Absolute Gadget

Firefly, the first pay-as-you-go service provider to design mobile phones specifically for children; has launched a new mobile handset. The clever innovation will only permit the child to ring the numbers preset into the phone. Parents are also able to monitor the use of the phone. 

With child friendly, age appropriate features, the new handsets have been named the ‘glowPhone' and the ‘flyPhone'. Parents are able to limit the duration of calls and to regulate the number of text messages that can be sent. The messages are also controlled in the sense that the child is only able to send a text message to a number that is programmed into the phone's memory

The glowPhone has been designed and developed for the children aged 5-8 and has buttons labelled ‘Mum', ‘Dad' as well as an array of emergency numbers. The phone also comes complete with a variety of games and an inbuilt camera, MP3 player and FM Radio.

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