[mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS

  • From: "John Heim" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 08:16:43 -0500

Nice job of highjacking the thread, Sarah.

Look, if you don't have anything to say about my idea, please either press the delete key or start another thread.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:03 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS


lol. I forward my calls or go in to air plain mode and only turn bt on. then I have over 400 hours of stand by on my iphone and I've used it like this for days.

Take care all.
On May 24, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote:

I use my ipod touch all the time, to save my phone's battery life, or to do things without being disturbed by a phone call or text.

On May 24, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

A blog article I have since lost. and it makes sence. We dont' really use our ipods anymore. Everyone now uses eather an iphone or an ipad. Well, in that case you can maybe ask that a gps blootooth receiver be in the ipads since they can I guess be used for that as well. Mount yoru ipad to the dash of your car and away you go.
On May 24, 2012, at 6:07 AM, John Heim wrote:

Where did you get that from?


----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:58 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS


I thought they were slowly getting rid of the ipod models. If that's the case then your point is now moot.

Take care.
On May 23, 2012, at 2:00 PM, John Heim wrote:

Well, its not directly an accessibility issue -- unless you include cost as part of accessibility. If they included a GPS bluetooth stack in IOS, it would bring down the cost of a talking GPS by more than half. A Trekker or an iPhone (including the boice phone plan) is going to cost you $600 - $700. An iPod Touch is only $200.

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hilbert Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:53 PM
Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: IOS and Bluetooth GPS


I think it is not an accessibility issue but a good idea for them to do it or for someone to find a way to use the current bt module in ios for this purpose. After all, if it can be used for headphones and keyboards, why not gps receivers.

I wonder if a gps receiver could be designed with an app which had the support for it.

On May 23, 2012, at 1:55 PM, John Heim wrote:

All,

I think we should politely ask Apple to include a bluetooth GPS stack in IOS. If you could pair a bluetooth GPS with an iPod, you could get a talking GPS for under $200. That's cheaper even than the Kapten Plus used to be.

I think we should all email accessibility@xxxxxxxxx to suggest this. What do you think?

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