It seemed pretty obvious that Disney's family-oriented
Disney Mobile MVNO was in desperate need of a
kidproof handset, having initially come to the table with only a pair of middling clamshells for the little 'uns. Enter the pod-shaped D100 -- now granted, we can't say with certainty that they'll be marketing this toward parents with young children when it launches, but c'mon, it's got Winnie the Pooh on its backside. The usual parental controls are present on the device, but more interestingly, the numeric keypad can be replaced with a simpler four-button design if numeric dialing isn't needed (try
texting on
that, kiddies).
[Via
phoneArena]
Update: In speaking with Disney Mobile, it turns out this lil' pod won't be seeing duty here in the States -- it's destined for South America as a general consumer device.
posted Aug 9th 2006 at 12:54PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
-_- @ Aug 9th 2006 2:48PM
well, i guess it's a bit of an improvement over the firefly and migo phones; it has a keypad.
personally, i think disney's mvno has released phones that are a little too high-end for kids.
this one is about right.