There are many cell phones being offered that have senior citizens in mind. These phones have large keypads, bright screens that are easy to read and are hearing aid and TTY compatible. For those who want the simplest operation possible there are phones that do not include more complicated options such as texting. If you are comfortable with technology and would like texting, camera functions, etc. there are phones that will provide these as well. In addition there are many cell phone plans that are affordable yet provide a reasonable amount of minutes.
There are even some Pay-As-You-Go plans that allow flexibility to meet changing needs. With the growing number of senior citizens mobile providers will continue to expand the products and services available. The internet is a great place to find out about these products and services but with the number of dealers offering cell phones and plans it can be a bit intimidating, so it may be wise to start your search by going to the websites of the main providers, such as Verizon or AT&T and go from there. It is also advisable to check the websites of cell phone providers from time to time to see about new cell phones and plan options being offered.
Verizon Cell
Some seniors might be more comfortable on the computer than using a cell phone. In that case there is text to phone, which allows a senior citizen to send a text message to any cell phone. This is a very handy method to keep in touch with friends and family that are comfortable using the text function of their cell phones. Many companies offer this service at no charge and the best way to find out more about this is to visit any search engine, such as Google and type text to phone in the search field. One website we looked at, txt2day.com, was very easy to use and sent the text message promptly. When you use the txt2day service be sure that you enter the complete phone number, including area code and be sure not to use spaces or dashes in-between the numbers. They allow 140 characters, which should be more than enough for the type of message most people wish to send. Another free site, textem.net allows 155 characters and is also very user friendly. Neither txt2day nor textem seemed to set a limit on free text messages and when checking for other free texting sites you want to be sure that they are not just offering a few free text messages before asking you to sign up and charge for them. If money is not too much of an issue and you would rather sign up for a low cost texting service one that we looked at is ipipi ( http://www.ipipi.com ). They offered testing as low as 10 cents per text. If you are going to sign up for a texting service you may want to shop around and if so Google ask and ask.com would be good places to go to get information about low cost texting service.
No comments:
Post a Comment