News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone. Parent comment

Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by mseebach on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @02:19PM (#2144608)
> 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.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by tonyarkles on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @02:35PM (#2144702)
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:John's Phone: a minimalist cell phone by jessriedel on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @06:24PM (#2145746)
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.

[ Parent | on HN ]