Christor, No, I get it, really I do. But blind square didn't cost as much as Trekker did, either, in fairness. I don't think it's in the same league. Hopefully something will someday come to iOS which will be similar to what Trekker and it's ilk can do, because we need things like that so we aren't carrying around several devices. Caitlyn
On 2013-01-20, at 4:34 PM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > Hi, > Just to balance it all up a bit i will now come with my not so positive > opinion of this app. I actually tried it here in a very small town in Sweden. > I must say that i'm rather dissapointed actually. If i compare it to trekker, > something you maybe shouldn't do, i'll have to say that the Trekker is much > speedier when delivering info about where you are after having turned into a > street. It took a long time, a minute or more for Blindsquare to tell me what > street i was on. Maybe it's the openmap thingy, something i don't like at > all, or maybe it's user error or something but that's what i have > experienced. Furthermore at times Blindsquare gets very, very verbose and > starts speaking of shops and fasilities that aren't even close to where i > am, sometimes even behind me, i don't understand the need for that. I can in > theory see and appreciate its goods, but we're just not there yet, if we ever > get there. Now having said all this, it could be user error, that is me not > knowing every aspect of how this program is operated, in which case i would > be willing to learn. > /Krister > > 20 jan 2013 kl. 15:21 skrev Don Breda <don.br...@gmail.com>: > >> I couldn't help but chime in here to further praise BlindSquare. >> >> I have used every gps out there even trekker for packmate which never >> saw the light of day. >> >> BlindSquare is unbelievable! What it really is is not so much a gps >> program like navigon but really the best! pair of eyes bar none a blind >> person can have. >> >> After all that is what we really miss most of the time what stores are >> we passing, what street are we approaching etc. >> >> I live in New York city, in the heart of midtown manhattan and let me >> tell you I have found out about more things in my neighborhood that I >> never knew were there with Blindsquare then all the gps apps, restaurant >> apps restaurant menu apps etc. put together. >> >> Its truly amazing! >> >> I only wish I had made the time to nominate it for the appleviz awards >> for 2012 because unfortunately this app I feel has been very much >> overlooked. I tended to overlook it as well when it first came out and >> I truly regret that. >> >> While I am no fan of 4square, the concept of using things like 4square >> to provide info is a great! one. >> >> Companies like Sendero, navigon mosionX pay big fees to companies like >> navtech for POI data and so many times that data is quite inaccurate >> very outdated and to say the least incomplete. >> >> The approach BlindSquare takes to POI info makes so much sense because >> the information is always being updated by people like you and I >> visiting these places. >> >> Just my opinion but if you have been on the fence take a look at this >> app, give it the attention it deserves and I can't imagine you will >> regret it. >> >> Don >> >> >> -- >> Don Breda <don.br...@gmail.com> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
