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AT&T’s recent survey revealed that 84% of consumers believe parental controls and safety tools are extremely important in keeping children safe while they use contemporary entertainment and communications technologies. So it doesn’t surprises that the carrier released the new parental control feature for its subscribers.
The AT&T Smart Limits for Wireless is a parental control service which allows parents to control the mobile phone activity of their children. Using the new web-based tool, parents can limit the number of minutes that their kids can use a mobile phone, set limits on text and instant messages, establish a dollar amount for mobile content purchases, block calls and messages to/from numbers they don’t approve, and filter access to the Internet content that is inappropriate for children.
While I do agree that children safety should come first, at the same time I can easily imagine ultra-conservatives putting the Orwell-like curtains on their children’s phones. And all that is available for $4.99 on top of the existing monthly bill for each line for AT&T wireless consumers.
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
