The Elderly-Friendly and Child-Friendly iNO CP09 Mobile Phone
Posted: Saturday, June 27, 2009
by DavidTan
http://discovervalue.com
The iNO CP09 mobile phone was launched in Singapore at the recent IT fair in June 2009. It is an elderly-friendly phone that is also simple enough for children. It's called the iNO phone CP09 and is produced by a local Singapore company, Foresight Technologies. Dressed in black, white or goldish colour with BIG number pad, it is obvious that old people will like it. The iNO mobile phone has a candybar design, has a torch, an SOS button, a siren. Don't expect high end performance as the target users are usually not Tech savvy. But what's basically useful for an adult is all there.
What I personally liked best was the torch light feature and the radio feature. The torch light could be permanently switched on and off with a slide switch. And the radio can work without the need to plug in a wired headphone. All mobile phones with radio features should have done this a long time ago. Having said that, good radio reception is still dependent on location and position of the phone.I tested the SOS button feature after configuring the 4 emergency phone numbers and emergency SMS text. I must say I'm impressed. After I've pressed and hold the SOS button a short while, the siren goes off and all my four emergency contact persons received the emergency SMS text. Shortly after, each of the emergency contact phone numbers were dialed in the first cycle. As none of us picked up the phone, it started a second cycle of dialing. When my wife finally answered her phone, the siren stops and the phone goes into hands-free talk mode. Quite cool!
The little woman and man icon at the bottom left (*) and right (#) keys were also quite helpful as speed dials at old folks won't remember who is number 1, 2 or 3. Rather they can recognise a man icon as their son or a woman icon as their daughter. Speed dialling once configured could be any easier to use.
Besides these features, the phone really just a basic-featured phone. The ringing tone is really loud though, but good for elderly folks who are hard of hearing. The built-in hands-free speaker feature is another good one. Once connected, all I have to do to activate hands-free is to press the green call key and select speaker on.
It's a great mobile phone for our elderly folks especially. This review is also found at http://dv4u.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/ino-mobile-phone-got-yours-yet/ with contact information and a youtube video intro of the phone.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)I have actually encountered iNO CP09 mobile phone, and because it is very much alike to the Just5 phone I purchased to my father, I decided to check out for the reviews about this product. Suring my search, I found out that there are very, very limited reviews that were written about this brand so I really can’t make out if this is truly reliable. Additionally, I found out that this brand does not run a website of its own, so I can’t check more essential facts about this product.With all of those discoveries, I realized that Just5 phone remains more credible as compared to iNO CP09 mobile phone. Just5 phone runs its own website so I was then sure enough that this one is truly credible. My presumption about the credibility of Just5 phone was further strengthened after learning the awards that have been bagged by this brand. True enough, I never made a wrong choice when I purchased this phone for my father because it never gave him a headache even just once. It’s perfectly functioning!Just5 runs its own website. So for individuals who are interested to check out the phone's detailed features can simply search it using Google.
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