seniors
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This Aussie Smartphone for Seniors Aims to Make Video Calls With Nan a Little Less Painful
Introducing the BigPurplePhone.
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The Best Phone Plans For Seniors/Older Users
If there’s one phone myth that needs to be extinguished, it’s that older Australians don’t need a great phone or a high-value phone plan. We used to work on the assumption that seniors almost never used their handsets and recommend only the cheapest phone plans, with no mobile data and long credit expiry. What they…
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Older People May Have Trouble Staying Athletic, But Not For The Reason You Think
If you wanted to spend two weeks cycling through Denmark, you’ve just missed a good chance. A research team at the University of Copenhagen arranged just a 2700km cycling trip, to study how older people respond to exercise. The scientists measured the metabolism of the bikers and found a problem, although not necessarily the problem…
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Doro Has A Mobile Phone For Your Nanna
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.