Children Want Their Gadgets

Approximately half of children six to 12 surveyed by Nielsen say they want a full-sized iPad  and 36 percent want an iPad Mini. 

The iPod Touch and iPhone are also coveted devices among these young consumers (36% and 33%, respectively).  

Kids are also likely to ask for dedicated gaming hardware for the Christmas and holiday season, with 39 percent wanting Nintendo’s Wii U. 

About 29 percent say they want a portable DS. About a quarter say they want  Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and a similar percentage want a Sony PlayStation 3.

Among consumers aged 13 and older, tablets and full-sized computers were the top electronics choices, with roughly one in five indicating they want to acquire the iPad, another tablet brand or a computer.