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«The Elderphone»
Click Senior-Tel, developed by German company Vitaphone is a full-blown GSM phone for the elderly and confused - with just three buttons, reports The Register via Engadget. "Two buttons can be programmed to call a specific number, the third one is used to call emergency services." See related articles: -- Start-up launches easy-to-use mobile phone - Mobi-Click is generating excitement with its new range of phones that work using just three button. -- Seniors to be offered S`911-only' cell phones - Cell phones that dial only 911 will be given free to seniors in unincorporated Palm Beach County. -- Finding the Right Handset For Older Cellphone Users - Currently, seniors make up about 15% of overall cellphone users". -- Simplified Phones for the Elderly - Mobile telematics company Benefon launches a new cell phone called «Benefon Seraph», it's meant to be a "guardian angel" phone. Ultra simplified with only 3 buttons, it allows for direct dialing to predefined numbers. -- Verilocation - A mobile phone tracker, Verilocation pinpoints a cell user's wherabouts. It is also expected to be of interest to domestic users; anyone who needs to locate someone such as an elderly relative travelling away from home, small children out on their own... -- Donated phones can help seniors - Senior centers in Michigan are asking the community for phone donations to better arm elderly people during an emergency. |
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