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Comparing Big Button Mobile Phones
The Bluechip BC5C is a good phone in that it has a good enough display and big enough buttons to help people who find the vast majority of phones too small and fiddly, but the Doro 505 really does justify the price difference Read More
O2 (finally) Launches Help at Hand
O2 says it's taken extra care to make sure they have got the Help at Hand service which is why it has taken a year from the initial announcement to your being able to walk into an O2 shop and buy it. Read More
Orange and Fujitsu launch Grandroid phone
With significant innovations aimed at older people the Stylistic 1 has buttons you can't press by mistake, improved audio and an emergency alarm. On sale in France from June. Read More
Smartphones for Seniors
In January it's popular to say "this year is the year of..". So 2013 is the year of the Senior Smartphone. Read More
How Cambridge University researches inclusive design
Ian Hosking explains the tools and understanding he uses to evaluate phones which claim to be easy to use. Read More
Orange Israel launches the Gold service
Orange Israel launches an assistance service for seniors. Read More
Smartone launches HelpNow Concierge service
The Smartone HelpNow service is aimed at all ages of people but with the Emporia Elegance as the main non-smartphone it has a senior bias. Read More
US blog on senior mobile phones
The site gives a good US centric view on what is available which is very different to the European market where we don’t have the CDMA 2G technology. This is the system used by the San Diego based operator Jitterbug who sell a special, senior, Samsung phone. Similarly the Samsung Haven, a nice little... Read More
Easy to read mobile displays
Simon Rockman looks at why Mobile phones should use white on black displays to be easy to see when users have poor eyesight or focus. Read More
Mobile Industry Review, Emporia and Inclusive Design
Mobile Industry Review's Ewan McLeod talks to Ian Hosking who explains why making mobile phones easy to use is about more than big buttons. Read More