We may be hardcore device freaks at Wired, but that doesn't meant our dads are cut from the same nerdy cloth. In the lead-up to this year's Father's Day -- it's this forthcoming Sunday -- we hand-picked a accumulation of presents to give to our patres familias, and the rigging runs the range from not clear-cut Luddite to bone-fide geeky.
We've got mobile tech, emporium tech, astro tech, and even roller tech. If nothing else, we regard we've proven that tech geeks know that essential neckties and drugstore colognes do not cut it in 2012.
Haven't purchased a present for Pops yet? Read on for motivation -- and in the explanation division below, let us know what you're giving to your father this weekend.
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This Father's Day we will be honoring an 82-year-old human who has never shot a digital photo. He has never plugged in a P.C. cable. He doesn't comprehend how the "source" symbol on his TV remote magically switches between line and VHS content, and he has unquestionably never sent a content message.
But he has to use a unit phone. He needs to attain family, friends, and even crisis responders when he's alone. He's entirely independent, but has all the illness problems you may design of an American octogenarian. So, no, outfitting him with a "phone for seniors" isn't underneath me, your Gadget Lab editor.
It won't be existing until after that this summer, but the emporiaCLICK could be only the correct rain-check Father's Day present is to human who still answers his phone by saying, "It's Big Herb!" Open up the clamshell, and he'll find big, easy-to-jab, backlit buttons. Included are 3 impossible-to-miss speed-dial keys to help him rapidly call desired ones -- and any symbol is evident with a pictograph of a human being to remind him of its purpose.
The LCD manifestation and whole UI has been written for people with bad eyesight. But 3 features in specific are tailor-made for Dad: The phone includes an integrated LED flashlight, the speakers are conference assist compatible, and there's a "Call For Care" symbol that automatically dials crisis services.
No, it's not a smartphone. He doesn't need a smartphone. He needs a phone that he can obviously use. And, no, we do not feel bad about deliberating his technology challenges in public. He will never read these difference on the family internet machine. He simply wouldn't know how to find them. --Jon Phillips, Gadget Lab comparison editor
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired
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