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The Diamond Age

The Mobigo, a toy for toddlers, will cost you $50. An iPod Touch can be yours (or your pre-school child's) for $230. I say if you can afford the iPod Touch, get it. Odds are, your child will learn how to use it sooner than this Mobigo, there will be more (and cheaper) games and apps and music and video.

Since the iPod Touch is the entry way into the larger Apple world, I'm surprised Apple doesn't just cut the cost of them in half right now. Imagine how many grandparents, even, would buy their baby grandchildren an iPod Touch if it was say $99.

For those of you just finding out you're pregnant, now you know what you can get your little boy or girl when they're three.