RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-09 Thread Rose Combs
. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 3:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: getting the most out of Blind square Hi, If you have the phone in your pocket, you should have

Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-06 Thread RobH!
. - Original Message - From: Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 2:08 AM Subject: RE: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square Hi Teresa, Voice Compass in fact uses the built-in compass, but I prefer it for quick

getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi folks. I'm planning on sometime in the future taking the Blindsquare app for a spin to see if we can be friends. Now i want to know a little about positioning of the phone which seems to be quite important in order to get the best info out of Blindsquare. I usually have my phone in a pocket

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Subject: getting the most out of Blind square Hi folks. I'm planning on sometime in the future taking the Blindsquare app for a spin to see if we can be friends. Now i want to know a little about positioning of the phone which seems to be quite important in order to get the best info out of Blindsquare

Re: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Penny Golden
@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 7:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: getting the most out of Blind square Hi folks. I'm planning on sometime in the future taking the Blindsquare app for a spin to see if we can be friends

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Penny Golden Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 7:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting the most out of Blind square And does it matter which way the home button is pointing? Please, I'm not being facetious. On 8/5/2013 9:28 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Alan Lemly
Of Penny Golden Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 9:57 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: getting the most out of Blind square And does it matter which way the home button is pointing? Please, I'm not being facetious. On 8/5/2013 9:28 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: Hi Krister, To get

Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hello Penny, Krister and List, OK, so I just did some experimenting with the compass and how you can hold your phone to get the correct reading. If I want directions I actually use an app called Voice Compass rather than the stock Compass app. Voice Compass has it's own male voice which is of

Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Penny Golden
You know, I thought that Blind Square was 15 dollars. I find it's 23 or perhaps 24. Perhaps one day it will go back on sale and then I'll try to get it. I can afford it, but I just don't do enough traveling to make it a necessity; it would be fun to play with; so I'll wait to perhaps a sale.

Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Richard Turner
note, that if you have an iPhone five, the earphone is at the same end as the charging port. So, in Sieghard's excellent description, replace power button with earphone jack and it makes perfect sense. Richard (Sent from Richard's iPod Touch 5th gen) On Aug 5, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Sieghard Weitzel

RE: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
, 2013 9:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square note, that if you have an iPhone five, the earphone is at the same end as the charging port. So, in Sieghard's excellent description, replace power button with earphone jack

Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Teresa Christian
it escaped me, thanks for mentioning it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 9:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Paul and Paula Jordan
, August 05, 2013 11:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: getting the most out of Blind square Hi Penny, Yes, it does matter because BlindSquare also uses the compass to indicate where a particular point of interest is and the compass works in such a way that the top of the phone is North

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Brett
the way you're travelling. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013 1:37 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: getting the most out of Blind square I'm curious about

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Brett
@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2013 12:08 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: getting the most out of Blind square Hi folks. I'm planning on sometime in the future taking the Blindsquare app for a spin to see if we can

RE: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Lois Butterfield
There is also an excellent podcast on applevis. Lois -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brett Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 6:23 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: getting the most out of Blind square Hi, All

RE: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square

2013-08-05 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
] On Behalf Of Teresa Christian Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 10:47 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Compass directions 101, was: getting the most out of Blind square A compass comes on the iPhone and seems pretty good although I haven't used it a ton. Is this voice compass app better