[access-uk] Re: Android
- From: william lomas <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:43:45 +0100
htc and sony as well
differnet makes and models
On 16 Jul 2012, at 17:19, "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I can't give you a definitive answer but I know that Samsung are one company
> that makes them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ANDY COLLINS
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 5:16 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Android
>
> So, if that is so, which phones does it work on? -
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Beasley
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:32 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> androyd is the operating system.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vince Thacker
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:30 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Andy, Android, as I understand it, started off as its own company, but is now
> part of Google.
>
> Vince.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ANDY COLLINS
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:11 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Hi Steve - I'm still with the N82 [I know I know <smile>] My intention when I
> next go for a phone, was to probably go the IPhone route, but have to say, I
> don't like the size and shape of it so much. Guess I need to find out what
> the differences are between it, and Android models. I'm a bit behind with the
> latest mobile market. Are Androids the manufacturor name, as with Nokia? Or
> is Android the OS produced by Google? -
>
> Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Nutt
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:31 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I’ve never seen the Cobolt compass, but I do this on my mainstream Android
> phone <Smile>.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> ANDY COLLINS
> Sent: 15 July 2012 22:42
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Hi all -
>
> Another waste of dosh! I think I paid about £35 for this, and it's a load of
> rubbish. My experience with
> it, found it to be both inaccurate and unpredictable.
>
> Like many things produce for blind people, it is also very ugly, and cheap
> looking/feeling.
>
> I'm not just banging the old drum of complaint against equipment produced for
> the blind. In fact, it saddens me to find yet again the same experience, of
> over-priced [but I do understand the niche market equals fewer sales
> argument] ugly build, hardly fit for purpose, assistive equipment.
>
> I always try to buy where I can, mainstream equipment, and figure out how
> to get the best from it, but sometimes, mainstream can be too non-accessible,
> and I am forced to go to the so-called specialists. It truly gives me no
> pleasure in bringing to the attention of the list this poor piece of
> specialist equipment, but I think we need to keep shouting for equality in
> product performance, reliability, and aesthetic appeal. I don't want big
> clunky stuff in my pockets, or around my house, just because it can talk, or
> give me some other kind of additional feedback. As I have said before on this
> list, the PTR1 was the most over-priced, mal-functioning, hugely ugly piece
> of junk, I've ever wasted 600 quid on. Sadly, I've wasted 35 on a useless
> compass, that thinks North is wherever it fancies, on any given day -
>
> Andy
>
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