[gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
- From: meearls@xxxxxxx <meearls@xxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:02:25 -0700
I used the N-82 all the time when I was in England and it worked wonderfuly. I
had made arrangements before I left for international services, and although I
didn't make any calls anywhere while there, the E-mail part worked wonderfuly.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Grabowski <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 2009/02/21 23:57:56
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The N82 only runs on service providers at&t or T-mobile here in the
> states.
>
> The N82 is a GSM BASED CELL PHONE AND WILL WORK WITH CARRIERS OVER IN
> the UK.
>
> The KNFB Reader is just software that gets installed on the phone.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:50:02 com0500
> tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > No good for me then as I am in the UK!
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> >
> > Tony
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kim Lookingbill <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:47 pm
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
> >
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> > Hi: - No its really quite easy
> > to use, and you can use the cell phone as just the use of the KNFB READER
> > without being connected to a cell phone plan until a later date. However,
> > when you do choose to use the cell phone along with the KNFB READER IT IS
> > ONLY
> > available at this time with the cell phone providers; "AT&T" and
> > T-Mobile".
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> > Kim Lookingbill
> > kim@xxxxxxxxxxxx (email or MSN
> > Messenger)
> >
> > Blast From The Past
> > Sundays, 16 to 19 UTC
> > http://interactive.acbradio.org
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, February
> > 21, 2009 6:38 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:
> > [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
> >
> >
> > Hi
> > Kim
> >
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> >
> > thanks for that, unfortunatley I have just replaced my phone for a nokia
> > N95 8GB, SO WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT AGAIN FOR AT LEAST 18MONTHS,
> > SOUNDS A
> > fantastic bit of kit though, wonder what the uk price would be, maybe if
> > I
> > start saving now by upgrade time i could be lucky! Ibbm still getting to
> > grips
> > with a braillenote pk and gps!
> >
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> > Is the KNFB EASY TO USE OR DOES IT TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO?
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> > thanks
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> >
> > Tony
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> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kim Lookingbill
> > <seadolphink@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent:
> > Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:21 pm
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to
> > wander
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Tony: - The
> > KNFB READER IS A FABULOUS READING TOOL (Oh just forget who makes it), it
> > makes
> > all print material very accessible to y. The original, which came
> > out several years ago; my husband, who's very skeptical about new
> > tech products, when we went to see the product demo said "remember we're
> > just going to see the hottest new tech gadget; we're absolutely not going
> > to buy one". . . but by the end of the evening when everyone was
> > digging through the hostess freezer to see what it couldn't read, we were
> > all
> > =0 Aquite impressed, my husband even pulled out a old lottery ticket
> > which the
> > knfb reader had no trouble translating. . . well, we walked out of the
> > demo
> > with a purchase order, and haven't regretted it to this day. We now have
> > a knfb mobile which runs on the "N82" nokia phone because the original
> > knofb reader is no longer being upgraded. Its just as great, and
> > much more portable being in a very slim cell phone. Matter-of-fact for
> > Valentine's Day we went to the Embassy Suites Hotel and had a blas
> > that
> > reading every printed item in the suite which usally wasn't accessible to
> > a visually impaired person without asking someone to read. For
> > example there was a real small hang tag on the bathroom door knob which
> > basically told you they practice being "green". . . this meant: use the
> > towel
> > once and hang it up and the maids will leave it to be used again. . . if
> > you
> > wanted a new towel you needed to throw it on the floor in a pile. . . but
> > without this you wouldn't know the hotel's preferences. It was
> > especially cool when I was able to browse through the hotel's notebook of
> > services on the desk and know exactly what we wanted to order
> > off the dinner room service menu, instead of having to call and
> > asking what do you have? Yes, it may seem expensive at first,
> > but it'll be the best money you've ever have spent for your independence;
> > especially if you want to read your mail, travel and wan that to know
> > what
> > everyone else is reading, or want to have access to print material you
> > found impossible unless asking someone to read it to y. The KNFB
> > reader will also read your paper money as well (if its US
> > currencygg. We were so attached to our original KNFB READER
> > that we decided to keep it instead of providing it as a trade-in for a
> > better discount. Yes, the n82 is capable of running GPS SYSTEMS,
> > but we
> > haven't gotten that far yet. I'm still running my Sendero GPS FROM MY
> > braillenote MPower. I have the GPS WaveFinder on my cell phone but
> > do not find it as reliable at least in our area.
> >
> >
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> >
> > Kim Lookingbill
> > kim@xxxxxxxxxxxx (email or MSN
> > Messenger)
> >
> > Blast From The Past
> > Sundays, 16 to 19 UTC
> > http://interactive.acbradio.org
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of tbrowngriffin@xxxxxxx
> > Sent:
> > Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:21 PM
> > To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject:
> > [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to wander
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > great story, what is a KNFB?
> >
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> > thanks
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> > Tony
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alice dampman
> > <alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To:
> > gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent:
> > Sat, 21 Feb 2009 5:01 pm
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: feeling free to
> > wander
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > Mike,
> > What a great story!
> > Do you use the
> > cell phone that the KNFB READER IS ON? What is the
> > provider?
> > Thanks.
> > Alice
> > alicedh@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > -----
> > Original Message ----- From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: =0
> > A "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent:
> > Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:45 AM
> > Subject: [gps-talkusers]
> > feeling free to wander
> >
> > >I have often espoused that the
> > real value of GPS IS NOT ITS ABILITY
> > > to provide a route to a
> > destination but the fact that it allows you
> > > to "get unlost."
> > This means that you can comfortably become lost
> > > because you
> > have the tool to find your way back.
> > >
> > > I am
> > reminded of this tremendous benefit when I am in a completely
> > >
> > unfamiliar situation20and wish to explore. To make the challenge
> > even
> > > greater, put yourself in another country where a
> > different language is > spoken.
> > >
> > > I am in
> > Barcelona Spain, staying in a hotel on a major avenue called
> > >
> > La Rambla. It is fun to stroll up and down but if you want to
> > find
> > > local food for reasonable prices, you need to explore
> > away from La
> > > Rambla. It only takes a few blocks before you
> > leave the wide streets
> > > and find yourself in narrow alleys. It
> > feels like some sort of
> > > Halloween Maize as you meander further
> > and further into the heart of
> > > the old
> > city.
> > >
> > > Thank goodness the new high sensitivity
> > GPS RECEIVERS PICK UP SIGNALS
> > > in these narrow places. You do
> > =2
> > 0 have to pay attention to the data to
> > > make sure the little
> > streets, which are close to each other, don't
> > > get misreported.
> > By double checking the announcement of the street
> > > you are on
> > constantly, you can figure this ou.
> > >
> > > It is
> > amazing that these very small restaurants, shops and bars are
> > >
> > in the GPS DATABASE. The system reports them to you as you go
> > along
> > > including which side of the street they are on. Be ready
> > to duck into
> > > a doorway if a car comes along. There isn't much
> > clearance on some of
> > > these
> > streets.
> > >
> > > Besides using my GPS INFORMATION ON MY
> > search=2 0for a lunch place, I
> > > was sniffing and listening,
> > occasionally ducking into a door only to
> > > decide it didn't
> > sound right, didn't have a good feel. Wonderfully,
> > > smoking
> > laws in Spain have gotten much stricter so you don't have to
> > >
> > worry about that as much as you did a few years
> > ago.
> > >
> > > I heard a couple of British ladies
> > mentioning that they were looking
> > > for a certain restaurant and
> > I offered to help them out. I got them
> > > to the correct street
> > and we found their restaurant. It was too loud
> > > for me so I
> > kept exploring and picked one called Quo Vadis. It is
> > > that
> >
> > last 20 to 50 feet to the destination that is difficult. I
> > knew
> > > I was close and I even knew which side of the street the
> > restaurant
> > > was on. I asked for sighted assistance to find the
> > actual door. They
> > > didn't see it at first but when I insisted
> > that it was close by, they
> > > kep that looking and finally found
> > x.
> > >
> > > The waiter was pretty blown away when I used
> > the KNFB Reader to read
> > > the menu. I was trying to get him to
> > read it to me but he kept asking
> > > what I wanted and he was too
> > busy to take the time to read me the
> > > choices. There was an
> > English and a Spanish section of the menu. If
> > > there had been a
> > WiFi connection, I could have used the KNFB Reader's
> > > abi lity
> > to translate but there wasn't and I was afraid of the
> > > possible
> > cost of using the Internet through my phone
> > provider.
> > >
> > > When I was finished with a leisurely
> > lunch, I set my hotel as my
> > > destination and followed the
> > pedestrian route created on my GPS TO
> > > take me back, quite
> > easy. This was a far cry from the first time I
> > > came to
> > Barcelona in the 80s.
> > > The cool thing is that you don't have to
> > be a super traveler to enjoy
> > > this kind of independence. It is
> > the=2
> > 0combination of tools, which
> > > makes this all come
> > together.
> > >
> > > Now I just have to wait for the late
> > Spanish dinner hour tonight to
> > > go out again for another
> > adventure before heading home tm.
> > >
> > >
> > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Michael G. May
> > >forC 2
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