[Electronics-talk] Long post but phone info please requested,

Wed May 15 02:38:49 UTC 2013

I may just go on with daughter Peggie who is staying with Verizon, if I 
can't find anything compatible and thus far it appears that I may not but 
I'll not go down without a fight.  I had even hoped that there would be 
phones at the convention.  We'll see.  Yes, the adult beverages should be 
flowing.  I don't know that they will be flowing freely but flowing and hope 
to meet for some of those absolutely and I'm sure I'll be posting if and 
when I make some kind of decision before the convention.

Carol Jean
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Long post but phone info please requested,

> Hi Carol,
>
> Though I am an iPod fanatic, I am not real crazy about going to an iPhone.
>
> I, also, have a Haven with Verizon and am very satisfied with it.  Have 
> you
> asked if you can transfer the Haven to the new company?   Alternatively do
> they have the Haven on their list of phones?  Also, you may want to 
> compare
> prices for an individual plan with Verizon on your own, compared  with the
> new plan with the other company.  There may not be much difference since
> Verizon's plans with old-school phones are not real expensive.
>
> Good luck, and I am interested in your results.  I look forward to seeing
> you in Orlando and finding a brewed adult beverage.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Carol J. Feazell
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:56 PM
> To: Electronics NFB
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Long post but phone info please requested,
>
> I will be sending this to several lists (not cross posting) so some may 
> get
> it more than once but I am really trying to get as much information as
> quickly as possible.
>
>
>
> I have been a Verizon customer for years and for the most part have been
> happy with them.  My phone needs are simple.  That's why I am still using
> The Haven because it is the only phone I know of that will read the menues
> in which I am interested those being:  speaking incoming calls/texts,
> reading sent and received texts, the call log, the contact list, and the
> phone status menu. I think that's all I use.  I absolutely unequivocally 
> do
> not want an iPhone.  Please do not take offense to this.  We all have our
> personal preferences and this is mine.  I would prefer pushing buttons to
> get to the things I want but if I have no other way, I would concede to
> voice, though I don't think this is always practical and have some other
> personal feelings about this which I am trying to overcome but it is a 
> very
> difficult personal thing for me also.  I like the phone to talk to me.  I
> don't care if I never say a word to it.
>
>
>
> Back to the Verizon thing, our family is currently on my son's plan as his
> portion is discounted for his work with the city.  The rest of them
> currently have unlimited data which is going to be a thing of the past
> whenever anyone upgrades, and so my son is preparing to make a move to T
> mobile, hence my reason for asking these questions.  Do any of you know
> anything about T mobile's service?  Is there any program/application I can
> get to cause those menues to speak?  I don't even mind going with a screen
> overlay.  I know many of you are not in favor of those but feel that I 
> would
> definitely need one if I were going to use the screen, because I often 
> dial
> phone numbers rather than going to a list to have them called for me. 
> Call
> it an exercise in memory or whatever but then sometimes we have to dial a
> number that isn't on our contact list and I would really prefer not to 
> speak
> the number.  As I said, I would if I had to.
>
>
>
> So taking all of these things into considerations and without hearing how
> great your iPhones are, could anyone please give me some suggestions or
> direct me to a list that may deal effectively with such matters?  I know I
> had asked Verizon if they could just eliminate the data from one of their
> more upgraded phones and they say they can't.  I find it difficult to
> believe this but would, even though reluctantly, accept such a plan if 
> that
> was what I had to do.  I'm not opposed to such, just don't feel the 
> personal
> need for such.  I don't want my phone to do everything but wipe my 
> backside.
> I just want a phone.  The reading and the music, I'll leave to my Victor
> Stream or to my desktop computer.  If everything is all-in-one, if 
> anything
> goes out, you lose everything and I find that the simpler I can keep
> something, the less likely it is to break.  That's not necessarily true 
> but
> in observing the problems my family has had with avarious phones against 
> my
> simple ones, I can tell you hands down I have had little to no trouble for
> years, but I do suffer the sometimes lack of service and the slow service
> (the latter not really being much of a problem for me), but for the most
> part my few needs are served.  My favorite is the good old flip phone, not
> nearly so apt to accidentally dial something/someone I don't currently 
> want
> to, pocket dial, I believe they call it.  I could tell you some funny
> stories about doctors and such with their cell phones but that is probably
> best left unsaid in this post.  Give me a good old flip phone any time but
> likely those will be hard to come by and particularly to do all the
> particulars I request, though few.
>
>
>
> Sorry for the rather long post but I'm really hoping that I can find a
> satisfactory answer.
>
>
>
> Respectfully of each opinion I am,
>
>
>
> Carol Jean
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