Cybiko Extreme - Ferrago

Cybiko Extreme - Ferrago

"Fitting strangely somewhere between a mobile phone, a PDA, and a kiddies ‘First’-style PC (the acidic colour scheme and ‘easy grip’ style design make it a bit too reminiscent of Fisher Price), the Cybiko Extreme is a hard product to place, let alone review. Designed to appeal to the early-teens market, it’s with social-cool features such as chat rooms, messaging, simple Snake-esque games and address book features that the manufacturers aim to entice purchasers. Have Cybiko got it right, however? Well, this is something of a hard one to call, after all the market is a notoriously tricky one to capture, and some may find the Cybiko just a bit too PDA-like to appeal to an audience that demands something a bit more ‘street’. On the other hand, its place in mobile phone culture seems to assure of its worthiness, despite the ‘average’ aesthetics and slightly-awkward menu system. My take on the Extreme would therefore be that it’s best suited as an older kids toy (my ten year-old Niece for example was quite taken with it), with some fun features that just aren’t quite as easy to use as they should be, sadly."