"The PlayMG handheld gaming device is getting a power boost from two young stars.
Disney actress Olivia Holt and NBA star Kyrie Erving of the Cleveland Cavaliers have signed on as partners in the company and they will recommend games and apps for users to try in a new widget on the Android-based gaming device.
"I am constantly playing games and trying new things so I think it would be fun to be the person to recommend games and tell them my opinion of it," Holt said in a telephone interview. "I feel like being able to share everyone the things I like would be pretty cool."
She and Irving's picks can be found on the home screen of the PlayMG handheld, currently available on Amazon.com and PlayMG.com ($179.99).
The device, which has a 4-inch touch-screen display, targets parents who want to wrest control of their smartphone or tablet from their children. Parents can load a digital wallet in the PlayMG so kids can buy games without a credit card.
"When you think about the 55 million kids in the U.S. who don't have smart phones and want to be on these digital platforms that's where the MG really solves that problem," says PlayMG founding partner and chief marketing officer Geoffrey DeStefano. "They can't afford a smartphone or their parents don't want them to have one, this is a great little WiFi device that solves that problem."
That's what got Holt says got here interested in the device and the company. "PlayMG is basically a device for kids who don't have access to smartphones and whose parents can't give them smartphones," says Holt, , who turns 16 in August. "This gives them a perfect opportunity to play all kinds of games they love doing, and which I love doing, in their everyday life. It's an amazing device that I think every kid would love."
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