Netherlands: Kid phones

Two Dutch phone companies have unveiled cellphones just for kids, the iKids and the Buddy Bear, the latter targeting 4-to-9-year-olds, The Register reports. The iKids has "a built in GPS receiver, which remains working even when the phone isn't activated. Parents can select three 'safety zones,' areas where their children are allowed to play. If they wander off to another area, parents receive an SMS message. They can also look up the child's whereabouts on a virtual map." Very cool, but one just hopes no one other than a parent can track the phone's young owner.