Jitterbug is a cell phone designed for the aged. There are too models: one with regular keypad and one without. The decision to limit the number of keys (simplicity) leads to some obvious usability problems (”press the No key repeatedly to see call history”). An interesting feature is that in the interest of subtraction, the designers moved part of the phone’s functionality on-line (management of the phone list).
The problem with such devices is whether they provide a decent way to bridge the digital divide for older people, or maintaining it.
Leave a Reply