from Boing Boing
John’s Phones sell no-frills mobile phones that send and receive calls and pretty much nothing else (though there’s a place to keep your pen). Warren Ellis likens it to a phone from minimalist Japanese housewares/clothing company Muji.
The Anti-Smart Phone
Finally a separate unit with no frills and conditions. A simlock free phone with large keys, an address book, a pen and over three weeks time standby… John’s Phone is simple and easy for young, old, holiday, grandfathers, grandmothers, athletes, national and international business traffic.
Come to think about it, this is the perfect cellphone for canoes (salespeople who don’t sell, think about it, have you ever seen a canoe with a sail) who always go looking for jobs with cars and phones and all sorts of other stuff that costs the employer while they cart their lazy arse around not selling and being wankers on cellphones, at least with this phone they will be too embarrassed to take it out of their pocket, and since they don’t get calls anyway it’s all good from the managers point of view.
The canoe phone….perfect.
