i-Baby Mini 0.8" LCD Screen Quadband GSM Children Cell Phone

Pros: well. First of all the phone build quality is awesome. Display is crisp and readable. Buttons are soft and predictable. User's manual is as useful as possible. Phone is EXTREMELY interesting to operate. Kid is happy also, but parents thinks of buying a second one for themselves! Great piece for a cell-phone collection.

Cons: You won't be able to operate this phone without reading the manual, so don't even bother yourself buying it without some basic english lingual skills.

Other: I expected something less 'smart'. It's encredible fun to play with it's settings. Distant parental control is geniously brilliant! Yes, it's working in Russia.)

Pros: Great build quality. Packed full of fun features. Really works. Very cute look -- so my girls love them. Lots of useful features: :: Program to be off during school hours :: Find out where your child is (or at least which pre-defined location the cell phone is near) -- it claims 50-300m accuracy :: Set maximum call time :: Even turn it off :: Or set the volume :: Or the numbers it calls from each preset button :: Even the ringtones ... all by sending text messages from the uber-parent's phone. Perfect for the anxious or controlling parent!

Cons: The child can still loose it ... then it's no use! Charger uses a USB cable (that's OK) but if I plug it into my computer to charge the phone, the computer complains about a malfunctioning USB connection and beeps at me until I pull out the cable. The manual does not mention any 'data' use for the USB cable. Could be cheaper -- then good would be great!

Other: You know you want one -- your 7 year-old definitely does.

Pros: The phone is build really fine. Everything fits, buttons pressing are very good, display is readable. The size is funny small and the design is just babies loves. The weight and form factor fits baby as the best.

Cons: Some really important functions from the manusl and site description are not working. May be the problem is in old firmware, but it's impossible to find any information about manufacturer to ask. Those functions are: - calling by pressing "1 - dial" or another digit key and dial then. This is not working and follows to menu where phone stops working as baby expect. So ypu need to explain you child to press several tome read button if something wrong... Annoying. - disabling in parent mode functions in baby mode. This doesn't wark at all. The set of baby functions are preset and they ar wery, wery excessive and will make problems to baby to operate the phone. - item has russian localization but no russian characters when entering names. Stupid. - games are missing but it's not an issue.

Other: For it's price - good thing. The same in Russia costs about 100-120 USD, so 50 is twice cheaper. But is 100 USD ones has all PROMISED functions, it would be a fair deal.

Pros: Relatively cheap, easy to use (for a child). Allows stealth monitoring mode. Looks like toy.

Cons: Not easy to configure, manual is in broken English. Most disappointing - microphone doesn't work anymore, so phone is unusable. $50 for 9 months doesn't look good. Location reporting is based on cell towers, so if multiple locations are covered by one tower they can't be talked apart.

Other: wouldn't buy again