My Father (age 57) is suffering from an disease, he is currently using Nokia 6800. He finds it next to immpossible to use any other phone as the font size of digits dailed, sms, contact list are of bigger font size thenany other phone. He has tried his hand on communicator, PDA’s like P910i etc but nothing comes close to Nokia 6800 as it is easy to use & basic phone. As I am unable to find this phone in market, I don’t know which phone to give him. I require a basic phone for him which has big bold font sizes for the menu,contact list, sms typing, reading.

Please suggest the phone to me which can solve my issue?

by Akhil Ahuja

Hi,

Based on your expectations, I can give you three solutions. Please choose the one that seems very significant to you:

Solution #1:

If you’re giving Nokia 6800 to your Father whom seems to be already having good experience using it, it is not hard to find a piece in the Market. It costs around Rs.10,000/- ($247.64) for a Brand New piece which you can find at eBay India.

Solution #2:

If you’re willing to spend good money for your Father, then, you can buy any Nokia Series 60 Phones and buy the Font Magnifier software from Psiloc for Rs.548.64/- ($13.57) which I’ve given as an Answer for Ashwin Chakkravarthy already. This software will help you increase the font at your will.

Solution #3:

This is the most significant solution to your problem. If you need a Basic Model phone which supports big fonts and very clear display, please go ahead and buy Nokia 6070. This mobile supports big fonts and very clear display which makes it the ultimate device for any person with visual impairment. I guess your father will like it very much as it’s easy to hold than the Nokia 6800 and has big buttons too. This mobile costs around Rs.4,500/- ($111.43) for a brand new piece which can be bought from eBay India here.

Hope that helps…

Thanks for using GadgetFreak Answers…

by Hitesh and Chandrashekar

Dear Hitesh and Chandrashekar,

I don’t know how came two questions are placed on the same context with different mobile numbers and different names of same problem and same description. I guess it’s either one of you who’s so desperate to find the mobile that had you to post in my blog with two different names. Anyways, thinking you’re a genuine reader of The Gadget Freak, I’m answering you here.

First of all, please try to understand that Gadget Freak can only help people by giving answers to their questions. We can never give services like finding stolen mobiles. All we can give is the ways to find mobiles.

You can do two things. One is, you can ask the Idea company to block your SIM Card. The next one is asking them to track down your mobile. For the first one, you just need to provide a letter. For the second one, you need to file a Case with local Police Station and get the FIR of the Case and then with their help try to locate the phone if you remember the IMEI number.

If you don’t have or remember IMEI Number, there is two ways of finding it. If you have the handset, type *#06# and your IMEI Number will be immediately displayed. If you don’t have the handset as in your case, please find your original bill where they would’ve mentioned the IMEI Number (if it’s a genuine purchase).

Hope that helps…