So much in love with shiny new toys, it's unnatural.
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Samsung and GreatCall Inc. just announced a carrier/cellphone combo for the aged and infirm. Jitterbug costs about $10-$25 per month and includes a big fat phone with one-touch dialing, a simple interface, and a makes a dial-tone sound when opened. Now gramps will have some way to call home when he wanders into the mall while yelling about the Nazis and can't figure out his way home.
Jitterbug MVNO Targets Seniors [PhoneScoop]
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Elderly people (and I include myself in this category) appreciate gadgets with simple, easy-to-read interfaces, big buttons, and a shape that can be comfortably grasped by arthritic hands. But did they *have* to make the thing look like a bedpan?....
of course they did!
What's a dial tone?
Hmm... that looks a little too much like a toilet seat for me...
Can we combine this with the Disney service incase Gramps forgets to hang up?
my dad would like the dial tone, but then he'd never be able to use/borrow someone elses phone. he'd just sit there waiting.....for the dial tone
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