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

  • From: Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:30:24 -0500

Well said. The more main stream technology that can be used, the better. I'm 
still amazed that people pay thousands of dollars for these note takers that 
are, more often than not, behind the times. Ever since I got my Iphone a few 
weeks ago, I have not gone back to using my symbian or windows mobile phones, 
because, the Iphone does all those things and more, and is accessible out of 
the box. This is the way it should be. We should not have to pay a penny more 
than sighted people do for access to technology, and, finally, that is 
happening more than ever.
On Oct 22, 2010, at 9:55 PM, Kevin Chao wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>>> Wow, 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 Customer
>>> 
>>>> 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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