Zeroing In on the Kids

Disney Mobile, Sprint and Verizon lent the Hannons phones for two weeks. They used them at home in Indianapolis and on a family vacation to Longboat Key, Fla.

Verizon Wireless Chaperone
Money Magazine field test runner-up:
Verizon Wireless Chaperone
Suggested parent phone: LG VX8300, $80 with rebate and two-year contract

Suggested kid phone: LG VX3450, $30 with two-year contract

You pay $9.99 a month to locate your child; $19.99 lets you also set a Child Zone perimeter, all in addition to a monthly family plan. Child Zone alerts you when yourchild crosses a predetermined boundary.

Beth Hannon, 15, liked being notified that her parents were checking on her.

Carroll Hannon liked that the phone was more sophisticated than Disney's, but she thought it was harder to use.

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Verizon

Sprint

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