[Reader-users] windows mobile

[Kevin Jones]

besides as a phone then you can get the data plan and use wayfinder 
which I think is as liberating as the reader.


Denise Thompson wrote:
> Terry
> 
> You can use the reader without having phone service. The only thing 
> I'd say is the frankly phone service is the list expensive part of 
> the whole package. If you're already spending $2,000 for the phone 
> and the reader, I'm not sure why you'd want another phone to carry 
> around with you also. However that's a decision you can make. The 
> reader and phone do stand alone.
> 
> Denise
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:16 PM 4/28/2008, you wrote:
>> Replies are below each question.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces+cmered=microsoft.com at nfbnet.org 
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces+cmered=microsoft.com at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]
>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:04 PM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] windows mobile
>>
>> Wiould the N82 and Talks work with Verizon.  It is another big company
>> around here.  What about comcast?
>>
>> [CM] There are various cellular standards--GSM, CDMA and TDMA to 
>> name three.  Verizon, Qwest and I *THINK* Comcast use CDMA.  The 
>> N82, which is meant more for world distribution, uses GSM, as this 
>> standard is used more ubiquitously throughout the world.  As it 
>> stands, there are only two nationwide GSM providers--T-Mobile and 
>> AT&T, so the phone would not work with Verizon, Qwest or Sprint as 
>> they use CDMA.
>>
>> [TP] When you use
>> the reader, if you have a cell phone provider, are you using cell time
>> when turning on the reader.  I would think not, but how could you
>> activate the camera with out the cell phone being on and taking up time?
>>
>> [CM] Airtime is only used when a call is in progress.  When, for 
>> example, you are using other applications on the phone (playing 
>> MP3s, using the camera, etc.), as you are not on a call, airtime isn't used.
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