Okay, we figure we don't have too many regular readers in the 5 to 8 year old category (by all means, give us a shout out in comments if you fall in that range), so we're looking straight at the parents in the crowd with this one. As we
found out a few days ago, Firefly Mobile's upcoming glowPhone is targeted at a very young demographic, and it's got the feature set to match; like the original
Firefly, it lacks a traditional numeric keypad, instead offering dedicated Mom and Dad keys plus navigational and send / end controls. There are some games and wallpapers built in, too -- though they aren't detailed in the user's manual -- and a "Flashlight" feature glows all the keys simultaneously (hence the "glowPhone" name, we suppose). It's a dualband GSM set and it'll likely be offered through a prepaid service of some sort when it launches next month for $50, though it's unknown whether Firefly will again be partnering with AT&T for the offering.
posted Sep 11th 2007 1:07PM
This one is pink. Maybe they're encouraging little girls to yak it up even more than they already do?
Wish i had a cell phone when i was five. Oh how the world has changed!
why? so you can already start damaging your developing brain? i remember when i first got my cell phone, it had a warning booklet that explained all the possible harm of using a cell phone and it made it very clear that children 13 and under should not use cell phones. what happened to that? they saw a market for making $$$ and those warnings suddenly disappeared?
nnnnnoooooooooooo..... a teens worst nightmare.... lol thank gawd my parents trust me... and thank gawd they buy ta mst expnsive stuff out... (spoilt i kno)
People keep bouncing me around with the brain damage crap. Most people are dumb anyways, might as well have a legit explanation as using cell phones when they were babies. :P