Hello, >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. > >Signed "Frustrated Yankee living in 'Show Me State" ;/
I also like simple (human interface) phones. While I love the technology underneath them, I have no use for these devices as an alarm clock, a calendar, an access tool for auctions, a map, a video game nor for a sex hookup tool. I just want to dial the damned thing and be able to talk and hear. With that said, I have been happy with the Nokia candy bar models, for example the venerable 106 (retired to a drawer because of decommissioned radio service towers on its sole band) and the 208. The 208 is featured on one of the sites that somebody else (earlier in this thread) recommended. I will add a reference to what I find the simplest cell phone ever: the John's Phone. No text messaging on this thing (to my knowledge), but it is dirt simple (from a human perspective). http://johnsphones.org/ Though Dutch-designed, they are available in the U.S. Finally, I will report that, after 5 or 6 years of trying all of the non-smartphone options, such as flip phones, slide phones, mini-keyboard text-oriented devices and candy bar models offered in retail stores by the carriers, I, personally, have concluded that (for me) they all suck (in different ways, for different reasons). The bright side is that, even though we have expensive wireless connectivity services in the United States, we can finally choose our own physical device and bring it to the store and have it work. The only warning I might point out is to make sure to get a phone/device that "speaks" 3G. There is pressure to roll out LTE and other newer radio technology. Predictably and sensibly, this has caused most wireless providers to decommission their oldest radios, reclaiming space on the towers for the newer radios. Good luck in your hunting, -Martin -- Martin A. Brown http://linux-ip.net/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
