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Marc Cornelius <cornelius@vercor.demon.co.uk> wrote in
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> Glimmerman <UlickMcGee99@hotmail.com> writes

>> I just recently bought one of those cool new small
>> sized phones (Mototorola T191) - pretty nifty.
>> My eyesights failing and I'm finding it difficult
>> to use these phones. There must be some
>> enhancements out there to make life easier for me.
>> Any suggestions?

Get a seeing eye dog that knows how to use a mobile phone.

> I don't have any suggestions I'm afraid.

> Given that the populations of Europe, the US and Japan are ageing
> (i.e. there is a greater, and increasing, proportion of people over 65)

Who dont actually use mobile phones all that much...

> I'm surprised that the handset manufacturers
> aren't addressing these sorts of issues.

In some respects they are like with voice dialing.

Tho its very doubtful how many of the geriatrics
will bother with that sort of new fangled stuff.

> Not that I'm suggesting you're old ;-)

Careful, he'll beat you to death with his
walking frame if you dont watch out.

> Many of the usability issues that oldies have
> are shared by younger people with 'disabilities'.

They should just be gassed.

> I find it strange that virtually all companies seem to be pouring
> more and more resources into the ever shrinking* youth market.

They do that for a reason. Its those stupid enough to piss heaps
of money against the wall on stupid use of mobile phones.

> For example the BBC and its new digital channels:
> CBeebies for the very young, CBBC for the younger
> teenagers and BBC3 for those in their 20's and early 30's.

Presumably even the BBC has noticed that those groups spend
quite a bit of their time as couch potatoes and that the geriatrics
have been pretty well supplied with soaps and shit for decades now.