[gps-talkusers] Re: Earthmate, Magellan, BrailleNote and Pac Mate

Mike, could you please differentiate between the Pac Mate being a "primarily
is a Point A to Point B routing system", and the Braille Note?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:46 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Earthmate, Magellan, BrailleNote and Pac Mate


> To the question about the Earthmate's size, the receiver that goes on your
> shoulder strap is about 2 inches square and an inch thick. There is a
> separate battery/serial cradle that is twice that size and goes in the
> accessory pouch of the BrailleNote.
>
> There have been 2 Magellan receivers used with the BrailleNote. The first
> was the 310, which did not have WAAS. The Sportrak does have WAAS as of
> course does the Earthmate.
>
> In addition to Chip's comments about the BrailleNote GPS verses some other
> systems, a couple other points. The Pac Mate GPS to be out later this
year,
> is more like $500, but it doesn't do many of the things the BN GPS does.
It
> primarily is a Point A to Point B routing system and it appears to do a
> good job of that. If you are already a Pac Mate owner, it is your only
> option. If you are considering which PDA to purchase the BrailleNote GPS
is
> a very good reason to choose it. Four years of user input and 10 years of
> experience with accessible GPS does give maturity to the BrailleNote GPS.
>
> Many GPS systems for sighted folks understandably use arrow and click menu
> driven user interfaces. Both the Trekker and Pac Mate interfaces operate
in
> this fashion. You can't just type Chord F, Starbucks and Enter to find the
> location of the nearby coffee shop like you can on the BrailleNote. You
> have to choose Points of Interest, then Restaurants, then Fast Food, then
> arrow to McDonalds. On some systems, you can choose each letter, one at a
> time. Think of the BrailleNote GPS as the Cadillac of accessible GPS
> products but not everybody likes or needs a Cadillac.
>
> After being on my soap box for 10 years about accessible location
> information, I am very happy to see alternate accessible GPS products.
> Choices are good for consumers and first and foremost, I am a consumer.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
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> tactile watch and the ID Mate, bar code reader
>
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