Pocket eDGe 7" eReader Android Tablet - Dual screen, USB, 3GB Internal Memory
This is not an iPad.   There, I said it. It is not even a Kindle Fire or a BlackBerry Playbook. It is not as fast, doesn't have as much capacity, and most importantly doesn't work well AT ALL out of the box. This will not be a good present for your 5 year old.     What it is is an exciting and versatile piece of hardware. It requires you to break out of the registration step AS SOON AS YOU TURN IT ON (See how here: [...] the company that makes this device went under, thus their online serves went down and c