A Phone for the Elderly

A SIMPLE-TO-USE cellphone, targeted at the elderly and children, looks set to be the potential star of the PC Show.

The phone's maker, Foresight Technologies, a Singapore company, will be making its debut at the electronics fair, which starts on Thursday.

Unlike most current mobile phones that have tiny, dinky buttons, the iNo Mobile has buttons at least three times bigger, so the elderly can press them easily, as well as a torch.

There is a special SOS button on the back of the handset so that if an elderly person gets into trouble, pressing the single button will send emergency calls and text messages to four pre-programmed numbers.

And when the button is released, the phone will also sound a siren to attract the attention of passers-by.