On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:04:10 +0100, Roderick Stewart
 wrote:

>In article , Adrian C wrote:
>> For example the following site offers mobile phones designed for the 
>> elderly (and why not everyone that is not a schoolkid). They are a bit 
>> on the costly side for limited functionality, when Pay-as-you-go phones 
>> are a tenner a throw in the high street.
>> 
>> http://www.easytousephones.com/
>
>What an excellent idea, though I agree it's wrong to brand the elderly as 
>if they were the only people who might just want a simple phone, or who 
>are by implication too stupid to handle all the unneccessary gizmos that 
>most ordinary phones are full of. It seems far from stupid to want a piece 
>of equipment that is simply well designed for one purpose. The phones 
>themselves don't seem to be named in ways that suggest anything to do with 
>old or disabled people, so it should only be necessary to whittle it out 
>of the sales pitch. And adjust the price of course.
>
>Rod.

ISTR Vodafone marketed two "plain and simple" phones a few years ago -
large, easy to hold and simple to operate - cannot remeber the model
numbers now tho
-- 
Cheers

Peter

"Peter Thomas"  wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:04:10 +0100, Roderick Stewart
>  wrote:
>
>>In article , Adrian C wrote:
>>> For example the following site offers mobile phones designed for the
>>> elderly (and why not everyone that is not a schoolkid). They are a 
>>> bit
>>> on the costly side for limited functionality, when Pay-as-you-go 
>>> phones
>>> are a tenner a throw in the high street.
>>>
>>> http://www.easytousephones.com/
>>
>>What an excellent idea, though I agree it's wrong to brand the elderly 
>>as
>>if they were the only people who might just want a simple phone, or 
>>who
>>are by implication too stupid to handle all the unneccessary gizmos 
>>that
>>most ordinary phones are full of. It seems far from stupid to want a 
>>piece
>>of equipment that is simply well designed for one purpose. The phones
>>themselves don't seem to be named in ways that suggest anything to do 
>>with
>>old or disabled people, so it should only be necessary to whittle it 
>>out
>>of the sales pitch. And adjust the price of course.
>>
>>Rod.
>
> ISTR Vodafone marketed two "plain and simple" phones a few years ago -
> large, easy to hold and simple to operate - cannot remeber the model
> numbers now tho
> -- 
> Cheers
>
> Peter


IMSMC S1 and S3, designed for the older user who needs phone and text 
and nowt else. Made by Sagem as I remember.


-- 
Woody

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