I realize this is off topic, but I'd be curious in speaking to the CNIB even though I live in the us. Seems no one can tell me much about what is available on these phones. Now I'll tell you another candidate would be the LG Fusic or its other name is the LG 5500 which is a Sprint phone on the CDMA network. Its pretty advanced, but from what playing I've done with the LG and the Samsung, the only real major problem is when your entering text, you get no audible feedback on either phone. I will say on the LG you can set even stuff like the alarm and you can work through the adding of contact info, but the Samsung seemed to be a much greater problem since during the adding process I couldn't find a way to get any real verbal feedback. Others might know the screts and I've only had the LG for a few days, but it has its own issues. Seems if you want full access to all phone capabilities, you are forced to go with a GSM carrier and something like Mobile Speak or Talx.
Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 21, 2006, at 6:28 AM, Jay wrote: > Hi Dale and thanks for this info on the phone. The deal that the > CNIB has > put together with Bell Mobility is that you will get the Samsung > A640 phone > with all it's text to speech features activated for free if you > sign up > under a 3 year corporate plan which gives you 240 minutes a month > of day > time calling and free unlimited eve and weekend calling. It will > only cost > you about 29 bucks a month in the > End but, I have heard that some of the other samsung phones such as > the 900 > and the 920 are better phones and in all my internet searching, I > can't find > anything on the text to speech function of this phone even though > the CNIB > and Bell both say that it is there. > > Jay > > Email/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSN Messenger/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype/jay.phinnemore > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dale Leavens > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Off topic/ Samsung A640 > > I don't remember seeing that message but I do have an URL with some > information not blind specific. > > Try this: > > http://www.comparecellular.com/compare_phones_details.asp? > l=&c=17&PhoneID=51 > 9 > > Hope this is helpful. > > What deal is CNIB offering? I had not heard anything but it doesn't > look > like I care much either. > > Thanks. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 6:49 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Off topic/ Samsung A640 > > > Hi all. A week or so ago someone on this list bought a Samsung > A640 cell > > phone with text to speech. I was wondering if they could contact > me off > > list > > at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and let me know how that phone is working out > for > > them. > > The CNIB and Bell Canada has a plan put together up here that is > making > > that > > phone the one to get and easy for us to get as well. 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