[gps-talkusers] Re: Netbook, iPhone, Android, GPS

  • From: john gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:19:20 +0100

hi kevin i have just read about a gps system in a computer mag pc advisor it 
says it has text to speech costs £250 here in the uk also you can speak in to 
it for exampe to set a route at least we have choice and i agree with you on 
the i-phone it is getting better and better. 

----- source message -----
from: "Michael May" <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
to: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
date: 2010/10/23 06:46:39
subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Netbook, iPhone, Android, GPS

>
>
> Good info Kevin. 
> Two comments:
> Hims dropping GW has nothing to do with technology platforms and is no
> reflection on the Sense products.
> It is all well and good to spout about proprietary products, however, what
> is most important is the level of productivity one gets out of a product.
> It is more about what the user makes of a product than it is about what
> operating system is being used.
> 
> In terms of GPS use, are you ttraveling independently, going to lots of
> places, being the leader rather than the follower? If so, you have a good
> solution for you, which may or may not be good for another user.
> 
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Chao
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:55 PM
> To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Netbook, iPhone, Android, GPS
> 
> I have used Sendero GPS on BrailleNote
> since version 3.5 on mPower and PK, used Mobile Geo and still have it
> and in last year have used two iPhones.
> 
> And, my favorite and what I am using exclusively, not only for GPS,
> but an array of task, including identifying currency, products, bar
> codes, note taking etc is iPhone. There's LookAround, which can give
> you heading, address, cross street, city, nearby POIs; AroundMe,
> search for POIs based on category, name; have it open in Navigon,
> which is a great and powerful turn-by-turn gps app. Navigon is very
> accessible, feature rich and company is very open to accessibility and
> have been working with them in improving areas.
> 
> All this on a mainstream solution, which is much less than Windows
> Mobile, and Mobile Speak which as of latest Windows Phone 7, which has
> been announced earlier this month and will ship November will not be
> at all accessible.
> 
> A Windows version is good for the power, speed of route creation,
> virtual exploration, but isn't a mobile solution. If it was 2000 and
> we didn't have i Phone 4, which is as powerful as a netbook, I would
> go for a windows solution. Times have changed, companies, users and we
> all need to catch up with it or be left in the dust. These various
> things, which are being dropped, such as HIMS dropping GW Micro,
> Trekker, BrailleNote PK not having been updated in 5 years and so many
> others... iPhone, Android, iPad is the now and future... These are
> mainstream solutions, with built-in accessibility and many great and
> amazing uses for them. THey are the price of these SMA, which we have
> paid for and paid for, which are across the board, from GPS to screen
> readers.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> On 10/22/10, richmail <richardsynnott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I also like the idea of using a netbook for many applications, for the
> > reasons you mentioned, as well as being a fraction of the cost of
> > specialised equipment. I am well known, to those who know me, for
> > vandalising things. Sometimes my modifications work, but on other ocasions
> I
> > end up ruining the piece of apparatus. Well for once, one of these
> > modifications has worked well for me.
> > My sister phoned me up to say that her daughter had dropped her netbook,
> and
> > that the screen didn't work any more. I gave her my laptop, installed my
> > screen-reader and other software on to the netbook, and snapped the screen
> > off. and it works great, and is really practical for carrying around.
> > The CF slot on my PK has stopped working, so I can't use the gps any
> longer,
> > so consequently I am now currently trying to decide whether to buy an
> iphone
> > or a compatible device that works with Mobile Speak, though I think the
> > postings regarding the Tomtom may have decided it for me, so thanks for
> > those.
> > Hope I haven't woffled too much.
> > Regards, Richard.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Keith (mteye)" <mteye@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:43 AM
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
> >
> >
> >ar Wow, cool idea. A netbook, small, light in weight, flash memory so no
> >ar power sucking hard drive motors. Fewer drains on battery means long times
> >ar between recharge. Fast processing power. All the power of a full
> operating
> >ar
> >ar system, with all the usual apps. Drop in one of those extra authorized
> >ar keys for speech technology that I already have for the desktop. Put on a
> >ar shoulder strap, or streamlined cary pouch. Plus there's that route making
> >ar tool that was announced recently for users of the 2010 products. How much
> >ar more would have to be done to it to pick up the bluetooth link to the
> >ar reciever, and process in real time? I'm thinking, not much but I'm not
> the
> >ar
> >ar software engineer.
> >ar
> >ar Using mainstream technology for price benefit, and plugging in
> >ar accessibility. What a concept.
> >ar
> >ar from
> >ar Keith H
> >ar
> >ar --------------------------------------------------
> >ar From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx>
> >ar Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:32 PM
> >ar To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >ar Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: A Concerned Sense Nav Customer
> >ar
> >>> I 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.
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