[gps-talkusers] Re: treker breeze question

  • From: Will Walsh <willwalsh14@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 22:07:17 -0400

Yes, Luke is right about this. At the end of the day, I'm a firm believer in 
what works for the consumer. What ever suits them is what they should use.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 6, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Luke French <nhbostonfan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> don't get me wrong there are still people who buy digital cameras rather than 
> use their phones for various reasons but for the most part these types of 
> products will become more expensiveSingle use devices of all kinds are going 
> to have a hard time in the future. I don't use my Victor reader anymore 
> because I'm using the BARD Mobile app instead.
> 
> Luke 
> 
>> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:57 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> I would think, since there are good gps apps for both of the major smart 
>> phone platforms, there would be no reason to go with a treker breeze, not to 
>> mention the expensive price.
>>> On Jul 5, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Dale Leavens <dleavens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> They still support it, just how often maps are updated though is something 
>>> else. I did hear a roomer that they may be working on some sort of upgrade 
>>> or new project but only heard it once and have not seen anything.
>>> 
>>> Oddly, in my limited experience it so far still works best of all not 
>>> including those products that work on the braille notetakers which I have 
>>> never used.
>>> 
>>> Blind Square still does not announce upcoming intersections or not in this 
>>> town anyway and yesterday when we went over to Timmins I didn't have a 
>>> chance to really test it as I needed a known reliable solution. I expct 
>>> though it would have more current points of interest than say Trekker due 
>>> to the customer base on FourSquare.
>>> 
>>> Dale Leavens.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Antonius" <news@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 5:43 PM
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: treker breeze question
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I think that trekker breeze is no longer being supported by humanware.
>>>> 
>>>> Marco the rocket
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 8:35, Ray Carette <ray957719@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would like to knnow how often tomtom updates their maps because
>>>>> there are things listed in downtown Manchester NH which haven't
>>>>> existed in at least one-two years such as Pappajohns pizza which
>>>>> tomtomm says is downtown and hasn't been as I said for at least a year
>>>>> or two.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 7/1/14, Will Walsh <willwalsh14@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 1, 2014, at 10:22 PM, "Dale Leavens" <dleavens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Will,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You get country maps on the Trekker Breeze when you buy it. These would 
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> say USA or Canada or maybe Great Britain.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If you want them for other countries you have to buy them from Humanware
>>>>>>> for something like a hundred and twenty bucks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It gets a little more complicated for the USA because you can only have 
>>>>>>> 4
>>>>>>> maps on a card at a time and therefore you need 4 cards to hold all the
>>>>>>> USA maps, some states on each card. If you travel beyond your currently
>>>>>>> installed card you'll have to change to the one which has the state you
>>>>>>> have moved to.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> You manage your maps with a programme you download to your computer from
>>>>>>> their Web Site.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hope this is helpful.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dale Leavens.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Walsh" <willwalsh14@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 10:04 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] treker breeze question
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>> I am wondering how to download maps on to my treker breeze and if maps
>>>>>>>> are free. I am getting mixed messages. I was told by the people that
>>>>>>>> donated this to me that maps were free. Humanware is claiming I have to
>>>>>>>> pay for extra maps. Which is it. And if they're free, how do I obtain
>>>>>>>> more and download them? thanks
>>>>>>>> 
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