Laser Chat enables two pals to beam secret notes to each other. Features include a DJ microphone, faders to blend music and voice and sound effects like cheering, drum roll and a laugh track. Using the karaoke component, kids can sing along with Pavarotti or Britney Spears. One ring focuses on basic skills such as letters, numbers, animal names and sounds. IBooks were popular last year.
Kids can make original desktop movies with footage from class plays and family vacations.
Last year, digital cameras were hot with the kiddies.