You must be rather patient. Writing via what amounts to text messaging would make me a bit crazier than I am now, grin. Of course, I don't have a cell phone and haven't really done text messaging, but when I did have an Icon to use for several weeks; it got really old fast. I'm glad some people can use it effectively. That provides all that much more flexibility with these units. Enjoy, Richard -----Original Message----- From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:11 AM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Icon vs. Braille Plus I use the icon and don't use an external keyboard to write. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:08 AM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Icon vs. Braille Plus The Braille Plus because I don't need an external keyboard to write on it. _____ From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:51 PM To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [icon-discuss] Icon vs. Braille Plus I know I've brought this topic up before, so I apologize for bringing it up again, but this is actually a different question. The question this time is this: For those of you who have literally sat down and spent time with both devices, what was your choice of device and why? _____ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i <http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_%20MakeCoun t> 'm Initiative from Microsoft. Icon Discuss Mailing List icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/icon-discuss To unsubscribe from the list send a blank message with unsubscribe in the subject line to: icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To post to this list, send your message to: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and Braille +, Visit the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages: Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php Visit the APH FAQ page at http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html Icon Discuss Mailing List icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx //www.freelists.org/list/icon-discuss To unsubscribe from the list send a blank message with unsubscribe in the subject line to: icon-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To post to this list, send your message to: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and Braille +, Visit the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages: Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php Visit the APH FAQ page at http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html