[access-uk] FW: Re: Trekker Breeze

From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:00:36 +0100
Please disregard my Email as I see Saqib has decided to sell it.


Kind regards,

Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jackie Brown
Sent: 13 August 2013 16:58
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trekker Breeze

Hi Saqib

If it is under the 30-day money-back guarantee, couldn't you return it? I
would if I were as unhappy as you seem to be with it! 


Kind regards,

Jackie Brown
Twitter: @thebrownsplace

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Saqib Hussain
Sent: 13 August 2013 14:52
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Trekker Breeze

Hi Ibrahim. Thanks for that explaination. It's been on the window sill
for an hour now and still hasn't found life. I'm afraid I'm putting
this one down as a bad purchase.

On 13/08/2013, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Saqib.
>
> Sadly, the Trekker like lots of products for the blind uses cheap
> components, also the fact that it doesn't have Wi-Fi connectivity greatly
> hinders the device's capability to get a good GPS signal.  The reason your
> IPhone can get a much better signal is simply because of the multiple ways
> in which it gets GPS data.  As well as the hardware GPS chip built in to
the
>
> device, it also uses Wi-Fi and mast triangulation to approximate your
> position, the hardware gps is used mainly once the Wi-Fi and mobile
> triangulation are accomplished to maintain the GPS lock.  I would when
first
>
> switching on your trekker put it on a window sill and leave it for around
5
>
> minutes so it can get a position from the satellites.
>
> All the best and good luck, Ibrahim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saqib Hussain
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:23 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Trekker Breeze
>
> Hi. Recently I've aquired a Trekker as I've heard lots of positive
> reviews about it and wanted to try one out. Much to my disappointment!
> I can hardly get a GPS signal when I switch it on. Over the last few
> days! I've taken it on regular bus journeys and two train journeys and
> the Trekker has failled to lock on to a GPS signal. My iPhone can get
> a signal with any of my GPS apps within seconds and this expensive old
> brick that has been widely touted as the ideal GPS solution for blind
> people can't get a signal for hours. I've updated the software and
> that hasn't made any difference. It still takes a good hour to lock on
> to a GPS signal and as soon as I get on a bus! I lose the signal for
> the entire journey. This thing is an expensive brick that is only good
> for paper weight duties.
>
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