Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone
by mseebach on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @02:19PM
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> and this looks exactly like that and works nearly exactly like that
Except for the two small switches on the side, having to charge it, and having to push pick-up and hang-up instead of lifting and replacing the receiver.
Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone
by tonyarkles on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @02:35PM
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A friend of mine bought one for his grandma, and she absolutely loves it. The big feature for her was that the buttons were big enough for her to see and push accurately. Works great for that use case.
Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone
by jessriedel on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @06:24PM
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Well, my grandmother can operate a wireless home phone, so the pick-up and hang-up are OK. And she can probably just ignore the switches on the side. So the only hurdle for her would be to remember to charge it.
Maybe we could get her to drop it in her keychain bowl when she comes home, and outfit it with one of the charging pads.
My grandmother couldn't figure out how to work the new radio we got her - which just had two giant large dials. We got her a dead-simple cell phone and it was never used.
One thing she does know how to do is use the 12 button landline phone thats mounted on her wall, and this looks exactly like that and works nearly exactly like that. This would be perfect for her.