at last check the conversion was $1.83 u.s. dollars to the u.k. pound ----- Original Message ----- From: "PETE gurney" <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 1:20 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: the maestro > hello all, > > there is an online seminar being held by beyondsight on the 9 june, which= > is mainly about trekker v2 but it will include a segment giving= > information about the up coming maestro PDA. > the space is limited for joining in live, but they are going to record the= > entire seminar and put it up on their site for those who can't join in to= > listen too afterwards. > they are aiming to put the maestro on the market for under 1000 dollars. > this is for the talking PDA with its special housing which will give you a= > braille keyboard, but this is not braille output its speech only. > you can then get the trekker gps system as an add on for the PDA. > the trekker system comes with one map with it for you local state or county= > over here in the UK. > in the UK it takes 11 maps to cover england, scotland, wales and ireland= > and they cost 40 pounds each, but of corse you can buy just the ones you= > need rather than all of them to cut down on cost. > so i believe that in the UK after converting the prices to pounds it will= > be possible to buy the maestro plus the trekker add on with the maps for= > the whole of great britain if you want them for under 2000 pounds. > the maestro has both blue tooth and wifi capability, and there are going to= > be optional perpherals available such as blue tooth keyboard for use= > indoors, blue tooth headset and they are looking into having a blue tooth= > gps receiver so you wont need any wires connected. > > pete. > > > >