Mobile Phone Just for Children
When children are off on their own parents can worry about a child’s welfare. In Japan, NTT DoCoMo will launch a second parent friendly . The first phone of this type was offered in 2006 and sold around 500,000 units. The new unit, F801i, will go on sale in Japan later this month.
The F801i has a 100-decibel alarm that a child can activate by pulling on a cord. When the alarm is activated the phone flashes and sends an e-mail to the child’s parents. The e-mail 20071210_F801i_01.jpgincludes information gathered by a Global Positioning System so the location of the child can be tracked. A silent alarm can be triggered by pressing a button on the side of the cell phone.
