Lynne, I can personally recommend it for the following reasons:
1. It now has a actual on and off switch, so us blind folk no longer have to guess if the unit is on or off or powered up yet. 2. The unit switches on and off much quicker than before. 3. The unit has much longer battery life. 4. An additional external microphone can be worn so you can hide the unit completely under your clothes. 5. The unit contains text to speech which can be enabled to give blind users even more feedback of what the compilot is doing, i.e. if the battery is getting low, or if it has successfully found other devices, or even read out caller ID from incoming calls. 6. Having a remote built into the unit, also means you can turn the volume up or down of streaming audio too. 7. When using the audio jack, the compilot no longer switches back to normal listening mode if there is a pause of audio for a couple of seconds, this could be quite annoying when using TTS on your computer, as soon as you stopped typing the iCom would switch back and forth. 8. Battery seems much quicker to charge. 9. The unit is much more reliable and has better bluetooth performance. As you can imagine, I am very happy with mine. Chris On 15 May 2012, at 02:24, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Chris > > This is actually Lynne, but I can answer your questions. > > Gordon's unit is now ordered so when it arrives, if he is still home at that > time, he'll do a podcast and add it to the appropriate place. It will be > available in the iTunes Store once added. > > As for the iCom replacement, no; we were advised not to bother by our > audiologist. He said that it's just another iCom with the exception of the > remote control. So it would just be a case of either putting your hand in > your pocket to control the volume levels etc., or putting your hand to your > ear to control it. He said he did not believe it was a significant upgrade > worthwhile spending the money on. > > But now you mention it I'm going to look on the supplier's website and see > what I think. If I think it might benefit him I'll get him one. > > Lynne > > On 14 May 2012, at 16:33, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gordon, > > Yes please, did you ever treat yourself to a Phonak Compilot to replace your > iCom? > > Chris > On 14 May 2012, at 15:35, Gordon Smith wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> I'm going to buy one of these and if anybody is interested I'll do a >> podcast. I'm going to buy it main stream I think because the RNIB doesn't >> give us VAT exemption on this product. So, I'll buy it on the high street >> and then just update the firmware myself. Is there any interest in a >> walk-through podcast of my initial update and setup of the unit? >> >> Gordon >> >> >> ======================================= >> >> The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free >> >> To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web >> pages located at >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at >> either of the following websites: >> >> http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html >> >> Or: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> >> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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