Jude, I don't know what you've heard about mobile speak, but I was a talks user but got the at&t deal with mobile speak on two phones and love it on both the n75 and the pantek duo. I don't hate talks but have been able to do more with these phones than I could with the talks I had.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:07 PM Subject: Re: Q: off the shelf cellphones and the mac I have a Nokia 6620 now and am going to upgrade it at the end of May this year. Two reasons for this. First it's not a 3rd edition phone and talks to work the web browser needs at least a 2nd edition phone. I have the 3rd edition software but don't have the 2nd edition software. The second reason I'm going to upgrade is multimedia or the lack of multimedia. The only thing this phone can play are .ram files and it can't do .pls files or any of the other formats on the web. Not at all helpful for listening to streams or podcasts. The only way I would possibly even touch mobilespeak is if it can do better accessibility than talks 3rd edition software can and I've read writing to the contrary on that count. The phone I now have I'll be giving to a friend after I key in the unlock code so it can hook up to any network in the world since he intends to do overseas travel with it. Other than that, the Nokia 6620 can do email and text messages just fine. I probably ought to look for a phone that can download usenet newsgroups too and handle irc but that might be pushing the envelope a bit too much.
