Considered and careful presentation design and the market for a comprehensive application on the iPhone could easily have a much larger market than one on a platform limited to the visually impaired market.
I recently walked along Hadrian's wall with my daughter. She is an excellent map reader and the trail is reasonably well marked though the little acorn signs were small and not so frequent as she would have preferred. We both would have enjoyed a GPS application which would permit a facility to plan and follow a pedestrian route with details about distance and so on.
Later we set out on a walk around the lake at Keswick. We didn't make the trip all the way around because darkness was falling and we couldn't determine if it was shorter to continue or return. again, a good pedestrian application would have been helpful to our seeing daughter and her blind parents.
Of course just having an application on a universally useful platform isn't the end of the story, I have WayFinder Access on a Nokia N73, a 3 year old phone but this trip to England was unable to get cell phone access.My daughter might have been able to get a working SIM card she didn't try but that wouldn't matter anyway since there are license issues blocking my ability to install my WayFinder on her phone.
All kinds of barriers aren't there? Dale Leavens.----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <drum67-72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:13 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
Underwhelming to me, frankly. I see the cost advantages, but most netbooks are going to be slower with Windows involved and an under-performning processor. Battery life will be an issue, its not as long as a notetaker. You'll need a dedicated USB receiver or a blue-tooth dongle, not very many of the netbooks have blue-tooth that I'm aware of. Boot-up times will be longer than with a notetaker, although a solid-state drive would reduce that but at a couple hundred dollar price increase. And, a netbook will still be heavier and bulkier than a notetaker.Now, an app for the Android or Apple IPhone such as MobileGeo, I think we'd be talking. Problem is, they all cost lots to develop for a pretty small market.----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith (mteye)" <mteye@xxxxxxxxxxx>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:43 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav CustomerWow, cool idea. A netbook, small, light in weight, flash memory so no power sucking hard drive motors. Fewer drains on battery means long times between recharge. Fast processing power. All the power of a full operating system, with all the usual apps. Drop in one of those extra authorized keys for speech technology that I already have for the desktop. Put on a shoulder strap, or streamlined cary pouch. Plus there's that route making tool that was announced recently for users of the 2010 products. How much more would have to be done to it to pick up the bluetooth link to the reciever, and process in real time? I'm thinking, not much but I'm not the software engineer.Using mainstream technology for price benefit, and plugging in accessibility. What a concept.from Keith H -------------------------------------------------- From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:32 PM To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav CustomerI am hoping for a pc based sendero as well. With a netbook coming in at 2.3 pounds, and at the size of an apex, why not? With windows 7 voice recognition capability, you might be able to talk to your gps as well, and for less than $300 in hardware to boot. Add a bluetooth Braille display, and you still are thousands of dollars under the cost of a money sucking proprietary machine. To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.To change your email settings (unsubscribe, digest only, or vacation mode):http://senderogroup.com/social_media/email.htmAdditionally, to unsubscribe send an email to gps-talkusers-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject.
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