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Most adults and half of all teenagers have cell phones, so now the mobile phone industry is looking towards its last untapped demographic: seniors.

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If you missed the boat the first time, AARP is offering a user-friendly tablet for tech novices.

The AARP RealPad is a $189 tablet which is about the size of an iPad mini, but which runs Google Android 4.4 with a custom app launcher featuring large icons. It also comes preloaded with an AARP ...

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AARP launches RealPad to introduce older adults to tablets The 8-inch Android tablet tries to entice an untapped market with free 24/7 customer service and a year's membership in AARP for $189.

The nonprofit organization and advocate for baby boomers has just launched its RealPad -- the very first tablet, it says, specifically designed for technologically-illiterate users aged 50 and up.

AARP is getting into the gadget game with the RealPad, a tablet expressly made to help seniors who want to stay connected, but don’t want to spend a lot of time learning the technology.

The RealPad, a tablet with a 7.8-inch HD screen, is the organization’s remedy to conquering seniors’ fear of new technology. “We know there is a divide,” AARP CIO Terry Bradwell told the ...

AARP claims it is protecting seniors and consumers, when they are really protecting their own bottom line.

The RealPad tablet includes 24/7 phone tech support, video tutorials and other features that AARP hopes will make technology less intimidating for seniors.