[gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences

  • From: "Jim Noseworthy" <jim.noseworthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 08:59:08 -0400

Hello:
Actually, as a person who is very familiar with both the iPhone apps and the Breeze, if you are looking for an orientational gps system, then the Trekker is definitely a better unit in spite of it's very serious drawbacks. One of those serious drawbacks, one that is shared by both systems, is the fact that it is not possible to use an external GPS receiver.
For navigation, Nokia phones with Nokia maps provides a better solution as external GPS receivers can be used on those systems.
Of course, you could jale-break the iPhone and try an external GPS solution thus changing the game.
With regards to the Breeze supporting Braille: the simple fact of the matter is that the hardware cannot support that option.
It's a strange thing but the weakist link in both systems is the GPS receiver itself. It would appear that we are in to technology rather than practical issues such as dependability and safety: kind of like having a guide dog with vision problems. 

Cheers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanner, David (DEED)" <David.Tanner@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:37 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences
Want a cheaper solution then look at iPhone or iTouch 4 with Navagon or Tom Tom with VoiceOver and Sendaro Look Around. That solution will cost nothing close to the cost of Breeze, and a person can even have refreshable Braill with that solution if they want. Trekker never has had Braille support, and from the reactions I have gotten from top people at Humanware it never will have Braille support because sighted management at Humanware doesn't think it is important. 




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From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gary melconian 
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:58 PM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences


It costs $895 less than any other blind designed gps solutions out there
also in future the human ware developers will be porting most of the
features from the old trekker pro into the trekker breze and to make the
product ieven more and  more powerful  ofa device for their pro user who
have had trekker pro versions. The new trekker breze is a full off the
ground solution from human ware and not an off the shelf solution from the
past .  that is all that  I know at this point. I am planning  on looking
into that solution as I have a trekker pro and I am thinking one of these 
days it will stop working for me and will have to find a cheaper solution.
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ricky Prevatte,
LMBT 1154
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 4:32 PM
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: trekker experiences

How much?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 2:22 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] trekker experiences



Hi

Well guys I got my trekker breeze. I took a walk last night and also this
morning. I used it to make my house and a small alley a landmark and my
church a landmark. The breee did real good with making pedestrian routes
to and from the church to my house to the store and back. It also told me
about lots of points of interest that I did not even know were in my area. 


I like the trekker. I will compare it to the kapten with latest kapten
updates when I get the kapten of course. Oh one thing that I would like
humanware to do is instead of buying trekker maps on cd, offer trekker
breeze maps as a download from their site after purchase.

Josh
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