Denver, CO – March 01, 2012 – ARCHOS, an award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, announced today a themed 7″ Androidâ„¢ tablet for children, called the Child Pad. The 7» Child Pad features a compact light weight design, the latest Android version, 4.0 «Ice Cream Sandwich», a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM.  The Child Pad will be available at the end of March for $129 SRP.

«As a pioneer in the portable audio and Androidâ„¢ tablet market we realize the importance of providing a tablet that can offer hours of entertainment for all ages, especially kids», says Henri Crohas, Founder and CEO. «ARCHOS strives to offer great tablets with only the best of features at affordable prices and we expect this tablet to bring a smile to the faces of kids and parents’ everywhere.»

Key Features & Benefits
Kid friendly features of the Child Pad include access to the Kids App Store powered by AppsLibwhich is filtered down to 14-friendly categories and 10,000 apps including games, entertainment, communication, multimedia, books, comics, sports and more.

In addition, ARCHOS has created a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles and the top 28 kids’ apps pre-loaded including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenzy.

ARCHOS has also designed the Child Pad to comply with both CIPA and COPPA regulations, ensuring a safe tablet environment for kids and peace of mind for parents. The parental controls and safe web browsing is powered by Editions Profil, whose «Mobile Parental Filter» is ranked as the most efficient parental control software in worldwide benchmarks.

Availability & Price
The Child Pad will be available in stores starting the end of March with the recommended retail price of $129.