The LeapPad Explorer was the first release in a new line of LeapPad products after the discontinuation of the original LeapPad line by LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. LeapPad Explorer was released on August 15, 2011. New versions of the LeapPad Explorers were released in July 2012. The update was branded the LeapPad2 and has a higher resolution camera, longer battery life, 4GB of memory and a LF 2000 processor.