I still have, and use my Trekker Maestro. I lost the Royaltek receiver in a cab last New Year's Eve, but replaced it with an Iblue 886 and it is still dynamite. Andy
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Les Kriegler Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 8:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mark On iPhone On Trekker Breeze Hi Steve, It's possible that you got one of the older Trekker units. With those units, it took several minutes to acquire a signal. About 2 or 3 years ago, a more modern unit was released, and now satellite acquisition is much faster. This is the main reason I ultimately decided to purchase a Breeze late last year, as previously, I found the time it took to acquire a GPS fix to be too long. In most cases, acquisition happens within a minute. Also, the acquisition seems to be retained for a couple of hours after initial acquisition. What that means is if you turn off your unit, and then power it on within a couple of hours acquisition occurs immediately. ]Les On May 8, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Steve Robertson wrote: > I purchased a breeze second hand. I really like it, except for the fact that it seems to take forever to obtain satellite service. > > Steve > > Original message: >> Thank you for the very kind and gracious reply, James. > >> I can only speak for the Breeze as it functions today but I can tell >> you that, as a beta tester for both Geo and the original Trekker, the >> feature set is virtually identical to Geo and is definitely >> blind-friendly travel-centric. > >> Having both the user guide and audio tutorial on my iPhone has made >> learning the Breeze convenient, fast, and fun. > >> Mark > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of James Mannion >> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 4:58 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Mark On iPhone On Trekker Breeze > >> Hi Mark, >> That is an interesting post and an entertaining read. Thanks for posting it. >> Personally I only consider the announcing of cross streats to be a >> nice to have and it would be a really nice to have, but it does not >> fit in the deal breaker catagory for me and I have been pretty happy >> with the IOS GPS offerings. Although my only blindness specialty GPS >> solution that I used at times in 2008 after receiving it was the >> Sendero ported to the VoiceSense. I kind of lost interest in it as it >> took so long to process anything and lost signal often with the >> receiver I had with it and fell behind quickly and never caught up on >> the Sendero upgrade path. I had always heard that the Breeze didn't >> really have the feature set for anyone so much of a power user as to >> have much interest in technology and was very simplified for those >> that did not want to have to be bothered with the technology. There >> is a place for that of course. Maybe it has evolved since then and >> has a nice feature set. All of this is very much up to someone's personal preferences what they want and like and works for them. > >> On 5/7/12, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >>> Hello Everyone, > >>> In 2005 I purchased my first GPS solution; it was the >>> Trekker/Maestro Del 51 PDA from HumanWare. If memory serves, among >>> other difficulties, the PDA did not have an Off button. When not in >>> use, it had to be plugged into a charger to prevent power loss. Be >>> that as it may, it was the most amazing piece of technology I had experienced. > >>> Back in those days, I was using a Motorola TimePort which was an >>> upgrade to the Star Trek Motorola phone. Of course, these phones >>> had virtually no accessibility but, still they were usable. > >>> Sometime in 2007/2008 I switched to my first Windows Mobile phone. >>> That was to be the beginning of a lot of changes in my life not the >>> least of which was my subsequent association with Code Factory. > >>> Enter Mobile Geo; this onboard GPS software solution put the power >>> of true independent GPS navigation for the blind and low vision on a >>> cell >> phone. >>> So, I put away my then outdated Trekker/Maestro PDA. > >>> Then, of course, came yet another game changer; the iPhone. > >>> For whatever reason I thought that either Code Factory's Mobile Geo >>> or Humanware's Trekker would find its way to iOS. This, obviously, >>> did not happen. > >>> As a result, since iPhone 3GS, I have purchased virtually every iOS >>> GPS navigation software app in hopes of bringing the power of Geo or >>> Trekker to a single mobile device. I shutter to think of all the >>> money I have spent on this endeavor (smile). > >>> As far as off-the-shelf iOS GPS navigation solutions are concerned, >>> I hold that A T & T Wireless Navigator is the most accurate and >>> easy-to-use app on the market. Recently, they added the ability to >>> download the maps to your phone so you can now travel without >>> benefit of a active satellite connection. I believe that the >>> monthly cost for >> Navigator is $9.95. > >>> As wonderful as Navigator is, it falls short of meeting the one >>> criteria I demand in order to recommend it, or any GPS app for that >>> matter, as a solution for true independent navigation by the blind >>> and low vision; said criteria being the ability to have streets, >>> cross-streets, etc automatically announced without engaging any kind >>> of route function or without having to touch, shake, or otherwise >>> interact >> with the hardware device, itself. > >>> Until this past Thursday, my solution, when traveling independently, >>> was to fire up my old beloved Samsung Epix, running Windows 6.1, and >> launching Geo. >>> I could go on and on about how much of a pain this was given that I >>> can hardly remember any of the Mobile Speak commands as I just don't >>> use my beloved Samsung Epix anymore but I will spare you the gory >>> details. Add to this the fact that I also had to fire up my GPS >>> receiver and connect a special headset adaptor as the Epix does not >>> have a standard headset jack, as many of the models in that era did not. > >>> ON Friday, I received my new Trekker Breeze from Humanware; thus, I >>> have come full-circle, as the saying goes. > >>> Suffice me to say that the Breeze is every bit as marvelous as the >>> original Trekker and Geo were with the advantage that one does not >>> have to become a software geek in order to be up and running in a >>> matter of minute. It works right out of the box. > >>> The Breeze is roughly the same size as the iPhone 4 S but just a >>> little thicker. > >>> What an iOS world we live in; even before I powered on my Breeze for >>> the first time, I turned the audio CD files that are included in the >>> package into an audio book complete with cover art and placed it on >>> both my 4 S and Nanno. Then, I converted the user guide and quick >>> start guide into iBooks and placed them on my 4 S. This took only a >>> few minutes. Only after performing these iOS-centric tasks did I >>> power on the Breeze and begin yet another chapter in my GPS >>> navigation >> life. > >>> Mark > >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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