Yes I think N96 is excellent. What I also like about it is that I have some vision and though I cannot read the text, I can set to have white text on black background and then my highlight bar can be one of a few different colours, blue, yellow or magenta.
Eleanor----- Original Message ----- From: "ali kazi" <prince_ali@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:49 PM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: buying a new phone
That's interesting. I was searching for phones online, and the only decent phone without a qwerty keyboard or a touchscreen I could find was the N96. It has 16gb of internal memory and wifi and all the awesome stuff. I miss my E66, brilliant phone. Too bad it got stolen. On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 11:52:38 +0100, "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:Elinor, why would there be updates to a phone that was discontinued years ago, that phone has to be at least 4 years old now. although not old to you and I, it is a dinosaur in terms of technology. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - service@xxxxxxxxxxx Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 3 Jun 2011, at 09:00, Eleanor Burke wrote: I have an N96 which I love. However, Neil's comment is interesting as I find that there do not appear to be recent firmware updates. Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [talks-uk] Re: buying a new phone Ali, the N96 is much older than the devices I mentioned, and you've got very little chance of getting an N96 these days. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - service@xxxxxxxxxxx Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 3 Jun 2011, at 02:19, ali kazi wrote: Neil, Isn't the N96 just as good as the phones you mentioned? Seriously, the letters and numbers just confuse me, I have absolutely no idea which series comes first. There is no chronology, my e66 is better than my n70 but the n95/6 seem to be better than the E66. Ali On Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:35:58 +0100, "Neil Barnfather - TalkNav" <forums@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > the E5 has WiFi the C5 does not. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - service@xxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 1 Jun 2011, at 18:48, Mike Cassidy wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > Which of your listed phones has wi-fi? > > Thanks and regards, > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > Sent: 31 May 2011 20:35 > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: buying a new phone > > Graham, > > touch devices are not necessarily cheaper to make, its been a good few > years> now since I was in the phone building business, but have to believe > that> a> touch sensitive display module costs at least double to triple the > costs> of > a button based module. >> Nokia still make the following exclusively button devices, the Nokia > C5,> E5, > N86 and E72 / E73. > > you can also go for a half way house with something like the N97 / N97 > Mini, > C6, E7 for totally brand new and more besides. > > Anyone with an existing TAlks license should really consider these > devices > over the purely touch devices from Apple and Google until accessibility > in > the form of Talks and Mobile Speak has truly made it to these devices. > > a good high end Nokia, like those outlined above I'd expect to last you > at > least 2 years, if not a little longer. >> with regards to the iPod Touch not having the network data function, > this> is > the only reason I have an iPhone rather than an iPod Touch, but being> honest, what I should have done is bought the iPod Touch and then > simply> enabled the sharing of my WiFi on my Nokia, which costs no more at all, > unlike the expensive business of tethering with an iPHone etc, and then > just > bought something like Joiku so that my iPod Touch could get data. > > this is my current recommendation to people, keep a Nokia for Talks and > then > get an iPod Touch / iPad for consumption. > > don't forget you can always get data products on your Nokia like e-mail > etc. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - service@xxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 31 May 2011, at 08:13, Graham Page wrote: > > Hi Neil. > > I agree with what you say entirely, though if you go for an IPod you > will> not of course be able to access much while you are out and about. In > the> UK > at least, wifi connectivity is patchy to say the least! > > Bringing things back more on topic, My big question is what non-touch > screen > devices are still available for use with TALKS? Is it really worth > anyone > investing in Talks at the moment if new devices are likely to dry up in > the> next few months. There are of course low end devices from companies > like> Nokia that do as much as most people would want to do but they cannot > run > TALKS. The truth is that manufacturers are bullying society into > believing > that touch screen is always better since touch screen devices are much > cheaper to make. > > Regards > > Graham > Graham Page > Mobile: 07753 607980 > Fax: 0870 706 2773 > Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx > Skype: gabriel_mcbird > > -----Original Message----- > From: talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:talks-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > Sent: 30 May 2011 22:31 > To: talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [talks-uk] Re: buying a new phone > > Paul, > > firstly, :) grin, this is a Talks list, and as such, not really tasked > with > helping you choose between a Talks powered device and a none Talks > device. >> however, since this is a highly covered topic right now here's a view > for> you. >> The iPhone is a very good consumption product, that is to say, if you > are> accessing info from it then it is excellent. however, if your objective > is > to input into it, then it starts undoing at the scenes. > > let me explain some more, the iPhone is very well adapted for our needs > when > you consider accessing apps, reading web pages, reading e-mail, reading > text > messages, checking the weather or listening to music / pod casts. >> where it falls down is the reverse of this, i.e. you inputting data > back> into it, in these instances it is slow, cumber sum and irritating. > > this is not an exclusive issue to iPhone, but in fact almost any touch > only > device. so notably though since we're on the Apple cart, so to speak, > iPad > and iPod Touch etc. >> My advice would be this, consider your phone call and SMS text > messaging> one> issue, and your other mobile needs another. a touch only device is > never> going to be that great as a device for making and receiving calls and > typing > out SMS messages... its just not, and yes, sure some folk will say that > you > can cart about blue tooth keyboards etc, but its just adding complexity > and> weight to a solution, when something perfectly good without those > issues> already exists. >> Now for your music playing, podcast listening, possibly internet > surfing,> depending on what you do online, i.e. surfing to read, or inputting to, > and > app usage, these are things that the iOS Apple devices do well. > > My personal recommendation would be an iPod Touch, basically an iPhone > without the phone, you can install Skype etc onto it, making it into a > phone > should you wish to, but principally it is cheaper, no rental and will > give> you all the advantages of this type of device... but will not > compromise> your phone call / texting ability. > > I hope that this helps in some way. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - service@xxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 30 May 2011, at 22:19, Paul Roberts wrote: > > Hi all, > > Whilst I am generally happy with my E51, which I have had since june > 2009, I > > feel I would like to upgrade to something which I may find is easier to > navigate round the internet. >> I either want something like an E71, whith it's very wel defined > keyborad> or, I may be brave and go for an Apple Iphone. > > regarding the latter, I was told by someone on Saturday night that I > could> get one of these from a Vodafone store but is this the case as I > wouldn't> have thought so. > > I am on a contract and may visit the store tomorrow afternoon. >> I did have a go with an Iphone on saturday night, although I feel I > could> do > > with more time to play with one, before deciding whether or not to buy > one. > > Any thoughts and suggestions on the above would be most welcome. > > Regards > > paul. > > > > > > > > > > > -- ali kazi prince_ali@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class-- ali kazi prince_ali@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow
