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Technology challenged folks are sometimes stuck in their ways. Texting, phone cameras, email? Forget about it! They don't ever have to change the way they use a computer or phone because they have these dandy gadgets:
Blind, deaf, and old? No problem! Why were cell phones created in the first place? To connect people on the go, not to play games and connect to the internet. This cell phone, modeled after the early 2000s flip phone, features large number keys, safety operators, and "YES" and "NO" buttons, in case you had no idea green meant send and red was for call end.
In case Baby Boomers feel a little more technologically advanced, then there's always the Jitterbug Touch 2. An updated version of the original Jitterbug, this touch screen includes a camera, texting, emergency contact line, and brain apps, for those officially becoming senile.
2. Kodak Picture Kiosk
Instagram allows us to edit photos on our phones in less than 5 minutes and Photoshop lets you edit out those nasty blackheads. Of course, you will have to know how to insert the pictures on the computer in the first place.
Don't worry, Kodak Picture Kiosk does all the work for you. Actually the photo lady at Walgreens does the work, because lets be honest, if you can't use a computer, how the hell are you going to edit these pictures on your own? Since you'll be heading to Walgreens anyways to pick up your medication for erectile dysfunction, bring in those photos you saved since 1930 and edit them in store. The Kodak Picture Kiosk allows you to print pictures from Facebook, brightens images, fixes red eyes, and does facial retouches. Who needs a computer anyways?
3. The Radio With CD Player Stereo
Who needs an iPod when you have the best gift of all, a stereo that plays CDs and has a built in radio? A classic relic from the 1990s, you can now find one of these vintage music players for only $50.00 on eBay. Sure, old people aren't anti iPods. They just have no idea of how to get music on the iPod in the first place. But say they do, then certainly its just more convenient to play their CDs, because why the hell else would they buy them in the first place?
4. Life Alert
This is actually for the older Baby Boomers. In case something severe were to ever happen to a very elderly adult, all they have to do is press the emergency button on their necklace, and help will come immediately arrive. This is actually a great concept and really does save peoples lives. The only thing to critique here is the commercial.
The mother who falls on the ground, and the most fake position ever, what is she? Only 51 years old? Good grief, this woman probably needed Life Alert at 30!
5. Fax Machines
The oversized machine in the office that no one uses-- except for the ones managed by Baby Boomers who probably don't know how to open their inbox. Although some people find the fax machine to be productive, it is a really outdated form of transferring files. This may be the exact reason why older folks love the fax machine. Who needs email, when you have the good old fashioned fax machine?
6. GPS
Of course we all use a GPS. All we need to do is whip out our smartphones and type in the location. Sure it eats away at out battery life, but now we know how to get to Broome Street. Baby Boomers love the GPS, but not the ones of their phones. Garmin, which attaches to the front window of the car, is the GPS of choice for traveling snow birds (which are typically old people). For them, the cell phone was meant to only serve as a mobile phone and nothing else.
Stuck In Their Old Ways
"Things have changed since my day". Of course grandpa. Old people love these gadgets and we can't blame them. Stay in 1995 pops. We love you for that.
Author Bio
This article is written by Anna Penchansky from Fueled, an award winning mobile app design and development house based in New York and London.
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