While the young are more than capable of using the iPad and its ilk, your customers might be worried for their delicate (and costly!) devices are not too suitable for their kids' paws. Which is where LeapFrog's LeapPad-- a low cost tablet designed specifically for kids.

The design is clearly "for kids", with rounded corners, a 5" touchscreen and big, friendly buttons, while LeapForg says it's able to survive dropping off a table. It also carries 2GB of memory, built-in camera, microphone, motion sensor and a stylus.

The software aims for education, with apps for reading, games, drawing and diary creation. LeapFrog offers either game cartridges or downloadable apps (via connection with a computer).

The LeapPad should hit the market this August, in either green or pink.

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Hitachi's G-Technology announces the G-Connect-- a portable HDD providing both wireless storage and wifi internet access for smartphone and tablet users.

It carries 500GB of storage, with support for up to x5 simultaneous devices. G-Technology says the drive can handle up to either x5 SD or x3 HD simultaneous media streams.

Protection comes through password options, which include private folders.

If one connects it to an ethernet connection it also acts as a wifi hotspot.

Huawei announces the MediaPad, saying it's the first 7" tablet carrying Android 3.2-- the OS' version optimised for 7" devices (rather than 10").

It carries an IPS capacitative touchpanel, with a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor providing power.

Otherwise all the tablet standards apply-- x2 cameras (1.3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), Bluetooth, HSPA+ and wifi connections, HDMI port and a number of pre-installed apps (Facebook, Twitter, and the like). Being an Android, it also supports Flash 10.3.

Huawei says battery life stands at around 6 hours, and an extra storage option comes through Huawei's own Hispace cloud-based solution.

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Your customers can keep track of their blood pressure with their iDevices-- using Withings' Blood Pressure Monitor.

Connecting via iDevice 30-pin connector, once the user wraps the blood pressure cuff around their arm it measures blood pressure results (either once or 3-measures in a row) in around 30 seconds, before saving Systole, Diastole and BPM on the connected device via free app.

Users can then access an online dash to keep track of results-- or sync the device with Microsofot HealthVault or Google Health. The app also allows one to automatically email results to their doctor.

It thus appears to be ideal for the more health conscious of customers, especially those using Withing's own wifi body scale. In fact, wifi scale users can get their track their weight and blood pressure on the same graph, bringing 2 kinds of health readings together.

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