The Washington Post's Personal Technology Columnist, Rob Pegoraro, takes a look at two "frill free gadgets;" strange in a market where more features are considered better. These oddball gadgets... the Samsung Jitterbug phone and HP Printing Mailbox with Presto service.

"Samsung's Jitterbug phone and Hewlett-Packard's Printing Mailbox aren't aimed at the more-is-better crowd. They're marketed at an often overlooked segment of the population that's not so keen on learning how to use yet another gadget.

Those people tend to be older -- a fact that leads many tech firms to write off this entire demographic. That's a mistake. They have valid complaints about confusing devices and programs designed to out-feature the competition.."

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