SMART PHONE FOR ELDERLY POPULACE

Shiv Kumar Goel, Nikita Haryani, Pramod Tiwari, Abhishek Jain, Prasad Kuvalekar

Abstract: Smart phones possessions used to be considered as a luxury. Over the period of time, it became a necessity rather than luxury. Smart phones are essential for everyone including the elderly population. The device can act as a long-range communicator, multimedia device, infotainment device, etc. However, the current problems with the existing smart phones are that its complex features and interface designs have intimidated some elder users from using the device. The problem can be addressed by identifying the features needed for these special users. The device should have the features like larger intuitive interface, ergonomics, etc. which has been designed to make it user friendly for elder population. The proposal has been made with the view that the elder population of the fore coming future will be tech savvy.

Keywords: SMS: Short Messaging Service, IR: Infrared Radiation, GPS: Global Positioning Service, 2G: second Generation, 3G: Third Generation, 4G: Fourth Generation, WLAN: Wireless Local Area Network, CDMA: Code Division Multiple Access. GSM: Global System for Mobile communication, PDA: Personal Digital Assistant, HAC: Hearing Aid Compatibility, M3: Rating indicates the handset has satisfied the ANSI standard, M4: Rating indicates the handset has exceeded the ANSI standard, SAR: Specific Absorption Rate, RF: Radio Frequency

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0210004