My Dad is not wanting anything fancy - touch screen fones etc etc but a really well built and realiable clamshell fone...looked around the websites but very little in this style - even a good slide fone would do. Any suggestions from anybody out there??

Nokia an option for you? my eldest had the 6600 fold for nearly 2 years, looked nice, near indestructable, i managed to drop it twice, no harm done.

depending on how adventurous you feel, dealextreme has some wicked choices
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/footbal...te-black-47365

Not that adventurous!!!!! Closed for Chinese New Year anyway!!! Thanks for the Nokia tip though!!!