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Telstra Has A New Phone For Seniors

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11:02AM May 3, 2011 | Nick Broughall

It seems that mobile phones for seniors are coming back in style, with Telstra announcing the EasyCall 2, a big-buttoned dumbphone with a built-in torch and FM radio. More »


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Telstra Has A New Rugged Phone For Tough Guys

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11:30AM April 21, 2011 | Nick Broughall

If you think a pansy smartphone is useless for you because you’re likely to shatter the prissy glass under the sheer strength of your fingers curling around its wimpy body, you may be interested in Telstra’s new ruggedised handset, which features an IP54 rating for water and dust protection and a 2.4-inch GorillaGlass screen. More »


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Doro Has A Mobile Phone For Your Nanna

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12:15PM April 18, 2011 | Nick Broughall

While the geeks here at Gizmodo live and breathe smartphones, sometimes it’s important to step back and remember that old people need mobile phones too. So let’s take a look at the Doro PhoneEasy 410s, a clamshell phone specifically designed to meet the needs of your nanna. More »


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Yves Behar Handset For Those Who Hate Smartphones

6:20AM March 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Yves Behar thinks there some merit to a phone that does one simple thing well: make calls. So he tossed out the touchscreens and complex operating systems, teaming up with Aesir to produce a well-constructed, tactile dumbphone, the +YvesBehar phone. More »


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The Most Popular Phone In The World

4:40AM October 20, 2010 | John Herrman

Nokia has problems. Smartphone problems. Software problems. American problems. But to fully understand what’s wrong, we’ve got to understand what’s been right, or to put in another way, what’s distracted Nokia. Meet the most popular phone in the world. More »


Would You Be Happy With A Phone That Just Calls And Texts?

8:00AM September 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Once upon a time, mobile phones were used for making phone calls. Then text messaging became a thing. Cameras, maps and multimedia playback followed and eventually we got apps. But would you be satisfied going back to the bread and butter? More »


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Kin Memorial Site Helps You Work Through The Pain

10:00PM July 3, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Kin, we hardly knew ye. If you’re overwhelmed with grief over the demise of Microsoft’s pair of smart-dumbphones, or maybe – just possibly – looking for one last chance to make fun of them. The elegies are already rolling in: More »


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T-Mobile Kicks Sidekick To Curb, Hastening The Great Messaging Phone Die-Off

6:09AM July 2, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Not 24 hours after Microsoft killed Kin dead, T-Mobile has abandoned the granddaddy of messaging phones. Sidekick sales will cease on July 2, and honestly? No one will care. More »


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Microsoft Kin Review: The Best Mobile Phones You’ll Never Buy

2:01PM May 5, 2010 | John Herrman

The Kins have an audience, a sense of style, and – a rarity from Microsoft – a coherent philosophy. They’re precocious feature phones, with actual potential. So why are they priced like smartphones? More »


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Hey Microsoft: Enough With The Hipsters

6:40AM April 14, 2010 | John Herrman

Do you wear stupid hats? Glasses that cover more than 35 per cent percent of your face? Have a beard, even though you can’t fully grow one? Wear jeans that fit extraordinarily well? Love coke? Then you’ll adore Microsoft’s Kin, in theory! More »