Smartphones here, smartphones there—how about a dumb phone? This week I tested the Jitterbug, a phone designed for the parents of baby boomers, a nice way of saying the only people who may not yet ...

An endless source of amusement for those of advancing years can come from handing a rotary phone to a teenager and asking them to dial a number with it. It’s rare for them to be stumped by a piece of ...

Yep. My dad refused to pay for it, pulse was good enough for us! And yes we had rotary dial phones. At least in the late 1980s in the Tampa area, it worked even if you didn't pay the fee. I didn't ...