Rounding up from a series of press releases, encounters and other notifications accumulated over the past few months, from the very small firm to the very large, from the very new to the very new release, here are some new technologies and/or services that may be new to you, for use by or in support of older adults. All material is from the vendor published information:
NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Doro, the European market leader in easy-to-use mobile phones and applications for seniors, unveils the first Android-based 3G Smartphone device for baby boomers and its new Doro Experience software application, which is a finalist for the CTIA Emerging Technology Award in the Mobile Applications category. The Company will be exhibiting its state-of-art Smartphone and software app in the United States at the International CTIA Wireless 2012 located at the Ernest N.
March 1, Google plans to follow the activities of users as they move across the firm’s Web sites, including its highly popular YouTube, Gmail and main search engine.
Make the new look like the old - please. Retro is used as a style term, but it really is a desire, (no matter what age we’re at) to return to some prior period when life was simpler. And frankly, tech was easier to use. We have radios with dials, remote controls with bigger (still inadequate) buttons. Why not a smart phone with a traditional hold-in-the-hand receiver? Hey, no kidding, someone invented it! Native Union’s Pop Phone Handset – plugs into any smart phone or tablet. And eliminates the requirement to put a hockey puck sized device next to your ear.
