Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones

[Stephen Giggar]

Brent

The initial thing she was talking about was Symbian based phones. In this case I'm write. AT&T only 
sells one Symbian based phone and that is the N75. I didn't state SUPPORT. I believe I stated the 
following.

Quoted lines from myself!
First of all; Any other phone that you go with, you will have to buy the phone outright. The reason
why is AT&T does not carry any thing accept for the N75.
End Quoted lines.

The initial question had to do with other phones like the N75. All the other models I gave are 
related to the N75. The Windows based phones are not related to the N75.

As you stated; The E62 isn't being sold by AT&T any more. The N75 is the only Symbian based phone 
sold by them. So if She wants another Symbian based phones then she will have to go and buy it out 
right.

No the N75 is not carries in all areas or stores even corporate stores. The area of the country I 
live in; none of the AT&T stores or other outlets have the N75. The only way to get it is to buy it 
on-line.

I agree with you about tying the license to the  Talks or MobileSpeak to just phones they sell. 
Instead I think they should look at it as Do you have a current AT&T cell phone calling plan with 
us.

No the N73 Brent is easy to find.

Who knows; The N75 may be going away this coming summer for the most part. That is my gut telling me 
that. I act allot on way things feel to me and most of the time it serves me well.

Signed: Stephen Giggar
sgiggar at sbcglobal.net
Skype: dr-phone.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brent Reynolds" <reynolds53 at bellsouth.net>
To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones


>
>
> Well, Steven, you are usually right and right-on with the information you
> post.  When you stated, though, that the N75 is the only accessible phone
> AT&T supports, you were not correct.
>
> As of about this time last week, AT&T was officially supporting five phones
> to go with their $89-dollar license price for MobileSpeak.  These are the
> Nokia E62, which is no longer being sold by AT&T, but if you find one, or
> have one, they will allow you the MobileSpeak license for 89 dollars.  Next
> is the N75, which is being sold and supported, and is widely available at
> probably every AT&T store, either the company stores, or the contract
> stores.
>
> Then, there are the Pantech Duo; the Samsung Blackjack; and the Motorola Q,
> which I believe is the version 9.something.  The Pantech, the Samsung, and
> the Motorola run on Microsoft Windows Mobile, either version 5 or 6, and
> would use MobileSpeak SmartPhone.  Whether your supported phone from AT&T
> uses MobileSpeak, or the smartphone version, the license from AT&T will
> still cost you only $89.
>
> I have a friend who acquired the Samsung Blackjack II, and said he was able
> to convince the AT&T disability department to allow him the MobileSpeak
> SmartPhone license for the $89.  AT&T is no longer selling the original
> Samsung Blackjack, and you will most likely not find one in any of the AT&T
> mobile phone stores.  The Blackjack has been replaced by the Blackjack II.
> The Blackjack runs on Windows Mobile 5 and the Blackjack II on Windows
> Mobile 6.
>
> Even though my friend in Florida said he was able to get the disability
> department folks to sell him the screen reader license for $89, they told me
> that they were not currently (as of last week) supporting the Blackjack II
> for MobileSpeak, because they had not yet tested it and that, according to
> the info I was given, "some of the menus don't work propperly with the
> screen reader".
>
> There is another downside to AT&T's trying to tie the license deal with
> specific phones.  They should allow it at the subsidized price to any of
> their customers who have verified officially that they qualify based on a
> disability for the lcense, as long as they have a GSM phone that is
> supported by a version of the screen reader, and are using that phone under
> a two-year AT&T service contract.
>
> I am quite sure that, since the E62 has basically gone away, and had done so
> within at least two weeks of AT&T's original December 17, 2007 press puff
> piece about the MobileSpeak deal, and since the BlackJack has already been
> replaced by the Blackjack II, that leaves only three, and who knows how long
> that will last, of the original phones supported under the deal still
> available, they should be soon announcing additional "supported devices".
>
> Of the smartphone models, I liked the keys on the Blackjack II best of the
> lot I saw at my local store last week, but will probably end up going with
> the N75, since I can't afford the N82, and the N73 might be somewhat
> difficult to come by.
>
> Brent Reynolds, Atlanta, GA  USA
> Email: reynolds53 at bellsouth.net  Phone: 1-404-814-0768
>
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