars introduced by American toymaker Mattel in 1968. It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until 1997, when Mattel bought Tyco Toys, then owner of Matchbox.
Many automobile manufacturers have ...
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Hello Kitty: Sweet Little Shops
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I Spy
I spy is a guessing game where one player (the ''spy'' or ''it'') chooses an object within sight and announces to the other players that "I spy with my little eye something beginning with...", naming the first letter of the object. Other players a ...
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Jake and the Never Land Pirates
''Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' (titled ''Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' for the fourth season and associated merchandise) is an American animated musical and interactive preschool children's television series shown on Disney Junior ...
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*Jewel Train
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Kidz Bop
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*LeapSchool Math
*LeapSchool Reading
*Letter Factory
*Letter Factory Adventures: The Rainforest
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''The Little Mermaid''
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The Magic School Bus
''The Magic School Bus'' is an American edutainment media franchise that includes a book series, a TV series, a streaming series, and video games. Each of the stories within the franchise centers on the antics of a fictional elementary scho ...
'' (Oceans, Dinosaurs, & Dino Shuffle)
*Mini–Game Greatest Hits
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Minnie Mouse Bowtique''
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Monsters University
''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...
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Moshi Monsters
''Moshi Monsters'' was a British web browser massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) aimed at children aged 6–12, with over 80 million registered users in 150 territories worldwide. Users could choose from one of six virtual p ...
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*Mr. Pencil Saves Doodleburg
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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic''
*NFL Rush Zone
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Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Super Happy Day!''
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Octonauts
''Octonauts'' is a children's television series, produced by Silvergate Media for the BBC channel CBeebies, and based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy.
The show follows an underwater exploring crew made up of ...
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Olivia Olivia may refer to:
People
* Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer
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PAW Patrol
''PAW Patrol'' is a Canadian computer-animated children's television series, children's television series created by Keith Chapman. It is produced by Spin Master, Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio. In Canada, the ...
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*Pet Pals 2: Best of Friends
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The Penguins Of Madagascar: Operation Plushy Rescue
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Phineas and Ferb
''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated musical-comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was originally broadcast as a ...
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Pixar Pals
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Planes''
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Pocoyo
''Pocoyo'' ( in Spanish and stylised as ''POCOYO'') is a Spanish preschool interactive comedy computer animated television series created by Guillermo García Carsí, Colman López, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and is produced by the Span ...
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Scooby-Doo
''Scooby-Doo'' is an American animation, animated media franchise based on an animated television series launched in 1969 and continued through several derivative List of Scooby-Doo media, media. Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the orig ...
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Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) a ...
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SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' (or simply ''SpongeBob'') is an American animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It chronicles the adventures of the title character a ...
(Fists of Foam & The Clam Prix)''
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Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...
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Tangled
''Tangled'' is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Loosely based on the Grimms' Fairy Tales, German fairy tale ''Rapunzel'' ...
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Team Umizoomi
''Team Umizoomi'' is an American live-action and computer-animated musical children's television series with an emphasis on mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and equalities. Neither imperial nor ...
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''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
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Tinkerbell & Lost Treasure
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Toy Story 3
''Toy Story 3'' is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 2'' (1999). It was d ...
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Transformers: Rescue Bots (Race to the Rescue)''
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''Turbo''
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Wallykazam!
''Wallykazam!'' is an American CGI interactive children's animated television series created by Adam Peltzman for Nickelodeon. The series was first broadcast on February 3, 2014, on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block and it ended on September 9, 2017 ...
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Wolverine and The X-Men
External links
LeapPad Explorer
2011 introductions
ARM-based video game consoles
Children's educational video games
Educational toys
Electronic toys
Embedded Linux
Tablet computers
Linux-based video game consoles
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