August 13, 2004
A cell phone for grandparents
Next Monday, Swiss mobile operator Orange will launch a cell phone for the elderly, with just three colored buttons, called Mobi-Click. It will be sold in Orange stores across the country as well as at The Post Office, according to Swiss daily, Le Matin.
"Mobi-Click concentrates on features, which make sense, like "answering the phone automatically" in case of an emergency, or "hearing loudly", thanks to the integrated loudspeaker.
And nice, Mobi-Click is also active in the protection of the whales. For each sold product Mobi-Click Ltd. donates one swiss franc to ASMS, a swiss non-profit organisation. The ASMS's aim is to achieve freedom, well beiing, dignity and survival for all marine mammals.
See related articles on phones for the elderly:
-- Phones For Young and Old in South Korea - Korean Carriers have started to sell phones designed for the most overlooked demographics: the very young and the very old.
-- «The Elderphone» - Click Senior-Tel is a full-blown GSM phone for the elderly and confused - with just three buttons.
-- 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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