[Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
Evelyn Weckerly
weckerly at i2k.com
Thu Oct 21 14:50:40 UTC 2010
Hi, Jim and list,
I'm so long answering this because I went out of town for more than
two weeks. Just before going, I stopped at the Verizon wireless store
and asked some questions. They confirmed that the reception
capability of the Haven is not as good as my 8350 overall. I suspecgt
that I would have had some trouble with it while I was visiting
friends in rural Texas because reception was a bit iffy at my
friends' as it was. I have also had reception trouble in the past at
NFB conventions in Dallas though that's improved lately.
Yes, I know reception can vary. My sister and brother-in-law had
terrible reception before they changed to Verizon wireless. On the
other hand, some friends had bad reception at their home before
leaving Verizon for another company.
I'm not much concerned about reception here locally; ragther, it's
when I'm traveling. If I try the phone and don't travel anywhere
problematic, I could regret it down the road. I'm not especially
happy with the phone I have even for just making calls, so I would
welcome a change--but not yet.
Evelyn
At 11:34 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote:
>Hello Evelyn and list,
>
>This business of signal strength is relative! There really isn't a
>standard as far as I can tell! How the signal is measured varies
>from phone to phone! Both the Haven and my LG VX5300 show a maximum
>signal strength of four. One can get quite a bit of signal at the
>zero point or even at 2 the halfway mark! My old 4650 had a maximum
>reading of six! I do have reception problems in my basement at
>times but it is no worse than my old LG VX5300. The advantage of
>the Haven is it usually tells me when I'm out of service or when I'm
>back in service again! I might move a few inches before I'm out of
>service and back in again! The antenna sticks out on the 5300 but
>one doesn't see it on the Haven! I find the signal quality to be
>better on the Haven. I understand that the 8300 series phones had
>exceptional reception and they may be hard to beat! I haven't used
>one myself so can't comment! I can say one thing though! the
>accessibility is so much better than anything I have used to
>date! I downloaded seven ringtones today! I never did this
>before! I even made one myself which worked in this phone but I
>didn't keep it! Believe me! This Haven is an amazing phone! Try
>it for thirty days and if you don't like it, return to Verizon and
>go back to your 8300.
>
>This Haven phone is well worth the money!
>
>Jim
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly at i2k.com>
>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>There is a price though. I stopped at a Verizon Wireless store
>>yesterday and asked about its reception quality as compared to my
>>three-year-old LG 8350.
>>the man said that the Haven's reception is lower quality. I have
>>decided that I will not pay that price. I know enough people who
>>have reception problems with their phones. I've had a few, but I
>>don't want an increase there. When Verizon and Samsung improve the
>>reception quality, I'll be a lot more interested.
>>
>>I listened to Mike Barber's podcast. In it he mentioned that in his
>>basement where he was making the recording, the Haven's reception
>>wsas zero bars. No thanks.
>>
>>Evelyn
>>
>>At 12:50 PM 9/8/2010, you wrote:
>>>Verizon now has the Samsung Haven! It reads all levels of
>>>menus. It is a basic phone, no qwerty keyboard, can text
>>>message. For now, this is what they have going!
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:48 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>>>
>>>
>>>>Does verizon even have any model of accessible cell phone on the
>>>>market where users have access to all levels of menus? Whenever
>>>>I had a Verizon phone in the past, I could only go down just so
>>>>far on menu levels and then the accessibility stopped; there was
>>>>no speech or menu choices beyond that point. Another problem
>>>>with verizon phones I had was no useable apps for the phones that
>>>>were accessible either. This was also true for AT&T phones until
>>>>I got my IPhone 3gs then all of those problems went away. Best
>>>>money I ever spent on a cell phone in my life!On Fri, 16 Apr
>>>>2010, Gail The U. S. Male, Proud Grandpa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. the Nokia N82
>>>>>is a gsm phone, not a CDMA.
>>>>>Gail
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: " Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 5:33 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>The Nokia N82 phones we have is currently subscribed to AT&T
>>>>>>Mobile. The N82
>>>>>>is an unlocked CDMA 3G phone which is compatible with two mobile phone
>>>>>>carriers, of which the other is T-Mobile.
>>>>>>HTH
>>>>>>Rob Tabor
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Dreicer, Zachary, Survey" <z.dreicer at emissives.com>
>>>>>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances"
>>>>>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>>Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 2:08 PM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>By the way what company are you using on your phone N82 that you
>>>>>>demonstrated last weekend?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>From: "Haro, Juan, CFB" <Juan.Haro at state.nm.us
>>>>>>>To: "Rob Tabor" <rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net>,"Discussion of
>>>>>>accessible electronics and
>>>>>>appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>>Date sent: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:31 -0600
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I believe that Talks does not work on Windows Mobile but Mobile
>>>>>>Speak does. Hope this helps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Juan F. Haro, M.A., NOMCT
>>>>>>>Cane Travel Instructor
>>>>>>>Commission for the Blind
>>>>>>>408 N. White Sands Blvd.
>>>>>>>Alamogordo, NM 88310
>>>>>>>Phone: (575) 437-0401
>>>>>>>Email: juan.haro at state.nm.us
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rob
>>>>>>Tabor
>>>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:49 PM
>>>>>>>To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>>>>>>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Phones for Verizon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Dear colleagues.
>>>>>>>My employer is considering changing mobile phone carriers to
>>>>>>Verizon in an effort to save telecom expense in our tight budget.
>>>>>>Luckily, our executive director is very conscientious in
>>>>>>considering my needs for accessibility, which prompts my
>>>>>>question. Can anyone commend a good accessible phone,
>>>>>>preferrably one that runs Talks, since I use Talks as the screen
>>>>>>reader for my personal phone which is a Nokia N82? I understand
>>>>>>LG has several models keyed to Verizon's communication relay
>>>>>>towers. If we end up electing to take phones running Windows
>>>>>>Mobile instead of Simbian OS will Talks run on a Win Mobile
>>>>>>phone? Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>Rob Tabor
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