my pet peeve with Win 8 start menu. Why can't they just show everything?
you can develop on symbian using qt, python and ruby.
This was released in 1924:
http://hearing.siemens.com/sg/10-about-us/01-our-history/milestones.jsp?year=1924
Seems like it could easily be that.
Earplug goes into her ear, the device goes into her pocket. so this can't be it.
Grandma Titor was likely using one of these:
http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Carbon/WesternElectric/info/westelect34a.htm
It still doesn't explain why the person she's conversing with is INVISIBLE!!!
But if she's using this, she'd only have the earplug in her hear and the device in her pocket. She wouldn't keep the whole device next to her ear.
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.