accessible phones and networks

[Marcy Weinberg]

Thanks, Aman!  Marcy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aman Singer" <aman.singer at gmail.com>
To: "'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'" 
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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: accessible phones and networks


> Hi, Marcy and all.
> I believe, though am not sure, that AT&T has six phones available
> with the $89 Mobile Speak software. Those are the Motorola Q9 Global, the
> Pantech Duo (not Trio, the Trios aren't either Symbian phones or WM
> smartphones and made by Palm, not Pantech), the Nokia N75, the Samsung
> Blackjack (not the Blackjack 2), the Cingular 3125, and the Nokia E62.
> Note that all this is confirmed, as well as many questions answered,
> by the FAQ Code Factory has put up
> http://www.codefactory.es/att/
> I know that the last three phones I listed, the Blackjack, E62, and
> 3125 are older phones. They may no longer be available in stores and may, 
> if
> they are available at all, be available only from the AT&T disabilities
> centre. Therefore, it's possible your contact at that centre, assuming you
> wanted to buy from a store, only mentioned the first three.
> HTH.
> Aman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Marcy 
> Weinberg
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>
> Okay, so now I'm confused.  Is the $49. over and above the $89. charge for
> the mobilespeak?  I was under the impression that the $89. cost was for 
> the
> mobilespeak and its installation.  Marcy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" 
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:02 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>
>
>> Hi David,
>> That is what Alfred told me, I was a little surprised but they do charge
>> for
>> the installation.
>>
>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman at handsontechnologeyes.com>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:46 PM
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>>
>>
>>> they charge for installation?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <v.underwood at verizon.net>
>>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I spoke with Alfred at the disability department of AT&T and he told me 
>>> I
>>> could order the phone and Mobile Speak from them.  He also said they
>>> would
>>> install Mobile Speak for me and they would charge me $49 for the
>>> installation.  I did talk with some others there but Alfred seems to 
>>> know
>>> what he is talking about.
>>>
>>> Do you have the number for the disability department?  If you need it
>>> just
>>> let me know.
>>>
>>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "James Watts" <jameswatts at intergate.com>
>>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:30 PM
>>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>>
>>>
>>>> Virgie, from what the disabilities center at A T and T told me, I could
>>>> not
>>>> order service plus the phone through them, but that I would first have
>>>> to
>>>> get the phone with contract from a store, then ship it to them for the
>>>> screen reader install. It seems unlike when it was Cingular where one
>>>> went
>>>> through the disabilities center to do everything. I'm glad I waited,
>>>> though,
>>>> since, hopefully, the newer phones with Mobile Speak are better than 
>>>> the
>>>> 6620 with basic Talks, but a couple of times in 06, when I called to 
>>>> try
>>>> to
>>>> order under the old system, I was continually told that the phone
>>>> supported,
>>>> the 6620, was out of stock, and to call back.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Kevin, for pointing out that the Q was available through
>>>> Verizon.
>>>> I
>>>> did already know that but that fact confuses me, as, since Verizon runs
>>>> on
>>>> CDMA and A T and T runs on GSM, the Q one can get from Verizon versus
>>>> the
>>>> one from A T and T must be somewhat different. Also, as I have said,
>>>> never
>>>> having done this before, I would need someone to demonstrate for me
>>>> installing Mobile Speak on any phone I get. I probably can get a Q from
>>>> Verizon for less as an existing customer than from A T and T, so the
>>>> overall
>>>> cost difference might not be that great.
>>>>
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