mobile phone

[flissy]

how and what type etc when buying first mobile phone for 60 yr old. must be pay as you go with bluetooth for car and no fancy gimmicks

[Ethel]

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.204-7339/q.aspx

[ACtheTROLL]

you've sort of answered your own question .... a simple one!

HOWEVER - I'm a little frightened by the bluetooth bit

1 old(ish) git + 1 new device + talking while driving = ?

just show them where the on off (or silence) button is ... and how to check for messages - do us all a favour don't encourage another "just answer this" driver

at 60 they probably can remember the good old days when people spoke face to face .... and made phonecalls when they needed to .... and best of all - had a little privacy in between.

and at 60 - multi tasking is probably getting harder (as is remembering why you are sat in the toilet)

I'M ON THE TRAIN
I'M IN THE SUPERMARKET
I'M WRAPPED ROUND A BUS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

I fully support the idea that gomberst should carry a phone (my 78 year old mum does)
but the one's I know have to sit down, find their glasses ... tell everyone in earshot that "it's probably our daughter" ....

press all the buttons ... use the lasy call re-dial to ring them back.

then wonder how in earth to stop the alarm coming on at 3 in the morning.

[Ethel]

Ac - most 60 year olds are still in full time employment, handling technology on a daily basis.

Don't be so blerdy patronising.

[whiskeryron]

AC get a life I'm 83 in control of all my facticals use the pc got a mobile phone with bluetooth still drive with enough sense NEVER to answer it whilst driving.

[ACtheTROLL]

whiskery your last statement is the whole point of the first one in my reply
vis ... "frightened by the bluetooth bit!!!!"

I especially like the "enough sense NEVER to answer it whilst driving" bit

I DETEST this mobile phone culture ... and constantly "being in touch" - when I was 10 I had a walkie talkie ... it was great ... dashing round talking to my chum .... I grew out of it later that summer - shame no one else seems to have

in Nov I got the red eye to london - I love the train ... 2 whole hours of ME time ... just me and a book and the occasional chink of coins as I get paid for doing bu@@er all.
... a bloke in the seat next to me was discussing a patient with someone or other ... the woman opposite was doing business (talking money and clients)

and a guy behind was telling his mate about a girl he'd sh@gged the night before .... this was in the quiet carrage - and they were all being anything but.

I drive 10000s of miles a year ... and I'll freely admit ... I'm driving slightly slower ... and taking slightly longer to decide which turn when I'm in a strange town

and eth - I'm in full time employment (at 52), and I regularly get upstairs wondering what in heck I'm doing there .... from talking to my peers ... it's not too uncommon ...
except I live in a bungalow!!!

many of the 60 year olds (and 70s too) that I know also handle technology daily ... generally they are looking closely at it while turning it slowly .... wondering what to do next .

Hope I've not upset either of you ....
but the good news is you'll have forgotten about it by tomorrow! ;-)

[ChuckFickens]

I'm only in my 30's and quite often walk into the kitchen and wonder what the heck I have gone in there for.... should I be worried ;)

[sara3]

Chuck, I believe you can have up to 6 "senior moments" (sorry Ethel!) a day before you need to worry :o)

[Ethel]

Ac - you always make me laugh.

Chuck - 30s? Pull the other one.

:)

[ChuckFickens]

OI Ethel... I'm 36!!!

Agree though, some of AC's answers really make me laugh!

(and sara.... I'm close to that 6 a day limit!)

[flissy]

thank you Ethel for your positive and sensible reply

[whiskeryron]

I love all of your comments & i'm sorry ''I had a go at you'' AC. I'm particularly annoyed at the number of people I still see daily holding a phone to their ear whilst driving,especially it appears,van drivers & more & more young women,( I gestured to one y/w the other day about it & received a 1 finger in reply).Ron.

[Ethel]

Flissy, start with a cheap one like the one I linked to. That should do everything needed without too much fuss.

From there the user can determine what features are essential for him or her in a phone so he or she can make an experienced choice with the next phone they buy.

[ACtheTROLL]

whiskery
don't worry ... I just can't help replying feet first ... but with tongue firmly in cheek.
We have lots of senior chums (wife into amdram - and the gimmer and zimmer crowd run it with a rod of iron) - my other other job is sorting them out - from recorders through phones to PCs - it has a plus .... we dine out regularly as payback ...

flissy - like the "sensible" - doubt I'll ever make it though
I'm not actually joking ...
I'd seriously urge you to buy with a 60 year's head on ... don't buy the bigest bestist - ethel is right a nice easy one is best.

I must have cleared 1000000000 texts "stuck" in in boxes
the bells and whistles will mainly be obstacles
their priorities will hopefully be different to the "yoof addiction" to constant communication.

Most of my "customers" just want an extension of their home phone ... pick it up .... make a call.
I only carry mine when I'm working ... on weekends and hollidays it stays in a drawer... and I drive with it switched off
I don't have or want a personal one ...
I'm not that important ... or bovvered

[Ethel]

There are some fabby phones now designed with the infirm - through age or disability - in mind. Great big buttons and display and a few 'hot keys' - press one to call a particular number.

Some can only call 4 or 5 numbers.

http://www.matobmobile.co.uk/

[alifbay]

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