It's not everyday that we get to write about one of our favorite low-tech-but-still-awesome companies: Crayola. After all, it was pretty much impossible to be a 20th century kid without having drawn with (or tried to eat) a fistful of crayons. Well, Crayola's now trying to draw (har) in new generation of would-be artists by partnering with
GPX on its new line of consumer electronics, ranging from a calculator to a clock radio to what all the kids are going crazy for these days -- a DAP called the Crayola MP3 Player (YCMW2816). There's nothing all that remarkable about the MP3 / WMA player from what we can tell: it's got a tiny screen, an SD card slot and is powered by a single AAA battery. Beyond that it comes with two audio out jacks so that you and a friend can rock out on the included headphones and earbuds. This one will set you back 50 greenbacks, although we're a little unclear if that's payable in Forest Green or Fern.
posted Nov 27th 2006 4:59PM
can you color with it?
Hmm.. It may not be very high tech, but it's made by Crayola! You can't beat something that's made by Crayola!
next roseart will be coming out with one....
That's neither forest green nor fern, it's Lime Green.
Way to miss the joke.
I'll have you know, I am a huge fan of "222.mp3."
Does anyone else get the urge to stick a crayon in the battery slot?
i thought about posting a comment about that but u beat me too it
If it comes with markers for customization they could be on to something for kids.
Will it make you poop green?
I bought two of these. My 4 1/2 year old loves it. We never showed him anything about it; he figured out how to work it himself. I like that he cannot turn the volume up as loud as other players. I put the other one aside to use as a gift for someone one day or to sell.
I bought one of these for my 5 year old at Christmas and now 6 mths later it quit, the LED screen will only blink, I had some techs look at it and they think its the memeory in it, I just e-mail crayola and I'm hoping they will respond but an MP3 that doesn't last past 6 mths does not please me - anyone else have this problem?
at least yours turns on i can get this one to work.
Melanie - Our 5-year old daughter got the player for her birthday. Within 3-weeks we got the same thing. Have you heard anything from crayola about this problem?