The ActivePoint and Magic Wand titles operated on a similar principle to the LeapPad. whose specialty included electronic children books with sound modules.
The LeapPad also faced competition from publisher Publications International, Ltd. However, despite the improvements and backing from popular brands like Nelvana and Scholastic, the PowerTouch did not catch on with the public as widely as the LeapPad did although it does have its share of followers. The PowerTouch Learning System was far more advanced than the LeapPad in many ways, requiring no stylus to operate as it uses a touch-sensitive area, and even the ability to detect page changes automatically via a set of infrared sensors on the top of the device(which also imposed a limitation on how many pages a book for the system can offer). The popularity of the LeapPad spawned a few competitions, most notably with Mattel and Fisher-Price who launched the PowerTouch Learning System in 2003, and later with the Power Touch Baby. The sensor works as a capacitor and measures the amount of current flowing through corner electrodes into a plate beneath the table top, and uses that information to triangulate the location of the stylus on the table top. The LeapPad is a computer with electrographic sensor.
The unit also featured a soft pad underneath to allow for the device to sit comfortably on the parents' or toddler's lap.
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The LeapPad's popularity helped spawn other LeapPad branded devices that are incompatible with the mainstream LeapPad series of players. Spin-offs incompatible with the mainstream series LeapPad Academy (released in the summer of 2020).LeapPad Ultimate (released in February 2017).LeapPad Platinum (released in the summer of 2015).LeapPad3 (released in the summer of 2014).LeapPad Ultra (released in the summer of 2013).LeapPad2 (released in the summer of 2012).LeapFrog won the Platinum Award for LeapPad™ from the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio in September 2011. The device has the capability to capture movies and take pictures.
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LeapPad Explorer - The device is similar to Apple's iPad, but unlike the iPad, users can only download proprietary LeapFrog apps.Quantum LeapPad (also known as Quantum Pad).
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LeapPad was developed by a team from Explore Technologies, Inc. LeapStart is in red, Leap 1 is in orange, Leap 2 is in blue, and Leap 3 is in green. Sales in 2003 reached $680 million and were only eclipsed by sales of the book and cartridge add-ons. In 2001 (sales $160 million) and 2002 it was the best-selling toy in specialty stores. The device, resembling a talking book, took 3 years to develop and was introduced to the market in 1999.