[talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

  • From: "Saqib" <Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:29:08 -0000

MessageHi no I went to my local mainstreem school in Middlesbrough. I got the 
MP3 player sussed out so I'll be giving it a go tomorrow. I just did a test 
run. 
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From: Darren Harris 
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:07 PM
To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


i only know him over emails. hey did you by chance go to linden lodge school?
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  From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Saqib
  Sent: 21 March 2010 12:05
  To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


  Yes he has both. You may know him. His name is Scott C. 
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  From: Darren Harris 
  Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:48 AM
  To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


  hi,

  is this friend a wfa user as well? if so can he make a good comparison 
between the 2?
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    From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Saqib
    Sent: 21 March 2010 11:22
    To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


    Hi Darren. A friend of mine has trialed this Capten device and he tells me 
that it works very well and he can't figgure out why it's received negative 
reviews.  
    My Twitter page is www.twitter.com/saqib1975
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    From: Darren Harris 
    Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 10:59 AM
    To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


    hi,

    well as much as i want to see the WFA petition get somewhere and 
posatively, it is a great product no matter how much people have spent on it, 
it would be a shame to see it fall like this. equally, i also have to think 
about this from my personal perspective as well. i am a gps user and as such 
i'm not going to go without a gps. equally i'm not prepared to pay the stupid 
prices demanded by the blindness world either. certainly not before i've looked 
at the alternatives. right now as it stands i have time to look around as has 
already been mentioned, we aren't going to lose wfa until sometime next year. 
so really people we shouldn't be idle on this either. be active when it comes 
to the petition yes and spread the word but equally don't rely on it as a form 
of rescue either because that may not happen at all with all the will in the 
world. sorry but i'm just being realistic here.

    i've been reading up on other gps devices including the kapten from kapsys. 
now before everybody jumps on the band waggan by saying this has already been 
reviewed by mike may, well here's the point. he's not going to review it 
posatively is he. for the simple reason that he has his own company to think 
about so he's hardly likely to review it in a fair manner. think about it, he's 
not likely to say that this is a wonderful device and that everybody should go 
and purchase it when he's got the likes of the trekker to think about. 
considering that the trekker is almost 10 times as expensive as the kapten is 
he's going to try playing it down. so am going to get a propper look at it 
myself. which as we speak i'm trying to organize this with my local adaptive 
tech stockest who happens to sell it and who isn't too far from me either.

    having been a power user of WFA for almost 2 years, i have a good idea as 
to what i myself need from a gps unit so i can make a good comparison between 
the 2. the thing with the kapten is that it's been designed from the ground up 
to be usable without a screen. which perfectly falls right within our level of 
requirement. whether this be by accident or design doesn't matter the simple 
fact is that it does. so my thinking here is that really people shouldn't be 
taking the word of 1 man as absolute especially when said individual has his 
own business interests to mind.
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      From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hussein Patwa
      Sent: 21 March 2010 10:40
      To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description


      Hi,

       

      Very well put Ibrahim.  Now that the news is known, it is time to look at 
what to do about it constructively and then look to the future.  At the end of 
the day though, I believe this has to be the choice for the individual.  Some 
may feel it's not worth the hassle, but I would advocate that if one doesn't 
try, one would never know.

       

      I'd just like to see the dealer's response to your comments.  Obviously 
this will have an economic impact on them, so one could ask whether or not they 
themselves would be considering an action against Wayfinder.  It would depend 
if they knowingly sold the licenses on knowing that their 'shelf life' as you 
put it would be severely degraded.  The fact that maps will be available for a 
time to come is largely irrelevant.  It's either the whole pie or none at all.

       

      _______________________________________

      Have a pleasant day,

       

      Kind Regards and Best Wishes,

       

      Hussein.

       

      Hussein Patwa

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      From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu
      Sent: 21 March 2010 09:56
      To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

       

      Hi.

       

      I'd just like to add that it might be possible for those who bought the 
product very recently to get a refund of their money or a significant portion 
of their money back.  If the product was purchased before the announcement of 
its discontinuation was made public, it might be possible to argue that the 
lifetime part of the contract can not be honoured.  Furthermore, wayfinder 
themselves stopped selling licenses for their entire product line late last 
year anticipating this change, there by significantly undervalueing the access 
licenses that distributors may have in ready stock.  Distributors should be 
thinking about compensating those customers who weren't aware that they were 
purchasing a product which as it turns out has a very limited shelf life and to 
which the customer would have had no knowledge of this before purchase.

       

      All the best, Ibrahim.

        ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: Hussein Patwa 

        To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 9:32 AM

        Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

         

        Hi,

         

        Whereas I completely understand where those of you that lost money are 
coming from, this is a simple question of economics from the company's 
perspective.  It's just not viable to trade in an arena with such a relatively 
small consumer base and where price sensitivity is high.  On the plus side, 
this is an area that is becoming of growing interest to all consumers, and by 
that very nature will encourage innovation and change.  Therefore, whereas it's 
true that many products are not totally accessible to the visually impaired by 
design at present, this is likely to change as the withdrawal of WFA will if 
anything spur creativity and drive to 'fill the void' if you will.

         

        Sorry, I'm not trying to fling aside the concerns over financial loss 
suffered by existing customers, but I just wish people would look at the 
situation  from both sides of the fence.  This is actually a positive 
development if you take the time to look outside the box.

         

        OK, that's my business insight shared for the day.    

         

        _______________________________________

        Have a pleasant day,

         

        Kind Regards and Best Wishes,

         

        Hussein.

         

        Hussein Patwa

        Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK)

        Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954  (SIP)

        Twitter: www.twitter.com/hussein_patwa

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        From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Cutress
        Sent: 20 March 2010 21:08
        To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

         

        that's all very well, but some of us like me, for example have only had 
my WFA licence for about 2 months!, so when the product is discontinued, what 
about all the money we have wasted! £240.00 is a lot of money just to thro 
away, are many people more to the point going to be able to trust the market in 
quite the same way? I ask you?, and how can we go main stream, when talks 
doesn't work with the alternatives.

          ----- Original Message ----- 

          From: Saqib 

          To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

          Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:01 PM

          Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

           

          Hi Darren. Quite a number of us have not only considered it as an 
alternative. We are already using it with great success. Although I feel for 
the loss of WFA and can sympothise with other people I feel its time for us to 
go mainstreem. I haven't had the WFA product but I've had the opportunity to 
trial the software. I can understand how much info will be taken away from the 
user when the product finally is discontinued and that is where my sympothy 
lies as using another product like Ovi Maps will feel like making the best of a 
bad job with very little tools. Having said all this it's time to explore the 
market and embrace new products and ideas.  

          My Twitter page is www.twitter.com/saqib1975
          MSN Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx 

           

          From: Darren Harris 

          Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:37 AM

          To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

          Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

           

          it's great reading about all of this but is it realistically 
accessible? i mean is it something that we can viably consider as an 
alternative? 

            -----Original Message-----
            From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Gucukoglu
            Sent: 19 March 2010 20:48
            To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
            Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

            Hi Hussein and Saqib.

             

            Would it be possible to use the talks icon labeller to label these 
icons?

             

            All the best, Ibrahim.

              ----- Original Message ----- 

              From: Hussein Patwa 

              To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

              Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 8:26 PM

              Subject: [talks-uk] Re: Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface 
description

               

              Hi,

               

              Thank you very much for doing this.  This will be of great use to 
a lot of people I'm sure.  Actually it ties in to an idea I have been sitting 
on for some time which I will write you about off list.

               

              Best,

               

              _______________________________________

              Have a pleasant day,

               

              Kind Regards and Best Wishes,

               

              Hussein.

               

              Hussein Patwa

              Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK)

              Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954  (SIP)

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              From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Saqib
              Sent: 19 March 2010 17:56
              To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
              Subject: [talks-uk] Nokia Ovi Maps3.3 full interface description

               

              Nokia Ovi Maps 3.3 main menu description. 

               

              This description is for the new Nokia Maps 3.3 main menu 
interface. 

               

              Usually when you open the application you are greted with the 
main menu which consists of 10 icons. There are two rows of 4 icons which are 
displayed on the screen and a further 2 which can be seen at the bottom left of 
the screen. The display almost looks like a 4-4-2 formation. For those who 
follow football will know what I'm relating to. 

               

              When you first open the Ovi Maps 3.3 app the drive icon is 
highlighted. The drive icon is located on the left of the screen, second one 
down from the top left icon. If you select this drive icon you will be 
presented with a further 3 icons. The highlighter will be on the first of the 3 
icons presented which is on the left of the other two icons. The first icon is 
called drive home in this submenu. Selecting this will prompt the app to start 
navigation to your home location. 

               

              The second icon in this sub menu is called Set Destination. 
Pressing select on this will bring up a accessible menu where you can select an 
option of your choice. These choices consist of History, Favourites, Search and 
finally From Map. The From Map is the 4th option. 

               

              The third and final icon from this Drive submenu is called Map. 
If you select this you will be shown a Map view of your current location. From 
this Map you can press select and you will then be presented with a accessible 
menu. The first of these options is Show Details.This will give you further 
information in text so You will know exactly where you are currently standing. 
For example a name of the road and the number of the property in which you may 
be standing by. Second option is Share location. Third option is Save Place. 
4th option is Send. I have now covered the drive section of Ovi Maps 3.3.

               

               

              My Position Icon

              From the main icon screen remember when I pointed out that the 
highlighter is stationed on the Drive icon in which I have described in detail 
above. Above this icon is the My position icon which is situated on the top 
left of the screen. It's the first icon in the first row of icons. To get to 
this you just arrow up once from the Drive icon. With in this map view you can 
hit select to bring up an accessible menu. These consist of Show Details,Share 
Location, Save Place and the final option in the list is Send. 

               

              Find Places 

              The Find Places icon is the second icon in from the top left next 
to the My Position Icon. Pressing select on this will bring up a search box. 
Once you type in your search you should be presented with a result of your 
search.

               

              Share Location 

              The Share Location Icon is the third icon in the top ro after the 
Find Places icon. You will have to create a Nokia account to take advantage of 
this feature. 

               

              Favourites 

              The Favourites Icon is the 4th and last icon in the top row. This 
is on the right of the Share Location icon. Pressing select on this will bring 
up the Favourites menu. The options here are Sincronise with Ovi, Places, Routs 
and Create New Collection. 

               

              Second row of 4 icons description 

              The First option in  this row  of icons is the Drive option. I 
have covered this earlier on in this document. 

               

              Walk

              The Walk option resides next door to the Drive icon. Selecting 
this option will bring up a submenu of three icons. The first icon is Walk 
Home. This will trigger the navigation mode and you will be ready to outtake 
your journey on foot. Icon 2 is the Set Destination option. From heare you can 
select an address from a previous history or favourites. There are also options 
to search or select from map. As the map it self is inaccessible I think this 
option is not applicable for the VI user. The final option in the Walk submenu 
is help. Sadly this is also inaccessible.

               

              Weather 

              The Weather icon is the third icon in the second row and this is 
inaccessible.

               

              Events

              The Events Icon is the final icon in the second row of four. This 
feature is also inacfcessible.

               

              Third row of 2 icons

              The third row which is the bottom row has two icons. Both are 
inaccessible. The first is called Loanly Plannet and the neighbouring icon is 
called Michelin. 

               

              I hope this description is a help to those who are using the 
application. 

                       

                



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