Released: April 02, 2007

Cell phones geared to ages 8-16

Source: Kim Hart, Washington Post (Free Registration)

Daniel Neal scoffs at the notion that children are too young for cellphones.

“Kids are using more advanced mobile devices than even their parents,” said Neal, co-founder of a new cellphone service geared specifically toward 8- to 16-year-olds. “They’re adept. They’re swimming in technology, and they’re comfortable using it.”

He and his two partners - all fathers with young children - say they firmly believe that youngsters are perfectly capable of handling the responsibility of a cellphone. The real trick, they say, is selling that idea to their elders, who are typically wary of putting too much mobile power into such small hands.

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