Hi, Yes, Russel, Navigon for those outisde the NA boundries :) .
I'm still waiting for Navigon NA as well. Regards, Alex, On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: > Hi Alex, > > You wrote: “It does GPS comprible to Trekker and possibly better”. > Can you elaborate? Are you talking about Navigon? Apparently > that’s not available in North America right now, right? Don’t get > me wrong, I love my iPhone, and just want to make sure I’m not > missing out on a GPS solution that I’m not aware of. <smile> > > Thanks, > > Russell > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Article Slamming the iPhone > > Hi, > > It does GPS comprible to Trekker and possibly better and provides > the closest thing to a sighted experance. Plus it is designed to > work with 56000 apps that do everything. Sure some developers are > slow at making their apps accessible, but they are generally good > folks who are doing their best and progress moves along smoothly. > > Regards, > alex, > > > On Jul 13, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Damon Fibraio wrote: > > > OK, consider me a newbie. I have a Samsung blackjack 2 windows > mobile smart phone with mobile speak and was planning on purchasing > mobile geo. I keep hearing everybody going absolutely crazy over > access to the I-phone. Can somebody tell me why this is so great? I > don’t really understand the hype. I do understand we get access > right out of the box with voice over. I do understand that once you > get used to the touch screen and the VO gestures and whatnot that > this is really great access, according to what everybody is saying. > But, why is the I-phone so great? Does it do GPS comparable to > mobile Geo or wayfinder? What does this phone do that is making > everybody turn inside out? I’d love to understand this, so any help > you can provide would be great. I have AT&T and probably could > switch if I wanted to, but I just don’t understand why this phone is > the second coming. > > -- > Damon Fibraio > screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn dfibr...@comcast.net. skype: > dfibraio > Find me on facebook as Damon fibraio or twitter as dfibraio > personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com. > Band web sites: THD, http://www.thdband.com. Days Before Tomorrow, > http://www.daysbeforetomorrow.com > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 1:37 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Article Slamming the iPhone > > Hey Josh, I think the same question can be asked of those users who > first laid hands on one of those touch-screen PDAs, but I guess some > of those or most had keyboards. However, then we can take this same > logic to any new interface. For example, those who remember the days > of switching from DOS to Windows or who used the Linux command line > and then moved to Gnome etc. Ah how the debate rages, but alas this > to shall pass. I myself can't wait to get an iPhone and I can > already see all the advantages it will offer over the windows mobile > device I am using currently and don't much care for. > On Jul 13, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > > > > What I'd like to ask all these folks saying the iPhone is so > inefficient is: How efficient were you three weeks after the first > time you ever touched a QWERTY keyboard? It's a whole new model for > human interface interaction. After three weeks, I have no problems > just touching the battery status, or really much of anything else. > Things are not hard to find. They do not move around, and the flick > method of navigation is great when you are having trouble with a > brand-new and unfamiliar screen. > > Sitting with an iPhone for an hour and then declaring it slow, > inefficient, and difficult to navigate is just silly. :) The ever > growing number of VI iPhone users will tell you the same. Sure, it > takes time to be comfortable. Once you are, it's fantastic. :) > > Josh de Lioncourt > …my other mail provider is an owl… > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt > Music: http://stage19music.com > Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com > Blog: http://lioncourtsmusings.blogspot.com > GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4239 (20090713) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4240 (20090713) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4240 (20090713) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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