[mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS
- From: "John Heim" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:07:02 -0500
Where did you get that from?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:58 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS
I thought they were slowly getting rid of the ipod models. If that's the
case then your point is now moot.
Take care.
On May 23, 2012, at 2:00 PM, John Heim wrote:
Well, its not directly an accessibility issue -- unless you include cost
as part of accessibility. If they included a GPS bluetooth stack in IOS,
it would bring down the cost of a talking GPS by more than half. A Trekker
or an iPhone (including the boice phone plan) is going to cost you $600 -
$700. An iPod Touch is only $200.
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hilbert Poehlman"
<poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:53 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS
I think it is not an accessibility issue but a good idea for them to do it
or for someone to find a way to use the current bt module in ios for this
purpose. After all, if it can be used for headphones and keyboards, why
not gps receivers.
I wonder if a gps receiver could be designed with an app which had the
support for it.
On May 23, 2012, at 1:55 PM, John Heim wrote:
All,
I think we should politely ask Apple to include a bluetooth GPS stack in
IOS. If you could pair a bluetooth GPS with an iPod, you could get a
talking GPS for under $200. That's cheaper even than the Kapten Plus used
to be.
I think we should all email accessibility@xxxxxxxxx to suggest this. What
do you think?
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