Phones
Christopher Chaltain
cchaltain at austin.rr.com
Mon Apr 28 09:36:32 CDT 2008
The first thing that strikes me about your list Marcy is that all three
phones have a very different form factor. I think it's a good idea that
you're going to get to look at all three phones. I have an ATT branded
N75, and for the most part, I'm quite happy with it. The keys are large,
and I don't have any trouble using the keypad. I don't worry too much
about it's durability, although I don't frequently take the battery
cover off or use the pop port. I'm not a big fan of flip phones, but I
didn't want to buy a Talks capable phone sight unseen, so I didn't have
a lot of choices.
The biggest downsides to the Nokia N75 for my part, and this will depend
on how you'll use it, are as follows:
- It doesn't support wifi, so if you're going to do any thing with the
internet you'll have to use a data package from your cell provider. I'm
not sure about the Duo or the Q.
- It doesn't have a very good battery and it's pretty hard on it. As
Stephen says, you can get more out of your battery if you go with an
unbranded Nokia N75 and turn 3G off.
- As far as I know, there's no way with Talks to use any of the office
suites for Symbian. If doing word processing on your phone is something
you're going to want to do then you may want to consider the Windows
based phones with Mobile Speak.
I hope this helps!
isaac obie wrote:
> Marcy,
> The N75 has large keys, but I am wondering about the construction of the
> phone. The openings for the plugs have plastic coverings and I wonder if
> they won't fall off with a lot of usage. It's a flip phone and the music
> buttons are on the outside. The battery life is only about four hours if
> you follow the statistics.
> Here's the specs on the n75:
> Nokia N75Specifications of Nokia N75 Form Factor: Clamshell
> Operating System: Symbian S60 9.1
> Supported networks: UMTS 850 / 1900, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
> Cellular data link: GPRS Class 11; EDGE Class 11; 3G, 384 kbps
> Interfaces: Bluetooth 2.0
> infrared
> USB 2.0 Pop-Port
>
> Memory and processor: 40 MB internal
>
> Memory Card: MicroSD
> Input: Five-way navigation key
> Standard phone keypad
>
> Audio and visual: 3D sound stereo speakers; TFT display, 16M colors, 320 ×
> 240 px; external TFT display, 256K colors, 160 × 128 px
>
> Special features: 2 MP camera, 1600 × 1200 px, video(CIF), flash
> Stereo FM radio
> Push to Talk
>
> Battery: Li-Ion 800 mAh, 4h talk time, 200h Stand-by
>
> Dimensions: 95 × 52 × 20 mm
> Weight: 123.5 g
> Launched: September 2006
> Availability: North America
> Isaac
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcy Weinberg" <rhymingmom at epix.net>
> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List" <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:58 PM
> Subject: Phones
>
>
>
>> I asked this question last night but got no responses, and I'm hoping
>> for better luck tonight, as I'm hoping to make my decision tomorrow. I'd
>> like any feedback, pro and/or con, about the N75, the Pantek Duo, and the
>> Motorola Q from anyone out there who has had experience with any and/or
>> all
>> fo the phones and mobilespeak. I already saw the Pantek and the Motorola,
>> and am expecting to see the Nokia tomorrow. I've heard favorable reviews
>> of
>> teh N75 but nothing about either of the other 2 phones. So, if you could
>> help me with this in the next 15 hours or so, I'd sure appreciate it!
>> Marcy
>>
>>
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>>>> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Marcy
>>>> Weinberg
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:56 PM
>>>> To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>>>
>>>> That's great advice and I'll do just that!
>>>> Kevin, I don't mean to keep replying to the whole list but sometimes I
>>>> don't
>>>> have the individual's e-mail personal address, like I don't have yours.
>>>> I
>>>> certainly don't want to clog up the list, and I apologize for any
>>>> inconvenience to you or anyone else on the list. Perhaps each of us
>>>> could
>>>> include our e-mail addresses at the end of our e-mails so we could be
>>>> answered privately if that is what the e-mail calls for. Thanks! Marcy
>>>> Marcy rhymingmom at epix.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Stephen Giggar" <sgiggar at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 4:43 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Also keep in mind; The E62 is not a production phone. The same goes for
>>>>> the 3125. Another words. You
>>>>> will not find them in stores or on some web site.
>>>>>
>>>>> The AT&T/Cingular disability center has been known in the past to
>>>>> continue
>>>>>
>>>>> selling phones that are
>>>>> no longer being produced or sold by the maker up to 2 or more years
>>>>> when
>>>>> they are no longer in
>>>>> production. It's a shame they are still doing the same thing. I guess
>>>>> they
>>>>>
>>>>> have to get rid of stock
>>>>> that they still have.
>>>>>
>>>>> So just make sure that you research the phone that you want very well
>>>>> first to make sure that it is
>>>>> still being made. Do not take the AT&T disability center at their word.
>>>>> Check the Main AT&T site,
>>>>> Makers site and other sites that carry phones to see if they still are
>>>>> selling it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed: Stephen Giggar
>>>>> Skype: dr-phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Aman Singer" <aman.singer at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'"
>>>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:15 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-----
>>>>>> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
>>>>>> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Marcy
>>>>>> Weinberg
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 3:30 PM
>>>>>> To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
>>>>>> 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"
>>>>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>>>>> 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>
>>>>>>> To: "The Accessible Phones Discussion List"
>>>>>>> <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:46 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: accessible phones and networks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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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