AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Famigo, the company providing a safer experience for children on mobile devices, today announced it has formed a strategic distribution partnership with iDeaUSA, a leading California-based consumer electronics manufacturer.
The partnership terms ensure Famigo’s application will run as the standard OS on select tablets in the iDeaUSA product lineup, specifically within iDeaPLAY, an educational children’s tablet utilizing the Android OS.
“Our entire team is excited about this collaboration,” said Q Beck, CEO and Co-Founder at Famigo. “As a company, everything Famigo stands for revolves around providing children and families within an environment where they can enjoy mobile content safely. By forming new partnerships and building our network with world class content providers and distributors, our goal of ensuring kids are safe and can have fun on mobile devices becomes more fully realized.”
Addressing privacy and child safety concerns by providing safe, customized experiences for children on mobile devices, the Famigo Approved™ network allows businesses, OEMs and carriers to easily and quickly implement a COPPA-compliant (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), turnkey platform for children and families to safely consume mobile content.
“Because safety is a core component of the iDeaPLAY tablet, it's ideal for kids,” said Danish Ahmed, Vice President of Operations, iDeaUSA. “Famigo’s solution helps us let parents create the settings and then hand off an iDeaPLAY tablet without worrying about safety or privacy concerns.”
Famigo Approved™ premium content available for families under the partnership with iDeaUSA include the following premium titles: ‘Animal Atlas,’ ‘Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That,’ ‘Chloe’s Closet,’ ‘Dino Dan,’ ‘Mighty Machines,’ ‘Noonbury,’ ‘Jim Henson’s Pajanimals,’ ‘Pocoyo,’ ‘Raggs,’ ‘Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid,’ ‘The Wiggles’ and many more.
2013 has been a monumental year for the Famigo Approved™ network and its goal of promoting children’s safety on mobile devices. In addition to iDeaUSA, strategic partners include: AT&T, Intellijoy, Loud Crow Interactive, Mobile MUM, Tipitap, 22learn, and United Way for Greater Austin.
About Famigo:
Famigo is the company providing a safer experience for children and families on mobile devices. The Famigo App ensures families and children receive only safe, Famigo Approved™ content on mobile devices and tablets. For more information, please visit http://famigo.com/.
About iDeaUSA:
iDeaUSA is a leading U.S. consumer electronics company focused on products that are competitively priced yet high quality. iDeaUSA designs better products, in the USA, that are expertly optimized to include the most important features and functions, offer “open standards” connectivity and compatibility and are manufactured to high standards. To see a complete list of iDeaUSA products, please visit: http://www.ideausa.us/
