I may have already asked but how accessable is the 3650 compared to the new toshiba assuming you're using the mobile accessability and how does talks compare? Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:12 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: More Info on New Accessible Cell Phone > Time is our friend on these things. It's $300 today. In a few months > it'll be under $100. By this time next year it will be free with a > 2-year contract. > > This is exactly how things went with the Nokia 3650 which also started > out at over $300 last April. > > As to how complete the accessibility is, I can't really say. But, But, > please recognize that this is one vendor's first attempt at that, and > please recognize that they rushed that feature to market. > > So, it's probably best to go to a store and play with one to figure out > whether what it does do is sufficient for your particular needs. Maybe > you'll decide it is. Or, maybe you'll decide it is when the price drops > in a few months. > > Or, maybe you'll decide to wait for another phone to compare this one > with. > > Charles Crawford writes: > > From: Charles Crawford <ccrawford at Starpower.net> > > > > $330 for a cell phone? Eh hem? It appears to be a video cell phone which > > is great for folks who can see the screen. Irrespective of that, cell > > phones are supposed to have their various model lines accessible. We > > should see what is happening with a regular cell phone. > > > > > > > > -- > > -- Charlie Crawford > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
