Totally Confused About Phones and Software

[Stephen Giggar]

Caroline

I will start out with their is only one Symbian based screen reader that is from Code Factory. It is 
just called MobileSpeak. The MobileSpeak Smart phone and MobileSpeak pocket are for Windows Mobile 
based products.

Talks is made by Nuance and it is a Symbian based screen reader.

Symbian and Windows Mobile are two different operating systems. This would kinda be like trying to 
compare XP with the Mac.

The operating system are different. Software writing for one will not run on the other. For now, 
Symbian based phones are only for the GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile. Windows based phones are 
made for WCDMA/GSM etc...

What one works better? Well that would come down to what you are wanting in a phone. Personally I 
think the Symbian phones are over all more reliable. That isn't saying that their aren't any Windows 
MObile phones that do not have any problems. Same goes for Symbian based phones as well.

If you want to stick with your existing cell network provider; Then you will be limited to only 
Windows Mobile based phones.

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Caroline" <listmailstuff at att.net>
To: <blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:01 PM
Subject: Totally Confused About Phones and Software


> Hi everyone.  I've been a happy Sprint customer since August of 2003, and don't want to make any 
> changes to that.  For the past year I've had the LGLX550 Fusic and it's been meeting my needs in 
> terms of speaking caller ID information, allowing me to review my call logs, accessing my contacts 
> list, so on and so forth.  The problem is, I'm on my second one, and I keep running into problems. 
> The phone likes to turn itself off randomly, which makes me lose calls, and lately it's been 
> misreporting caller ID information.  When I'm working, I need a phone that's going to be reliable 
> for me.  As far as I know, the only other "accessible" phone that Sprint offers is the Motorola Q. 
> Getting any sort of help from the disability center at Sprint is almost impossible, so I haven't 
> talked to them yet.  So, this leads me to my questions.
>
> First, what's the difference between the Symbian phones and ... those that aren't?  I know that 
> the phones from Sprint don't operate on the Symbian network.  Then, what, exactly is the 
> difference between the operating system on say, the Nokia N82, (which is not a Sprint phone), and 
> the Motorola Q which is now running Windows Mobile 6?
>
> Answers to those questions may answer my next questions, but I'll ask anyway.  I'm looking at 
> Mobile Speak as my way of making the phone talk.  I've looked on the Code Factory web site, and I 
> can't find a lot of description about the differences in their software.  Is there any difference 
> between the Symbian-based Mobile Speak Pocket and the Smart Phone version?  I want to make sure I 
> do this right.  Any suggestions would be really helpful.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Caroline
>
>
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