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Doro 715: Making phones easy with its retro slider design
Finding the right phone for an elderly or vulnerable relative is tricky. They have to be easy to use, have large keys, and not require a weekend reading a manual as thick as War and Peace before you can make a call. If they also come with some useful emergency…
Doro PhoneEasy 610 and 615 flip-phones review
Disclaimer: Jack Ratcliffe may have written this article, but the opinions are his parents. Mainly. Doro mobile phones aren’t like ordinary mobile phones. They’re more like Fisher Price phones – they boast simple lines, simple materials and simple colours, making the phones almost child-like in appearance. This is odd, because…
Making calls clear: Emporia RL1
Emporio has made a living out of creating easy-to-use back to basic phones aimed at the slightly older audience. Big keys are, um, key to the success of these phones, and the Emporio R1 is no exception. Other features aimed at helping those who may not have the sight they…
Loud and proud: the Amplicom Powertel M4000 mobile phone
I’m starting to turn into my mother – only the other day I moaned at my sister for not hanging on the phone long enough for me to first hear it, and then dig it out from the bottom of my bag. Since I got my iPhone, I’m constantly missing…
Binatone’s new ‘Speakeasy’ mobiles – Great phones for the grandparents in our lives
Despite the huge success of iPhones, mostly due to the multitude of multi-media capabilities they provide, there are some who dislike the ‘fiddliness’ of modern mobiles, such as iPhones, and have a disinclination towards all the ‘unnecessary’ features many modern mobiles possess. In-light of this surprisingly rampant abhorrence to the…
Gadgets lend a helping hand: New tech for the older generation
Technology is a great tool when it comes to overcoming disabilities. Here’s a few of the latest ideas aimed at giving a bit of a helping hand… For the deaf and hard of hearing, concerns about their personal safety widen as they go out of their own environment and into…