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The Firefly, which is available through Cingular, is a mini-cell phone for the 8-12 set. It has dedicated Mom and Dad button (What if Dad wears mumus or ...
Not content to only let Korean children get My First Tumor, Chicago-based Firefly Mobile has released the new Firefly GSM phone through SunCom Wireless. There’s no numeric keypad, instead ...
CDMA Firefly In The Works. Article Comments 7 . Jan 2, 2006, 12:11 AM by (staff) The FCC has just approved a CDMA version of the Firefly phone for kids. The phone appears to have the same ...
We checked out the Firefly cellphone for kids a couple of months ago, and found it to be a pretty slick little device that could actually serve a specialized market. MobileBurn gave it a good ...
The FireFly Kids Phone Grows Up. Article Comments 17 . Aug 15, 2007, 12:40 PM by (staff) The FCC today approved a new phone from Firefly, maker of a GSM handset for children.
The Firefly phone is targeted at kids who fall into the "tween" demographic — roughly between the ages of 8 and 12 — an age group some may argue is too young for a full-fledged mobile phone, ...
Firefly first took flight in March 2005 with the launch of the "Firefly," a cellphone specifically designed for 8- to 12-year-olds. The slim, brightly colored handset featured just five buttons ...
For kids, getting a cell phone is becoming a right of passage. As part of The Early Show's "Cellular Nation" series, CBS News Correspondent Susan Koeppen went to Alexa McKenney's house, ...
Firefly Mobile will soon discover how many parents think like Amy LeVesque as the Lincolnshire firm tries to conquer the last, great untapped mobile phone demographic: kids.
Cingular to Offer Phones For the 12-and-Under Set. November 16, 2005. By Yuki Noguchi. Cingular Wireless stores today will start selling a small, brightly colored cell phone called the Firefly, ...
Phone from Firefly Mobile, designed to help reduce parental angst, limits calls to numbers that parents program with a PIN. Photo: Firefly phone for kids April 14, 2005 6:01 a.m. PT ...
Firefly Mobile, one company that has developed a cellphone for younger users, found that about 10% of tweens in its focus groups had phones and that many more wanted them.