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Rob
PostPosted: 2005-12-06 13:40:20
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Well, my grandpa is now into his 90s and has realized that he could do
with a modile phone for just incase.

It would need to be as simple to use as possible and have a large easy
to read keyboard and screen for slow fingers and dodgy eyes.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.


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neo1ite
PostPosted: 2005-12-06 23:21:51
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Rob wrote in message
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> Well, my grandpa is now into his 90s and has realized that he could do
> with a modile phone for just incase.
>
> It would need to be as simple to use as possible and have a large easy
> to read keyboard and screen for slow fingers and dodgy eyes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
How about a Nokia 1100?

I think theyre Ł25 from Tesco at the moment.

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lewis
PostPosted: 2005-12-06 23:47:32
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Rob wrote in message
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> Well, my grandpa is now into his 90s and has realized that he could do
> with a modile phone for just incase.
>
> It would need to be as simple to use as possible and have a large easy
> to read keyboard and screen for slow fingers and dodgy eyes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
Its a shame the mobile companies dont realise there is a MASSIVE market
for this kind of thing. Some of us dont want the phone to be the size of a
matchbox with tiny buttons and tiny display. So what if it plays 500 tunes
or something. A lot of us still want just a phone to be a phone.
Best thing to do is maybe go around Tesco and compare them in real size,
its often difficult to give a recommendtion. Also have a look on the
Virgin site as it gives measurements and things. One with simple features
is often best as I doubt he will be doing email, text and browsing the
internet.


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KevinX
PostPosted: 2005-12-06 23:48:53
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Vodafone Simply may do the trick??

Clear large screen, and straight forward operation..

http://test.v-store.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewSimplyHomePage&WT
ref=sitemap

Good luck :-)


Rob wrote in message
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> Well, my grandpa is now into his 90s and has realized that he could do
> with a modile phone for just incase.
>
> It would need to be as simple to use as possible and have a large easy
> to read keyboard and screen for slow fingers and dodgy eyes.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>


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Chris Jeffries
PostPosted: 2005-12-06 23:51:39
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> Its a shame the mobile companies dont realise there is a MASSIVE market
> for this kind of thing.

They do:

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewSimplyHomePage


Chris


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Jon
PostPosted: 2005-12-07 07:23:22
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neo1ite@hotmail.com declared for all the world to hear...
> Rob wrote in message
> news:1133905220.171580.55190@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Well, my grandpa is now into his 90s and has realized that he could do
> > with a modile phone for just incase.
> >
> > It would need to be as simple to use as possible and have a large easy
> > to read keyboard and screen for slow fingers and dodgy eyes.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> How about a Nokia 1100?
>
> I think theyre Ł25 from Tesco at the moment.

If you can find an orange Shop with stock left, they are doing the
house-brick like Motorola C975 for Ł40. Youll struggle to find bigger
buttons on anything else.
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Martin
PostPosted: 2005-12-07 08:29:13
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Chris Jeffries wrote in message
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>> Its a shame the mobile companies dont realise there is a MASSIVE market
>> for this kind of thing.
>
> They do:
>
> http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewSimplyHomePage
>
>
> Chris
>

The Vodafone Simply is currently available in Argos for Ł49.95 reduced from
Ł79.95 by the way.

Link to Argos:
http://tinyurl.com/8nxwm

Martin.


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Snuggles
PostPosted: 2005-12-07 18:27:40
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KevinX wrote in message
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> Vodafone Simply may do the trick??
>
> Clear large screen, and straight forward operation..
>
> http://test.v-store.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewSimplyHomePage&WT
ref=sitemap
>
> Good luck :-)

This could be just what Im looking for too. But I cant for the life of me
find any info on whether there is a minimum monthly top up required on
Vodafone PAYG. Can anyone enlighten me? Im looking for a phone which will
just be used for emergencies so dont really want one with a minimum monthly
spend.

TIA
Snuggles


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