Best Small Cos. While busy adults have been the target for the revolution in handheld computing and communications, teenagers and preteens have been left out to a certain extent. Some status-seeking teenagers have their own mobile phones or pagers, but many don't.
Parents tend to resist having to pay for another mobile-phone account.
Once two of your kid's friends get them, expect the peer pressure to buy one to become unbearable, since no kid wants to be left out. Besides communication, the Cybiko does have some practical uses. It has a built-in scientific calculator, address book, time planner and alarm clock. If you've never heard of Cybiko, you probably soon will, especially if there are teenagers in the family. But Cybiko isn't the only game in town.