Just want to set the record straight. Not that I care about Mobile SPeak, but you no longer have to pay a transfer fee. You can move the license from one phone to another via the setup program. On Jul 19, 2009, at 6:33 AM, patrickneazer wrote:
> Hello Simon and all: > > One question you might want to consider is the issue of > expandability. I am a user of a nokia 6650 with Mobile Speak and I > love it. However, the number of applications that will work with it > is not as robust as the Iphone. Second, while both my Mobile Speak > and voiceover upgrades are free, the method of upgrading is quite > different. I do not know about talks because I have never used it. > However, if it is anything like Mobile Speak I cannot upgrade it > independently. The only reason I make a point of this is the ability > of being able to keep up with the latest updates to a system rather > than being one step behind. Furthermore, does it make sense to have > to pay a transfer cost if you either lose your phone or decide you > want or need a new one. In the case of Mobile Speak, if you change > phones for whatever reason there is a transfer cost. I do not know > how it works with Talks. If I want another Iphone I just get another > Iphone without incurring any additional costs for things beyond my > control which may have resulted in the phone's loss or just for the > freedom of wanting something different. > > There are a few more reasons I can mention though I will point out > only one more ... with this arrangement of the Iphone and AT&T, the > entire customer service flow is for the first time under one roof. > If I have a problem with the Iphone I am able to take it to AT&T and > they can be of assistance without necessarily farming it out to > someone else and if they do farm it out to someone else ... that > would be Apple and they would know that I am on the way (smile). > With Mobile Speak it could be a mobile speak issue which I would > have to go to Code Factory, it could be a phone problem where Nokia > would have to be called in, it could be a billing problem where the > Phone company would have to be tapped and, if I had a problem with > the actual purchase of Mobile Speak and I did not purchase it from > Code Factory I then would have to deal with AT&T's office of > national disability concerns which is a completely separate > operation from AT&T. I like the one umbrella that the Iphone has the > potential to provide. I have both and love both and see the > advantages to each. > > Just my two cents contributed to the discussion. No matter what your > final conclusion, it will be a good one. > > Take good care. > On Jul 19, 2009, at 4:35 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > >> >> Yeah, I had a sit down and play with the I phone for about an hour >> today and >> I gotta admit, the biggest problem is familiarity. >> I'm so use to the Nokia and talks interface that the IPhones system >> is not >> as efficient yet as I would have hoped. >> >> However I gotta admit that I am thinking of reasons why I shouldn't >> change >> to one at this point, and the only reason so far is that my n82 does >> everything that the iphone does and that I need it to. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kaare dehard >> Sent: Sunday, 19 July 2009 7:29 a.m. >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: IPhone accessibility >> >> >> Honestly given what I have heard/read, because this interface is so >> very different from what we have grown accustomed to, it's probably >> tough to get fixed on it right away. it's probably a let's forget >> about the old wisdom or at least set it aside while looking in to >> this >> and start from the ground. So, in a nutshell this is more like a slow >> growth to understanding product rather than something that can be >> quickly affixed. >> On 18-Jul-09, at 7:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> Just wondering how many of you that are now using the Ipone 3gs, are >>> totally blind rather than the partially / Visually impaired users. >>> >>> The device to me sounds more like it's for a VI person than a >>> totally blind >>> person. >>> >>> I'm total and I'm trying to compare this for useage / accessibility >>> against >>> my Nokia s60 device. >>> And as I've only had a very quick play with the IPhone 3gs I can't >>> say I'm >>> fixed on it yet. >>> And I'm keen to hear how the totally blind users are getting on with >>> it. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Simonf. >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Take good care and I wish you enough. > > Love > > Me > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
