Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones

[Brian Hansen]

I just tried to purchase the N75 from AT&T by phone last Friday, and they
said they are no longer carrying that model.  The customer rep I spoke with
told me that they could no longer get them, and my local store said they
haven't had any in stock in a couple of months.  I was blessed in the fact
that I was unable to locate an unlocked version via the net and purchase it.
I guess Nokia is no longer going to manufacturer them or something like
that.

Blessings,

Brian
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of VIRGIE
UNDERWOOD
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:40 PM
To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
Subject: Re: Question regarding Mobile Speak and Accessible phones

Hi Brent,
I purchased the blackjack II phone and could not even get a demo of Mobile
Speak to work on that phone.  Mobile Speak does work on the blackjack but
not the blackjack II phone.
Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Reynolds" <reynolds53 at bellsouth.net>
To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:31 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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