LeapFrog's Crammer makes flash cards antiquated, is perfectly named

Alright kids, it's time for honesty. Here's a tidbit your 3rd-grade teacher isn't about to admit, but he / she and everyone else in the world crams for tests. Sorry, we know you totally believed that each and every noble student dutifully set aside hours per day to prepare for that big final, but in reality, every kid in your classroom just got on the study train a few hours ago. To that end, LeapFrog has concocted a perfectly named study aid dubbed the Crammer ($59.99; available now), which enables kids to "quickly navigate more than 16,000 mathematics, social studies and science quiz questions based on leading school textbooks." Additionally, students can create customized digital flash cards for on-the-go cramming, and the built-in Spanish translator even gives you an edge in the foreign language department. Seriously, where was this at when we were using abacuses and carving English reports into stone tablets?

[Via PopGadget]

[Windzilla @ Oct 13th 2008 10:11PM]

USMLE and related Medschool cards would make this sell, and get a real customer base.

[Jon Nelson @ Oct 13th 2008 10:36PM]

Think they'd make one for acupuncture students? ;)

I have a LOT of points and herbs to learn and memorize in the next three years, haha.

[Eddy Alvarez @ Oct 14th 2008 1:37AM]

ha! @windzilla
didnt even read your comment. was too busy thinking about how awesome this would be for the step. i take it this spring.
i commented below for us med students too.

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 13th 2008 10:19PM]

that would be great for learn my japanese with flash cards!

[Mark @ Oct 14th 2008 2:19AM]

This is exactly what I was thinking. I wonder how "custom" the customized digital flash cards can be.

[gonintendo @ Oct 13th 2008 10:23PM]

sorry leapfrog, but i have a similar app on my TI-84+SE

[Daan @ Oct 14th 2008 9:45AM]

Yeh I was gonna say the same!
I had this app on my TI 83+ a looong looong time ago already!

[evantravers @ Oct 13th 2008 10:23PM]

What is very sad, is I have a feeling that the game button will have a big oily print above it, while the other areas will remain blissfully clean. :(

[Shoumik @ Oct 13th 2008 10:25PM]

pretty cool, I might want one for learning all my AP Bio vocab.

[bhtooefr @ Oct 13th 2008 10:32PM]

What sort of CPU does it have? And what's the screen resolution (doesn't look high, though...)?

(Read: Is it worth trying to hack?)

[ZekeSulastin @ Oct 13th 2008 10:58PM]

It's not like programs like this for portable devices common to students have existed for ages ... oh, wait, THEY HAVE.

I'd rather spend the money on a decent graphing calculator with a flash-card program - it'll serve you MUCH better in the long run. Now, if only the new TI line (even the 'CAS' version) didn't pale in functionality versus a TI-89 or HP-49 ...

[cxr235uno @ Oct 13th 2008 11:43PM]

Crammer is for kids, you silly rabbit!

[acabtp @ Oct 13th 2008 11:10PM]

was I the only one expecting a sweet technology to replace a totally different sort of flash card?

[bolezhinkov @ Oct 13th 2008 11:34PM]

nope.

[AJ in the East Bay @ Oct 13th 2008 11:36PM]

Now this is pretty cool.

[Kspraydad @ Oct 14th 2008 12:25AM]

Giddyup!

[Eddy Alvarez @ Oct 14th 2008 1:34AM]

for medical students please,
kthx

[Valicore @ Oct 14th 2008 1:48AM]

Great, just what this generation needs: another way to ostensibly increase the breadth and truly decrease the depth of any and all knowledge that attempts to penetrate their now atrophied brain cavity mush.

[ssrat_ @ Oct 14th 2008 2:18AM]

The problem is that this thing is designed for REALLY young kids.
It says grades 3-12 but the only thing they have is 3-8 (most are 3-4)

If they added more flash cards, like REAL language learning it could be good but as is it
this is totally for kids

[Chris @ Oct 14th 2008 10:01AM]

Uhm....

You guys look like you already announced and wrote about this products....in February of this year.

Was it really that fascinating?