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Firefly Expert Reviews

Firefly
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60 reviews

November, 2009

62 / 100

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Firefly

By Kent German

Compact ; easy to use ; personalization options ; parents will appreciate the phone's lack of support for text messaging

So-so performance ; bare-bones menu structure ; exposed emergency button ; kids will bemoan the phone's lack of support for text messaging

With parental controls, ease of use, no text messaging, and a prepaid calling plan, the Firefly phone is an ideal mobile for tweens.

Fortunately, the Firefly offers a solution for parents who want the convenience of a cell phone but with a lot of control over how it's used. And at $100 from Firefly's Web site, it's also fairly priced. The Firefly phone is about uncomplicated as...

April, 2005

Rating

56

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Fire Fly review

No rating

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Firefly

By SaschaSegan

Service Provider: Cingular Wireless, Service Provider: Edge Wireless

Unique restricted-dialing phone for children. Easy to dial Mom and Dad. Parents can also control whose calls the phone will receive. Durable.

Poor voice-transmission quality. Lousy ringtones.

The first cell phone for children makes an excellent safety device or replacement for a Family Radio Services walkie-talkie, but it's no competition for general-purpose phones.

The Firefly ($199 with 1,200 SunCom minutes) is a restricted-dialing phone for 8- to 12–year-olds. All Shots What may be most appealing about this little glowing blue egg of a phone—and most useful for children of this age—is the Firefly's...

March, 2005

Rating

60

pcmag.com
US

FIREFLY

By James Galbraith

If you're willing to pay top dollar for cool gadgets, the FireFly will surely draw the desired oohs and aahs from your friends and coworkers. But those who don't mind a slightly larger form factor can get more storage space and faster performance for ...

Streamlined case design ; bus powered

Expensive for speed and amount of storage. oscomp

Flashy 5GB FireWire Hard Drive Sports Tiny Case, Big Price Tag

SmartDisk is hoping to capture these consumers with its 5GB FireFly FireWire hard drive--which offers great styling and easy portability, though it's also slower and more expensive than larger drives and holds far less data. The FireFly is built...

June, 2002

Rating

70

macworld.com
AU

Firefly

Not as flexible or friendly as Skype, Firefly is nonetheless an easy to use program.

No rating

pcauthority.com.au

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