"Mom" - just south of Oxford (formerly of Oldham)- wanted to keep in touch with son - out here on the frontier.
"Mom" doesn't know how to switch on a PC - never mind choose the right one from
Dixons.
"Son" got her the BT Easicom 1000 from Dixon's. She can actually work it fine, it's got a lot of telephone functions , even some shopping capability. 12p or 25p (BT says one, the manual says another - haven't gotten the phone bill yet)to send or retrieve emails. You can batch the outgoing in the outbox and send them all at once.Easy to set up. Need to be in reach of power outlet and phone line.