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I've seriously contemplated a roll-your-own "dumb phone" solution not only for myself but also for my mother and in-laws (they're all in their 70s). An Adafrui
by fallous 9y ago
I've seriously contemplated a roll-your-own "dumb phone" solution not only for myself but also for my mother and in-laws (they're all in their 70s). An Adafruit Fona would provide all of the telephonic functionality I'd care about, and then it's just a matter of choice regarding microcontroller, display, etc.
- zer00eyz 9y agoHonestly you can pick up a "dumb" phone for $20 - it just makes calls (and might play an MP3). Building one would be fun, but would it be worth it?
- craftyguy 9y ago> Building one would be fun, but would it be worth it? For one, you'd know exactly what was in it.
- freehunter 9y agoAt that point you're trusting the chipmakers to not have anything funny in there, and trusting the telco to not be doing anything funny with your location or voice information.
- rhizome 9y agoSimply getting a featurephone for people in their 70s has one huge problem: T9 text input.
- afterburner 9y agoThe people I know in their 70's don't text, and never have. Is that uncommon?
- stordoff 9y agoProbably not uncommon, but not a universal rule either - my grandmother (in her 80s) texts a reasonable amount.