The Walt Disney Company unveiled a national wireless phone service designed for families and featuring customizable tools that allow parents to manage the children's phone use, including:
- set spending allowances and track usage for voice minutes, text messaging, picture messaging and downloadable content
- determine the hours of the day and days of the week when kids can use their phones
- program restricted and always-on phone numbers to manage with whom kids may communicate
- prioritize important family messages
- locate kids' phones with GPS capabilities either via the parent's mobile phone or a secure website.
Beyond the Family Center features, Disney Mobile will offer wireless voice service, text and picture messaging, and a broad range of entertainment and content.
Disney Mobile, which will launch in June will be marketed through Disney Mobile kiosks in malls throughout the U.S. Additional retail distribution channels are planned for later in the year. Pricing plans, which will be detailed closer to consumer availability, will be competitively priced with other family mobile plans and will include Family Center features as part of the basic service. Handset pricing will start at $59.99 when purchased with a two-year service agreement.
http://www.disneymobile.com
- Disney Mobile will run over the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network.
- LG Electronics MobileComm will supply handsets for Disney Mobile
