Mat,
You are right, the strip I referred to is on the E75 and
not the N97.
The build quality on the N97 is very good, but no less or
more though than the N86.
Re iPhone, I think is is a general acceptance that for
sighted blind folk, that are able to see the screen to an
extent, are able to use it far more so than totals.
Re cost saving, that is a relative term, on O2 the iPhone
is in excess of £450 or so, yet on contract with O2 you
can get an N86 for £50, and Talks full license for £150.
This puts the Nokia and Talks combo £250 cheaper...
Just a thought for you, and of course if the new phone
was your second or beyond Talks phone then the saving is
even more.
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-----Original Message-----
From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt
Brown
Sent: 25 September 2009 13:22
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
Hi Neil, the build quality is amazing, the memory is
unbelievable, I thought
the keypad was nice but I think the strange metal strip
you're referring to is actually on the new E75 not the
N97. I looked at both phones and hated that too.
I have heard that the N86 actually has a built in screen
reader though? that
might be interesting...
(Next paragraph refers to IPhone for those of you who
don't want to read anything other than Talks and Nokia
stuff):
To be honest, I personally would jump the Nokia ship and
switch to IPhone 3GS immediately if they'd only sort the
battery life and Bluetooth issues out, that phone is
really amazing! I love the accessibility features they've
built in, especially as I do have some small amount of
vision so a combination of the speech and the amazingly
bright clear screen on the IPhone means its pretty
accessible for me. I can for instance, see each icon
on the home screen, enough to position my finger
accurately on the third from the left for example. So the
speech would help me learn that the third from the left
is calendar say, then as I got better I'd just
automatically tap the third from the left, using my eyes
to locate its general position and the speech to confirm
I've tapped the right one.
I believe the N97's screen is using the same screen
technology as IPhone so the display can be set up to look
as bright and clear which would benefit me
no end!
Standing in carphone Warehouse the other day, I went from
never holding an IPhone before to sending a text message
using the touch screen in less than 5 minutes! And all
that accessibility is built in and ready to go at no
extra cost! It also gets upgraded every time there's a
software update, also
at no extra cost!
Now I'm certainly not a Mac computer user and think Jaws
and Windows offers us the very best solution, but I
really think the IPhone may be to handheld coms devices
what Windows on a PC is to computing.
Matt
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From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 12:55 PM
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
> Hi Eleanor,
>
> No, it is a slide phone with a standard keypad with
> nice buttons. QWERTY is
> awful in my view and I wouldn't touch it on phones.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Eleanor Burke
> Sent: Friday 25 September 2009 12:46
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
>
> How much is the N86? Does it have a qwerty keypad?
>
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jackie Cairns"
> <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:45 AM
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
>
>
> Hi Steve
>
> So you've got the N86? What do you love about it, and
> how do you think it compares to the N82 and N79?
> Really interested in what you have to say.
>
>
> Jackie Cairns
> Braille Specialist
> Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sight and Sound Technology Ltd
> Welton House North Wing
> Summerhouse Road
> Moulton Park
> Northampton
> NN3 6WD
> Tel: 01604 798024
> Mob: 07887 883815
> www.sightandsound.co.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Steve Nutt
> Sent: 25 September 2009 11:20
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Any more news...
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> No news yet. But I love my N86.
>
> All the best
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Matt Brown
> Sent: Friday 25 September 2009 11:08
> To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [talks-uk] Any more news...
>
> Hi, is there any more news about N97 and Talks? I'm
> getting to a point where
>
> I really have to make a decision, N86 or N97! I don't
> want to be
> lumbered with an N97 if speech is months and months
> away if it comes at all, but of the 2 handsets it has
> the feature set I'm looking for! Apart from the 8 MP
> camera the N86 doesn't look a whole lot more powerful
> than the N82 in reality, whereas the N97 is massivo!
>
> Matt
>
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