Carol,
Yes, you'd just upgrade from SIM only to a handset tariff.
---Neil Barnfather
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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol
Pearson
Sent: 25 September 2009 17:37
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
Neil,
When you say "on contract" I guess you don't mean these
"sim only" ones ...
I'd love one and may of course get one by Christmas!
<Smiles>
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---- Original Message ----
From: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <talks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
> Mat,
>
> You are right, the strip I referred to is on the E75 and
> not the N97.
>
> The build quality on the N97 is very good, but no less
> or more though than the N86.
>
> Re iPhone, I think is is a general acceptance that for
> sighted blind folk, that are able to see the screen to
> an extent, are able to use it far more so than totals.
>
> Re cost saving, that is a relative term, on O2 the
> iPhone is in excess of £450 or so, yet on contract with
> O2 you can get an N86 for £50, and Talks full license
> for £150. This puts the Nokia and Talks combo £250
> cheaper...
>
> Just a thought for you, and of course if the new phone
> was your second or beyond Talks phone then the saving is
> even more.
>
>
>
> ---Neil Barnfather
> TalkNav
>
> TalkNav is a Nuance Accessibility software reseller and
> authorized distributor of Wayfinder products, with
> product activation codes delivered direct to your
> mailbox, why not try TalkNav today?
>
> www.talknav.com
> www.wayfinderaccess.com
> Telephone from the UK: 0844 412 1062
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt
> Brown
> Sent: 25 September 2009 13:22
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
>
> Hi Neil, the build quality is amazing, the memory is
> unbelievable, I thought
>
> the keypad was nice but I think the strange metal strip
> you're referring to is actually on the new E75 not the
> N97. I looked at both phones and hated that too.
>
> I have heard that the N86 actually has a built in screen
> reader though? that
>
> might be interesting...
>
> (Next paragraph refers to IPhone for those of you who
> don't want to read anything other than Talks and Nokia
> stuff):
>
> To be honest, I personally would jump the Nokia ship and
> switch to IPhone 3GS immediately if they'd only sort the
> battery life and Bluetooth issues out, that phone is
> really amazing! I love the accessibility features
> they've
>
> built in, especially as I do have some small amount of
> vision so a combination of the speech and the amazingly
> bright clear screen on the IPhone means its pretty
> accessible for me. I can for instance, see each icon
>
> on the home screen, enough to position my finger
> accurately on the third from the left for example. So
> the speech would help me learn that the third from the
> left is calendar say, then as I got better I'd just
> automatically tap the third from the left, using my eyes
> to locate its general position and the speech to confirm
> I've tapped the right one.
>
> I believe the N97's screen is using the same screen
> technology as IPhone so the display can be set up to
> look as bright and clear which would benefit me
>
> no end!
>
> Standing in carphone Warehouse the other day, I went
> from never holding an IPhone before to sending a text
> message using the touch screen in less than 5 minutes!
> And all that accessibility is built in and ready to go
> at no extra cost! It also gets upgraded every time
> there's a software update, also
>
> at no extra cost!
>
> Now I'm certainly not a Mac computer user and think Jaws
> and Windows offers us the very best solution, but I
> really think the IPhone may be to handheld coms devices
> what Windows on a PC is to computing.
>
> Matt
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 12:55 PM
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
>
> > Hi Eleanor,
> >
> > No, it is a slide phone with a standard keypad with
> > nice buttons. QWERTY is
> > awful in my view and I wouldn't touch it on phones.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Eleanor Burke
> > Sent: Friday 25 September 2009 12:46
> > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
> >
> > How much is the N86? Does it have a qwerty keypad?
> >
> > Eleanor
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jackie Cairns"
> > <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:45 AM
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
> >
> >
> > Hi Steve
> >
> > So you've got the N86? What do you love about it, and
> > how do you think it compares to the N82 and N79?
> > Really interested in what you have to say.
> >
> >
> > Jackie Cairns
> > Braille Specialist
> > Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sight and Sound Technology Ltd
> > Welton House North Wing
> > Summerhouse Road
> > Moulton Park
> > Northampton
> > NN3 6WD
> > Tel: 01604 798024
> > Mob: 07887 883815
> > www.sightandsound.co.uk
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Steve Nutt
> > Sent: 25 September 2009 11:20
> > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
> >
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > No news yet. But I love my N86.
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Matt Brown
> > Sent: Friday 25 September 2009 11:08
> > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [talks-uk] Any more news...
> >
> > Hi, is there any more news about N97 and Talks? I'm
> > getting to a point where
> >
> > I really have to make a decision, N86 or N97! I don't
> > want to be
> > lumbered with an N97 if speech is months and months
> > away if it comes at all, but of the 2 handsets it has
> > the feature set I'm looking for! Apart from the 8 MP
> > camera the N86 doesn't look a whole lot more powerful
> > than the N82 in reality, whereas the N97 is massivo!
> >
> > Matt
> >
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