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In brief: Here's some surprising news for those of us who nostalgically recall an era when calling someone meant picking up a landline phone and talking until your ear/face went numb. Those retro phones are making a comeback in a new guise, one that allows kids to stay connected to their friends without the distractions and dangers of smartphones.
Pinwheel, the US company that sells modified Android smartphones designed for children and teenagers, has just launched the Pinwheel Home.
The device looks exactly like the kind of landline phone that was so popular up until smartphones proliferated, and it's pretty much the same, with a few modern additions. It can only be used for voice calls, which the company says encourages more meaningful one-on-one conversations while allowing children to call friends and family independently and develop basic phone skills without borrowing a parent's device.
