[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
- From: "Brett" <brettsta21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:13:30 +1100
Hi,
I have no problems using the QWERTY on the HTC S740, it is quite small but is
tactile enough.
Cheers,
Brett.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed and Christy Crespin
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:56 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hey, sounds like me!
When you find that phone that you really can use, sing out, please, Brother,
so all us other folks who can't deal with the small, frustrating, qwerty
keyboards can celebrate! Christy
----- Original Message -----
From: Claude Everett
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 8:07 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Nope!! the older I get the less I remember , where did I put that phone!!
There are times I have to call myself to find it. Hahahada!!
actually I just want one device that is light, and not to bulky, that will
do what I need to have it do.
I recently saw a Smart phone( lent to demo, from Sendero), with Mobile GEO
on it; however the slide out keyboard was just too non tactually accessible I
couldn't distinguish the keys on the QWERTY keyboard, But I could tactually
feel the 12 button key pad on the outside of the phone. So, my search
continues. .
Regards,
Claude Everett
American by chance, Californian by choice.
Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.
"If we have learned one thing from the civil rights movement in the united
states, it is that when you let others speak for you, you lose."
Ed Roberts
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:03 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Ah, come on Claude, you don't need that, you got a photographic memory! Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Claude Everett
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:38 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
I am surprised that there is not a Windows Mobile smart phone or PDA that
doesn't have that photographic capability.
Regards,
Claude Everett
American by chance, Californian by choice.
Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.
"If we have learned one thing from the civil rights movement in the
united states, it is that when you let others speak for you, you lose."
Ed Roberts
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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:47 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Most likely when there is a Windows Mobile phone that contains the camera
specifications they require:
· 5 MP
· Carl Zeiss Optics: TessarT lens
· Xenon Flash
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claude Everett
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 2:38 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
when are they going to make it available for windows mobile users?
Regards,
Claude Everett
American by chance, Californian by choice.
Everyone has a disability, some are more aware of it than others.
"If we have learned one thing from the civil rights movement in the
united states, it is that when you let others speak for you, you lose."
Ed Roberts
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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:37 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Here's a blurb from www.mobilereader.com
The Mobile Reader Product Line from knfbReading Technologies, Inc., is a
major advancement in portability and functionality of print access for the
blind, the vision impaired and those with reading difficulties.
The knfbReader Mobile and kReader Mobile software packages run on a
multifunction cell phone that allow the user to read mail, receipts, handouts
and many other documents wherever the user happens to be. This is a truly
pocket-sized solution to reading on the go. The knfbReader Mobile software has
a feature set designed for blind or low vision users. The kReader Mobile is
designed for people who have difficulty reading due to learning or language
problems.
knfb Reading Technologies is a Joint Venture between Kurzweil
Technologies and the National Federation of the Blind.
From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:21 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi Mike
great story, what is a KNFB?
thanks
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: alice dampman <alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 5:01 pm
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
Hi, Mike,
What a great story!
Do you use the cell phone that the KNFB reader is on? What is the
provider?
Thanks.
Alice
alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael May"
<MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] feeling free to wander
>I have often espoused that the real value of GPS is not its ability
> to provide a route to a destination but the fact that it allows you
> to "get unlost." This means that you can comfortably become lost
> because you have the tool to find your way back.
>
> I am reminded of this tremendous benefit when I am in a completely
> unfamiliar situation20and wish to explore. To make the challenge even
> greater, put yourself in another country where a different language is
> spoken.
>
> I am in Barcelona Spain, staying in a hotel on a major avenue called
> La Rambla. It is fun to stroll up and down but if you want to find
> local food for reasonable prices, you need to explore away from La
> Rambla. It only takes a few blocks before you leave the wide streets
> and find yourself in narrow alleys. It feels like some sort of
> Halloween Maize as you meander further and further into the heart of
> the old city.
>
> Thank goodness the new high sensitivity GPS receivers pick up signals
> in these narrow places. You do have to pay attention to the data to
> make sure the little streets, which are close to each other, don't
> get misreported. By double checking the announcement of the street
> you are on constantly, you can figure this out.
>
> It is amazing that these very small restaurants, shops and bars are
> in the GPS database. The system reports them to you as you go along
> including which side of the street they are on. Be ready to duck into
> a doorway if a car comes along. There isn't much clearance on some of
> these streets.
>
> Besides using my GPS information on my search=2 0for a lunch place, I
> was sniffing and listening, occasionally ducking into a door only to
> decide it didn't sound right, didn't have a good feel. Wonderfully,
> smoking laws in Spain have gotten much stricter so you don't have to
> worry about that as much as you did a few years ago.
>
> I heard a couple of British ladies mentioning that they were looking
> for a certain restaurant and I offered to help them out. I got them
> to the correct street and we found their restaurant. It was too loud
> for me so I kept exploring and picked one called Quo Vadis. It is
> that last 20 to 50 feet to the destination that is difficult. I knew
> I was close and I even knew which side of the street the restaurant
> was on. I asked for sighted assistance to find the actual door. They
> didn't see it at first but when I insisted that it was close by, they
> kept looking and finally found it.
>
> The waiter was pretty blown away when I used the KNFB Reader to read
> the menu. I was trying to get him to read it to me but he kept asking
> what I wanted and he was too busy to take the time to read me the
> choices. There was an English and a Spanish section of the menu. If
> there had been a WiFi connection, I could have used the KNFB Reader's
> abi lity to translate but there wasn't and I was afraid of the
> possible cost of using the Internet through my phone provider.
>
> When I was finished with a leisurely lunch, I set my hotel as my
> destination and followed the pedestrian route created on my GPS to
> take me back, quite easy. This was a far cry from the first time I
> came to Barcelona in the 80s.
> The cool thing is that you don't have to be a super traveler to enjoy
> this kind of independence. It is the combination of tools, which
> makes this all come together.
>
> Now I just have to wait for the late Spanish dinner hour tonight to
> go out again for another adventure before heading home tomorrow.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael G. May
>
> CEO Sendero Group
>
> "The GPS company:" Featuring Sendero GPS on the BrailleNote as well
> as Sense Nav and the new Mobile Geo for Windows Mobile devices. Also
> distributing Trekker, Victor Stream, KNFB Mobile Reader, Talks,
> Mobile Speak, Tiger embossers, Miniguide and ID Mate
>
> Crashing Through, a book about Mike May, by Robert Kurson, available
> at http://www.CrashingThrough.com
>
> MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.SenderoGroup.com
>
> 1-888-757-6810, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007
> Sendero Group, LLC
> 429 F Street, Davis, CA 95616, USA
>
>
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