Chatman Review & Giveaway

From the Company

Chatman is an awesome new device geared toward kids (ages 6-12). This bright yellow, interactive emoticon-like character is a child’s talking, feeling, moving computer friend for everything they do online. Chatman (www.mychatman.com) provides fun, social skills, homework help, and safety. In essence, Chatman offers a unique, fun, interactive experience, while keeping kids safe online. 

He also serves as a protector of sorts, alerting you when and if chatting or surfing becomes inappropriate. When kids plug him into their computers via USB port, he comes alive, and his funny, cool personality adds a whole new dimension of fun, interactivity and emotion to the online experience. Chatman proactively chats with kids, helps with homework, sends reminders about events, features games and apps, and participates in chats online while keeping them safe. 

Our Thoughts

Our household has a love hate relationship with Chatman. My kids absolutely love Chatman. Its interactive and fun for them to ask questions online and hear his little robotic voice give he answers. Its simple to activate and easy for grade school children to use. It is encouring them to search for answers to interesting questions in their online time instead of just playing video games.  But there is a down side to Chatman, and this mom hates him.  I originally plugged  Chatman into my computer. Most of readers probably realize that my computer is my office. I work on my blogs and I write my  books on it. I spent at least eight hours day using my computer. Chatman drove me insane. When the kids weren't using it, I unplugged the toy. I swear, every five minutes, a box kept popping up that said "We miss Chatman." Somtimes, I couldn't even get this box to close without rebooting the whole computer. Eventually, I had to uninstall it.  Since then, I got a new computer, and let my kids have my old one in their rooms. Now Chatman stays installed on their computer all the time. So, my thoughts on Chatman are, its great if your kids have their own computer. But if you're sharing, and especiallly if you use your computer for work, you don't this software downloaded into your sytem.

 

Giveaway

 

One lucky winner is going to receive a Chatman of their own . To enter, just fill in the Rafflecopter form below. This giveaway will end on 5/12/12. The winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to reply. Thanks again to Chatman for offering this fantastic prize. a Rafflecopter giveaway Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way. Please note that I am not responsible for the delivery of this prize and can not be held accountable if, for any reason, is it not received. Furthermore, I am in no way liable for any injuries that may result from the use or misuse of this product. ***