Cell Phones Designed for Kids
The New York Times did a story on the Firefly, a cell phone designed just for kids roughly 8 to 12 years old. It's voice only and can only call numbers programmed into it by the parents. There are only five buttons on it, including hot keys for phoning mommy and daddy.
Skip over the disturbing, 1950's party dress picture on mommy's hot key. What I'm wondering is for how long will parents be able to get away with giving an 8-year-old a crippled cell phone? Can they get away with it even today?
Comments
I can't find anything on their site about customizing the Mom & Dad buttons for single-sex parents. Meh!
Posted by: Lilly | April 27, 2005 01:28 PM
Hi, Pavel!
Speaking of Firefly, there's a trailer out for "Serenity" (the movie based on the TV show):
http://www.serenitymovie.com/
Posted by: janet | April 28, 2005 04:01 PM