On Tue, 22 Dec 2015, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a senior citizen who has been referred to as living "out past > Estacada, even." As a convert from Windoz(tm) to *nix I presume "do 1 > thing. Do it well." Elderly relatives demand that I obtain cell > connectivity. I will cave in to their demands *IF* I can find a hand held > object capable of placing VOICE telephone calls that is *NOT* a disguised > main-frame of yesteryear.
Richard, Yes, there are many so-called 'basic' cell phones. A Web search will find sources, including Amazon and eBay. You probably don't need the old Palm PIM capabilities built in, but if you want that there are quite a few Treos and similar on eBay that run the PalmOS rather than windoze. Or, you could buy an inexpensive so-called 'smart' phone and use it only to speak with others. Out here there are a few carriers (I think that Cricket is one of them) that sell basic phones and service, particularly to older customers, for $10/month. My sister has such a plan but I don't know the carrier. Happy holidays, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
