[LINK] Dumb phone

[Michael Skeggs mike@bystander.net]

Plenty of these about. e.g.
http://www.ezfmobile.com.au/

My senior parents manage fine with the $29 nokia's sold unlocked at Coles.
Regards,
Michael Skeggs

On 1 December 2011 16:04, Richard Chirgwin <rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Rick,
>
> I guess the starting point would be installing Linux on a smartphone...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN4c61ETCWg
>
> RC
>
> On 1/12/11 3:02 PM, Rick Welykochy wrote:
>> Gentle Linkers,
>>
>> I've often thought about a dumb phone, as opposed to a smart phone. And apparently
>> the concept is not that daft.
>>
>> <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dumbphone>
>>
>> Specifically,
>>
>>     "This is a near-exhaustive list of smartphone OSes. If a phone doesn't use
>>      something on this list it is probably a dumbphone:
>>
>>      * Android
>>      * Window Mobile
>>      * iPhone
>>      * Blackberry
>>      * Palm OS
>>      * Symbian"
>>
>> I am hardly qualified to comment on the above. I would imagine that it would not
>> be too difficult to root and Android phone, and replace all the bloatware with
>> an open source "dumbOS" that guarantees that all your phone does is make phone
>> calls.
>>
>> Does anyone see a need for this?
>>
>> cheers
>> rickw
>>
>>
>> p.s. I like the idea of dumb phone, since all it does is phone. Nothing else. All
>> the other brain offloading tasks that smart phones perform are left to me and my
>> brain. Under my control. This has to be a Good Thing (TM).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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