New Phone and Service

[Keith Christian]

Hi Stephen,

Thank you for your reply.  You mention many of the reasons why I am
investigating a new phone and possibly a new provider.


Is there a list of the 20 Symbian phones that may be of interest?  I use
a PACMate and it would be really cool to use the Braille display for
sending text messages and browsing the internet, if that is possible.
If I can upgrade my Talks for less than buying Mobile Speak that would
certainly be a consideration.

I appreciate all the advice, thanks.


Keith 



-----Original Message-----
From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
[mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Giggar
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:20 PM
To: The Accessible Phones Discussion List
Subject: Re: New Phone and Service


Keith

This is a hard question to answer and their is no correct answer. Being
you already have Talks; You 
may want to stay with what you already have as far as the screen reader.
As far as a phone; You 
could get the N75 from At&T and keep your existing plan and sign up for
another two year contract to 
get the phone cheaper. Or you can buy a different phone not carried by
AT&T and have many more 
choices of phone to use and not just the one Symbian based phone that is
still being made by Nokia 
and sold by AT&T.

I would suggest that you buy the phone out side of AT&T and just moving
your existing Sim card from 
the 6620 to the new phone and buying a Talks license transfer from a
Talks dealer. This would give 
you.
1. A unlocked phone.
2. A unbranded phone that works better.
3. Doesn't have any of the AT&T stuff on it as far as shareware or
floatware or any other stuff to 
slow down the phone.
4. Getting the phone as Nokia atended it to be put out.

Also by doing it this way; You will not be required to sign a new
contract and can switch cell 
providers when ever you like and use the new phone on that network.

This will also give you the ability to choose from a good 20 plus
Symbian Nokia phones that support 
the 850 and 1900 MHZ bands that AT&T uses.

Remember; All Symbian series 60 3rd Edition phones will work with either
Talks or MobileSpeak. And 
both screen readers will give you a 30 day trial license on request.
That away you can trial both 
screen readers and see what one gives you the needed information you
require and what functions you 
use.

Their is no one best screen reader for most phones. It comes down to how
you use it and what you 
want to do with the screen reader.

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Selfridge" <cselfridge at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'The Accessible Phones Discussion List'"
<blindphones at mosenexplosion.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: New Phone and Service


> Keith,
> I believe you are talking about www.letstalk.com
> Now, as I understand it, AT&T (Cingular) now will (should) offer you a

> Nokia N75 with the Mobile Speak. They should charge you $89 for the 
> mobile speak and I think I saw the N75 from AT&T for $99? Now, (okay 
> Stephen, step in here) I also think they will have one of their 
> Windows based phones with the Microsoft version of Mobile Speak as 
> well. Currently the Microsoft version of Mobile Speak is, in my 
> opinion, a better deal because you can swap phones, upgrade phones or 
> whatever *without* a charge. This is *not* currently true for the 
> Symbian versions of Mobile Speak. HTH, Cy, the ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com
> [mailto:blindphones-bounces at mosenexplosion.com] On Behalf Of Keith 
> Christian
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:52 AM
> To: blindphones at mosenexplosion.com
> Subject: New Phone and Service
>
> Hi,
>
> My cell contract is up and I would like to upgrade my phone and 
> possibly service.  Currently, I have a Nokia 6620 with Talks.  
> Cingular is my service provider.  We get 500 minutes  a month for $60 
> (two phones).  It seems like there was a web site that offered great 
> deals on phones and service, but I don't recall the name.  Anyone have

> recommendations?
>
>
> If you can recommend some phones to check out and if Talks is still a 
> better screen reader, let me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Keith
>
>
>
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