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Cell Phones For Children
Colorfully nice and functional, Kajeet cell phones for children come with all the trappings of what most active kids and parents need to keep in touch. Most importantly are the parental controls built into every phone. The stylish Samsung m300 flip phone in a red finish is one of the cell phones for children from Kajeet, the pay-as-you-go mobile service. The m300 joins other Kajeet phones for children such as the LG Rumor2 prepaid phone, the Android-based Samsung Replenish, Sanyo Katana, LG Optimus S Android prepaid phone, and the Sanyo 2700. The Kajeet Sanyo 2700 comes with a safety pack that includes GPS phone locator service. The bar-shaped phone is available in pink for girls or blue for boys and has a camera and QWERTY messaging keyboard.
It's late afternoon. Do you know where your kid is? Just log on to a Web site, enter your password and see a road map or aerial photograph of your kid's location. Science fiction? Not if your kid is carrying a satellite-enabled GPS Wherifone. This small lightweight phone, with a built-in GPS (global positioning system) tracker, has a two-way voice speakerphone and five programmable buttons. The phone user may request an emergency response at the touch of a button. This phone comes in a rainbow of colors, including pink. In addition to location-based services, the Wherifone GPS Locator Phone offers inbound and outbound call screening. It may also be used as a cell phone for seniors who require assistance or monitoring, or used by businesses requiring fleet management.
Joining the hot trend in cell phones for children, MGA Entertainment - maker of Bratz fashion dolls and accessories - has teamed up with Ztar Mobile to launch the Bratz Mobile phone, providing young girls with a new gadget for staying in touch with parents and friends. This cell phone for children is customized with exclusive wallpapers, voice ringtones, screen savers and custom skins featuring Bratz doll favorites. "While our young consumers love staying in the loop with the latest gossip, the most important feature is that the Bratz Mobile phone works across the United States and it is an excellent and economical safety tool for parents," said Isaac Larian, CEO of MGA Entertainment. The Bratz Mobile cell phone has a full-featured Sony-Ericsson T290 handset with a color screen and full voice services, plus text messaging and Internet browsing. Parental controls restrict calls only to numbers programmed into the phone memory using a security PIN. Not quite ready to spring for a real Bratz cell phone? Try toy cell phones for kids, with some styled just like the real thing.
Verizon's addition to cell phones for children comes by way of the LG Migo VX1000. A kid-friendly wireless phone, the LG Migo phone has a simplified keypad that allows you to program in four numbers, a speakerphone and a dedicated emergency key. Also known as the LG VX1000, this cell phone for children is capable of 200 minutes of talk time and 226 hours of standby time. Click here for a review of the LG Migo cell phone for children.
A cool preteen phone, complete with flashing lights and large buttons, is the Firefly Mobile Phone - winner of a 2006 Best of Innovations Award from the Consumer Electronics Association. With a single touch, a pre-teenager can call 911 or their parents. Just like several of the other cell phones for children, the Firefly Mobile has no regular keypad; all the numbers are pre-programmed by the adult.
Backpack clip, mesh pouch, wristlet purse and a wear-around-your-neck lanyard are some of the other cool accessories that keep this Firefly for kids buzzing. This trendsetter of cell phones for children is also available in a Boys' Fly Pack, an ideal cell phone gift idea.
Mobile phones for children are available from Hasbro under the Tiger brand. This "junior" version is called CHATNOW, a phone-like communicator for kids. CHATNOW allows tweens to stay in touch with friends and family within a two-mile range. It is equipped with a digital camera and lets tweens send text messages. A key advantage of the Hasbro solution is the lack of airtime charges or a call plan contract. The device is available in black or silver as a two-pack flip phone, or as a two-pack slide phone in an orange color. An assortment of accessories is available in a variety of colors, including extra faceplates and carrying cases.
Staying in touch with your kid just got a lot easier, with the release of the TicTalk mobile phone for kids. Targeting children ages 6 and up, TicTalk blends security/control features for parents with fun features for kids. Using MyTicTalk.com, parents can set up controls - such as numbers that can be called, times that specific numbers may be called, or when the phone may ring. Parents may enable or disable TicTalk phone features at any time, and can send reminder messages to their kids. Kids can record ringtones, download photos and use calendars and to-do lists. A really nice benefit of TicTalk is the arcade feature, which provides Leapfrog educational games. This feature lets parents reward kids for playing the learning games with extra call minutes.
Barbie's getting a brand new mobile phone and it's not a toy. Mattel and Nokia have teamed up with Single Touch Interactive to deliver a doll-themed prepaid cell phone for children. Targeting pre-teenagers, the Nokia 3587i-based cell phone will be marketed under the Barbie My Scene product line. Dubbed as My Scene Mobile, the cell phone kit includes your choice of nine preloaded My Scene wallpapers, plus three ringtones and three faceplates. An online Reward Board to be housed at MySceneMobile.com will allow parents to control phone usage by adding minutes tied to their child's good behavior. Check back here for more information as this latest of cell phones for children hits the stores - real soon. When considering cell phones for children, the dreaded monthly phone bill remains a universal concern. Prepaid Cell Phones can be the way to go. There are no monthly billing surprises - you refill airtime minutes as needed. TracFone, for example, markets prepaid cell phones exclusively. TracFone digital handsets let you display the airtime used and the airtime left.
The target age of cell phones for children is shrinking. From Guidetek Technology of China comes the i-care phone designed for children ages 3 through 10. It is available only in Taiwan. Shaped like a toy bear in several colors, i-care has four speed-dial buttons for sending pre-programmed messages. A side keypad is reserved for emergencies. The i-care K3300 mobile phone can also monitor live sounds in the surrounding area. Talk time is 1.5 hours and standby time is 160 hours. A follow-on to the K3300 phone model for kids is the i-care S-series model designed for the elderly and those with special needs. Click here for more information. |
