[blindlaw] Accessible PDAs

[Gregory I. Vendeland]

I'veused a multitude of different units.  When you say PDA there is 
sometimes confusion.  PDA (personal digital assistants) are premised on the 
notion that you can keep track of contact and scheduling information.  The 
term has gotten somewhat mixed up with the advent of smartphones and Pocket 
PC's or (PPC). I could go on but to answer your question:

I'm currently using a Cingular 8525.  This is a PPC and is a unit made by 
HTC and branded with the Cingular name.  I like the fact that it has a 
keypad that is large and distinct.  The keys are tactile and they aren't 
bunched up so close that you can't use them.  That being said, I use a 
Bluetooth collapsable keyboard for most of my data entry on the unit itself. 
It's just easy and more efficient that way for me.  The unit is GSM so that 
I can receive and make calls on it (clarity is good).  It has a touch 
screeen which may sound useless, but with the software "Mobilespeak" the 
touchpanel is used to control many of the functions of the unit.  The unit 
runs on 3G so that data is fast and that makes for a decent web experience 
too.  You can get web access and email whereever you are.  This unit can 
operate as a wireless or tethered modem for your computer too and because of 
the 3G capability, downloads speeds are averaging 1.4 megabits and and 
upload speed of 300 or so. It comes loaded with Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC 
edition so that you can EDIT and read Word documents, Excel Documents, 
email, and it even has a mobile version for Powerpoint in case you need to 
keep presentations with you.

I could go on but will do so offline if you want to contact me via my 
personal email:

vendeland at msn.com

Good luck!

Greg
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett at zufelt.ca>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 8:11 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessible PDAs


Good morning,

I am curious what each of you uses for an accessible PDA.  Can anyone with 
an accessible PDA please write and let me know what brand / model you use 
along with your likes and dislikes?

Thanks,
Everett





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