It is a Nokia keyboard for use with my cell phone. I bought it while in England this spring.
You just open it by folding it open like a book, press and hold a little button for a couple of seconds and it connects to the phone. One problem with it though is that the shift key triggers the Talks menu on the phone so it looks for the next stroke as a command to the phone. When it isn't it often doesn't speak the next key typed. It is however much nicer than entering text from the number pad although it is surprising how, if you use it much you can get some pretty good speed up with the phone number pad. There is a shift like key to turn the QWERTY run of keys into the number row so there are actually only three rows of keys. A sturdy metal case. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Otis Blue To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 10:13 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Hi, What bluetooth keyboard is that? Otis Blue Milwaukee Wisconsin 53218-4349 Voice: (414)-461-8885 Fax: (414)-461-8856 Cell: (414)-690-3013 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 8:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Hi Lenny, Wayfinder does the same only it gets updates from the internet through the cell phone connection. There is a mode for navigating in an automobile as well as on foot. My phone does Web, e-mail though I haven't yet figured that out, I play my Woodworking for the Blind magazines on it and could play music, there is a voice recorder, a note taker and I have a bluetooth keyboard about the size of a pack of cigarettes when folded up, there is a calculator and Adobe reader, Excel and a Word document reader and I am not sure what all else and it fits in my shirt pocket. I don't know yet how well I will be able to manipulate some of the controls once we get into real winter conditions, there was four or five inches of snow on the ground when I left this morning but I expect it will be pretty well gone by the morning. The GPS software is about $400 and the recommended matchbox sized bluetooth GPS receiver something like a hundred and fifty of course on top of the phone and talking software. So far though I don't know anyone using the system here in North America. I did experience the standard version in a taxi in England this spring and I was very impressed. Apparently it covers most of Europe very completely and in England at least even includes the location of speed traps and cameras. The British version has 20 million POIs (points of interest). I rather doubt there is particularly detailed information for more remote locations like this and we also have some holes in our cellular service which apparently can cause it some confusion when attempting to recalculate a route if you leave off of the originally plotted one. I am trying to discover if you can resolve this by having adjoining maps pre-loaded but don't think I have been able to describe what it means to have holes in cell service, people don't seem to believe the entire globe is not dotted with towers. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lenny McHugh To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Dale, I am not sure about way finder. One nice feature that trekker has is the ability to map out a course either pedestrian or mobile. A few months ago I wanted to visit a friends parents to drop off something. All I had was the address. I was in the car and not near a computer to get a map. I just entered the address and we had turn by turn instructions right to the door. When walking down the street I learned about a Mac machine that I did not know existed. Trekker told me about it as I passed. Also with Trekker you can search for a point of interest and then create a talking map to it. Also you can create a poi like my dentist office with some instructions how to get into the office. If you have the maestro option you can take notes, read books or listen to music. I had no desire to do that however if I were still working I definitely would have that option. These are a few highlights. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > To: <[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Hi, What does it do better than say Wayfinder Access on a mobile phone? I don't yet have it but it sure looks very capable and is so much smaller and more portable. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 11:24 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] GPS Right now anyway, Trekker with Maistro has all the rest beat hands down in my opinion considering price, ease of use etc. It's also possible to get free training from Leader Dog on one of these, even if you don't work a dog. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of tunecollector Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:02 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] GPS This is probably off topic but I don't know who else to ask. Can anyone recommend an accessible GPS product. 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