Word: keypad
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Steve approaches an unmarked door and begins typing his secret code on the keypad. He enters the lobby and is greeted by an older woman seated behind a desk. She silently motions for Steve to put his hands inside a biometric scanner. From that point on, she will only refer to him by his identification number: X19. “Which video would you like today?” she asks, as she edges towards “Catholic School Girl Party.” Clearly, Steve is not the next double-oh agent. He is merely getting ready...
...truth, I have never seen a better looking e-mail program on a standard cell phone. The only hiccup, and mind you, it's a biggie, is that you still have to key in your text with the number pad. Until the same phone comes out with a QWERTY keypad, it'll be more of an e-mail reader than anything else...
...with larger buttons, fewer screen options and a padded, amplified earpiece that doesn?t interfere with hearing aids. Even the manual comes in large print, with excessive explanation (?Battery?Delivers power to make your phone function?). I looked at the Jitterbug Dial, so called because it has a numeric keypad. The other phone (also $147) is the Jitterbug OneTouch, which keeps the options simple with just three main dialing buttons. While ordering, you type in online or dictate to a salesperson the 10 preset names and numbers you?d like to have on the phone...
...when a kid will look at the classic telephone, with its keypad, clunky handset and curly pigtail cord, and ask, "What is that?" A phone today can come in any shape, as long as it's a tiny one. Vonage's latest design is as simple as a USB keychain drive. OK, so it requires a PC, but it can be used with any Internet-connected Windows PC- without any software setup...
...buttons on the wireless console, Mom is supposed to guide him through the activity--a lesson in colors, say, or shapes--from a device connected to the TV. Chicco, meanwhile, has developed a bilingual videophone for tots 18 months and older. When a child flips a switch on the keypad, objects (a duck, a tree) appear on the screen, and a voice, speaking in Spanish and English over a cordless handset, identifies what's on display. Price $40 each Available Fall...