Verizon Wireless Migo

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Migo, a product of Verizon Wireless, is the successor to the Firefly phone. It stores a limited amount of phone numbers (being the only numbers you can call), controlled by a parental password. [1] The Migo's theme varies in many colors, with two "ears" jutting from the top of the phone. The Migo is marketed as a children's phone. [2]

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References

  1. "Can't Find Little Johnny? Ring His Cell". The New York Times . December 22, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2010.
  2. LaMarca, Anthony; Eyal de Lara (2008). Location systems: an introduction to the technology behind location awareness . Morgan & Claypool Publishers. pp.  88–89. ISBN   978-1-59829-581-8.