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| Thread ID: 117561 | 2011-04-25 00:19:00 | Email for my 90-year old mother | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1196836 | 2011-04-25 05:58:00 | boards.getpeek.com Doesn't appear to be International at the link stage. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1196837 | 2011-04-25 06:09:00 | boards.getpeek.com Doesn't appear to be International at the link stage. Lurking.Yeah, confirms what I found in the FAQ on their website. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1196838 | 2011-04-25 07:16:00 | She doesn't want a "computer" but try as she might everything these days will be a computer. I was thinking you could try building one of these: www.stealth.com Just tell her its not a computer... :p You could mount it anywhere, all you would need is a screen and a keyboard/mouse (maybe not even a mouse). the screen doesn't have to be big, I seem to remember seeing 7" sized LCD screens somewhere. If someone could find a dumbed down email client to use that would work, also with all that screen space you could make nice large easy to read text. set up remote desktop for any teething issues and It should be sweet. Problem with a tablet is wireless (it will drop connection and then she will be stuck), forgetting where she put it and lets face it. They are easy for us but others just find them complicated. Viable idea? or just too time wasting |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1196839 | 2011-04-25 07:45:00 | My nephew uses the typetalk service but then he is deaf. It works extremely well. But in reality he uses his cellphone to text far more than he ever uses the typetalk service, my sister only keeps it as an emergency method of contact for him. I think a tablet of some kind would be the way to go as a smart phone would probably be just too small. Next time I go over I'm thinking of setting my parents computer up to just run emails and Skype since they never use it for anything else |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1196840 | 2011-04-25 08:00:00 | The last thing you will want too do is maintain whatever you get for her. A tablet of some sort with a bluetooth keyboard. There are plenty of stands for them. | plod (107) | ||
| 1196841 | 2011-04-25 08:19:00 | The last thing you will want too do is maintain whatever you get for her.You're dead right there. Especially as she is in UK and I am here, and my sister who lives near my mother is pretty techno-challenged herself. Whatever we end up with has got to be pretty intuitive and require minimal setup/maintenance/intervention. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1196842 | 2011-04-25 09:24:00 | I agree it looks like a good device. I wonder whether there might be a small buttons and screen/old hands and eyes problem, but it is worth a look. Just checked the website, and they only have coverage in USA. :( I am sure there would be some way around that. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1196843 | 2011-04-25 09:40:00 | Hey this looks what she needs! A gigantic cellphone www.msnbc.msn.com Load it with prepay, and all her emergency numbers. Plus its probably compatible with European\British systems being made in the Czech Republic. | PPp (9511) | ||
| 1196844 | 2011-04-25 10:22:00 | It is amazing as to what is turning up. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1196845 | 2011-04-25 10:49:00 | Hey this looks what she needs! A gigantic cellphone www.msnbc.msn.com Load it with prepay, and all her emergency numbers. Plus its probably compatible with European\British systems being made in the Czech Republic.Now that looks like a definite maybe. I couldn't find a mention of it on the Jablotron website, but I've passed it all on to my sister. Thanks everyone for all the great ideas and suggestions -and keep them coming! :thumbs: |
Tony (4941) | ||
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