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IT’S JUST 1 WEEK AWAY! Today is your LAST CHANCE to RSVP and possibly WIN a Caribbean vacation! (Plus, EVERYONE who attends our Holiday Rap and Wrap will get this Firefly phone)… Read on! 

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When your kids become old enough that their busy schedules, and yours, make staying connected a challenge, the lure of technology can really beckon. However, most parents (90%, actually) aren’t ready to put a “regular” cell phone into the hands of their first grader. Recognizing this, the ideal bridge phone has been created just for kids, and parents…
   
The Cingular Firefly phone is the first mobile phone designed for kids that parents can control


If you love the idea of being able to reach your children when they are out and about, but don’t love the idea of finding a $300 bill when they discover text messaging and phoning a new friend in Italy– this may be just your solution.

Unlike other phones, the Cingular Firefly has no regular dialing keypad. Sounds odd, perhaps, however it was designed specifically this way to make it streamlined for kids to use… and controllable by parents. Parents instead use a PIN to program up to 22 outgoing numbers into the phone, and they can also choose an option that rejects calls from numbers not stored in the phone.
 
 
At the same time, the Firefly is filled with kid appeal.


 While the concept is ideal for parents, especially working parents or any parent who is on-the-go, the Firefly’s design is all about pleasing its target user, kids 8-12 (though we think it could go even younger). Fun features include flashing lights, preloaded ringtones, animations and LCD colors. The simple, graphic buttons are also easy for smaller fingers to speed dial Mom, or even if need be, 911.

Learn more at fireflymobile.com
 

And what should really ring your bell:

As sponsors of the Executive Moms Holiday Rap and Wrap, Cingular and Firefly will be GIVING AWAY a FIREFLY PHONE to EVERY GUEST at our event next Thursday! (A $99 value, along with the other goodies in the gift bags).

If there’s no way you can join us there, Cingular is just beginning to roll out the Firefly phone into stores in the next couple of weeks; if you purchase one through a participating Cingular retail location, you’ll be able to get it for only $49.99 (after a $25 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract).

Shop for the Firefly at cingular.com
 

For the Phone, and of course for the Fun, RSVP TODAY for next week’s Rap and Wrap at Toys ‘R Us Times Square

You must RSVP by end of day TODAY to be automatically eligible as well for a chance to win a luxury Caribbean family vacation to a Beaches resort… and other great prizes. We would love to have you join us for a great program on “A Practical Guide to Giving Back… for Women Who Have Practically No Time to Give,” and then the chance to get all of your toy shopping done with no crowds, no lines– only us. We hope to see you there!

RSVP NOW at www.executivemoms.com (or call us at 917-715-1115)
 
   
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