Yeah, I plan to do that. They were so busy I really couldn't get at the manager and didn't even get a chance to get the guys name. He had customers crawling all over him, but the reason I had a chance to ask my question is the alarm started up when we were looking at the phones. No idea why, but hey it did help get a quick question answered. Damn near lost my hearing, but chalk that up to education. :) On Aug 22, 2009, at 10:47 PM, Daniel Crone wrote:
> > Hello. If I could go to that store, I would talk to that person's > manager, and give that knowlegable sales person a commendation. It is > rare, and a joy when finding someone who knows about voice over. > On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Funny, I had the opportunity to play with the iPhone at the AT&T >> store today and I so wanted one. The big thing holding me up is >> that AT&T doesn't have enough coverage quite yet in our subway >> system and VZW does have better coverage in general, but that didn't >> stop me from reaching toward my wallet at least once. The only >> tricky part I couldn't really figure out initially is I had open a >> note and tried typing, but that wasn't quite as successful, but then >> I also had the phone tied to the alarm cable, which didn't let me >> get to far. :) Then I hit home and tried to navigate to another app >> while the notes was open and I heard letters and application names. >> Well, for not having used the phone ever, it wasn't bad and I really >> didn't have a good environment to play in, but the volume was just >> loud enough for me to do a bit of playing. I think it would have >> been easier if I had been able to just hold the phone without any >> wires and walk around/out the door, I mean really get into playing >> with it. Now here is the best part. I asked the gent at the store >> about accessing the menu to turn VoiceOver on and damn if he didn't >> know exactly where it was and even knew what VoiceOver was. I was >> quite impressed. >> >> On Aug 22, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Rich Ring wrote: >> >>> The iPhone is wonderful in many ways. I wish I could send contacts >>> via bluetooth as I could with a Nokia phone, and I wish it was a >>> bit easier to delete text messages, and I truly wish the battery >>> life was better, but I do love the little critter. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: John Sanfilippo >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:40 AM >>> Subject: Re: iphone vs pac mate >>> >>> personal opinion, >>> >>> The pac mate and street talk are both dead animals. The only thing >>> I like about the pac mate now is the braille display and the >>> ability to use it or the pac mate itself if either is not working. >>> The braille display is the better part of the hardware, in my >>> opinion. >>> >>> My experience with the pac mate and street talk, is that: >>> >>> 1, the gps receiver provided with the package can be far too tardy >>> in tracking satelites, or being tracked by them, take your pick. >>> >>> 2, you need a blue tooth card installed in one of the cf slots, and >>> your maps installed in the other, which means you need to do some >>> jiggling around and setting up before you can get going. >>> >>> 3, I found that the entire setup was a hoffible drain on the pm >>> battery. This is true on the cel phone as well, but at least there, >>> I can bring along a spare battery and there is no setup. >>> >>> My two cents. >>> >>> js >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: John G. Heim >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 12:11 PM >>> Subject: iphone vs pac mate >>> >>> >>> I am thinking of selling my Pac Mate in favor of an iphone. My main >>> question >>> is whether I can get a comperable GPS system to a Pac Mate with >>> StreetTalk. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
