Firefly Mobile
A simple UI for kids. We need more like this for adults. The setup needs work, but they must wrongly think that's OK because an adult does the setup ...
"The Firefly is a unique device. Its small form factor and light weight, as well as its "cuteness" and flashing lights and colors, make it a potential success with children. The fact that it is available on pre-paid plans, and that calls can be restricted, means that parents won't have to worry about huge surprise phone bills at the end of the month.
The UI is a bit clumsy to use, as you might expect from a phone with so few keys. The menu is accessed serially, meaning that you are given the chance to enter each options menu in sequence. You can't just select the menu you want, or move back to a prior menu. In order to get out of the menu you have to keep hitting "Next" (red/right button) until it becomes "exit". Then, and only then, can you exit the menu system. Kinda crazy. They would have done well to have made use of the volume and fireworks buttons for navigation, letting you go back and forth as you like.
The user interface needs some work, to be sure, but at least with a phone this simple, you don't need to be rummaging through the main menu very often. I think that if the menu PIN and some of the flashing lights and animations could be disabled, that this device would work equally well for grandparents and other people that merely want a phone for emergencies and a few random minutes a month. But that's a different target audience completely." continued ... (Via MobileBurn)
"The Firefly is a unique device. Its small form factor and light weight, as well as its "cuteness" and flashing lights and colors, make it a potential success with children. The fact that it is available on pre-paid plans, and that calls can be restricted, means that parents won't have to worry about huge surprise phone bills at the end of the month.
The UI is a bit clumsy to use, as you might expect from a phone with so few keys. The menu is accessed serially, meaning that you are given the chance to enter each options menu in sequence. You can't just select the menu you want, or move back to a prior menu. In order to get out of the menu you have to keep hitting "Next" (red/right button) until it becomes "exit". Then, and only then, can you exit the menu system. Kinda crazy. They would have done well to have made use of the volume and fireworks buttons for navigation, letting you go back and forth as you like.
The user interface needs some work, to be sure, but at least with a phone this simple, you don't need to be rummaging through the main menu very often. I think that if the menu PIN and some of the flashing lights and animations could be disabled, that this device would work equally well for grandparents and other people that merely want a phone for emergencies and a few random minutes a month. But that's a different target audience completely." continued ... (Via MobileBurn)
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