2004: My Next Wireless Phone

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Thanks, Deedra. I'm really glad to see this post from you. I just wrote
the same think in response to Darragh, and then I read your message.

Needless to say, I agree fully with your friend. I think they do
themselves a disservice by marketing too narrowly.



Deedra Waters writes:
> From: Deedra Waters <dmwaters at gentoo.org>
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> Hi Janina,
> 
> I remember seeing an article on this phone about two months ago. One  of my fellow freenode staffers pointed it out and said "this looks cool, I want one of those" and he can see.
> 
> - From what I gather, it's something that can benifit more then just blind people.:)
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Dec 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > OK. I thought I should wish a little here.
> > 
> > I saw the wireless handset I want to get in 2004 while attending
> > TechShare in the U.K. this past November. You can read about this phone
> > at:
> > 
> > http://www.owasys.com
> > 
> > *	It is supposed to be available in Spain now, and in the U.K.
> > *	soon.
> > 
> > *	It is supposed to be available in the U.S. sometime in 2004. I
> > *	may wait.
> > 
> > This phone has no screen. It's 100% designed to be used without sight.
> > And, it runs our favorite OS.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> - -- 
> Gentoo Linux: Gentoo infrastructure, dmwaters at gentoo.org,
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> Freenode staff member: dmwaters at freenode.net , http://www.freenode.net
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org




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