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Don H
So maybe I am in the minority but I don't have any desire to have a Smart phone or some larg phone to carry around. Right now I have a Tracfone Doro 7050 flip phonethat is starting to have some issues. Anyone else have a Tracfone flip phone to recommend?
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Gene
Is there a reason you specifically want a Track Phone? While I
don't know how you may be limiting yourself, there are flip phones
you can get from various manufacturers and through various phone
companies.
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I believe you can buy a phone, then use it on the Track Phone network. From the very little I saw on the web site, it appears there is no requirement for you to buy a phone from them. And of course, there are many other networks to use. Gene On 8/17/2022 1:33 PM, Don H wrote:
So maybe I am in the minority but I don't have any desire to have a Smart phone or some larg phone to carry around. Right now I have a Tracfone Doro 7050 flip phonethat is starting to have some issues. Anyone else have a Tracfone flip phone to recommend? |
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Gene,
Tracfone, like most service providers these days, does allow you to "bring your own device." Provided it's a GSM device and unlocked (and if you have a phone you purchased from another service provider, they have to unlock it if you request it after 12-18 months of "locked use"). Tom's Guide, which is generally very reliable, maintains a list of GSM Carriers in the United States. So if you have a phone that came from one of those, it should work on Tracfone. You may also wish to make certain that the frequencies that your device uses are also the frequency bands that Tracfone uses. The best site I've found for this information, though I can't say a thing about it's overall accessibility, is the Kimovil Frequency Checker. That link for Kimovil goes to the site related to the USA, but they do have the same service for virtually any nation on earth, and you can switch to the appropriate venue. -- Brian - Windows 10, 64-Bit, Version 21H2, Build 19044 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Yeah you know I never got used to the touch system and I don't know if I want to become a texting monster.
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I am already wedded to my workstation without making a single tweat and 3g still is about and my nokia c5 00 still works. My eventual plan is maybe a blind shell then some sort of tablet. Since I use my echo a mutherload I think it may be an amazon firetab. You can get them for as low as 150 on clearence and hell for that price I may get one just for kicks. If I can run everything by voice like my echo then why not. Pluss my family has spotify premium for our stereo and stream box, the streamer is an old bluesound nr100 one of our friends has who has now replaced with a bunch of pi units so doesn't need it at all and an onkio I forget the model as such I think its something like cr2000 or something but all are smart. I doubt though for me that the app world is something I am really going to hit I just need something that I can sms and call on right now and maybe extras. I like to game on my pc and hell maybe when I get the space get one of the newer xbox systems which are accessible. On 18/08/2022 6:33 am, Don H wrote:
So maybe I am in the minority but I don't have any desire to have a Smart phone or some larg phone to carry around. Right now I have a Tracfone Doro 7050 flip phonethat is starting to have some issues. Anyone else have a Tracfone flip phone to recommend? |
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Brian's Mail list account
I would say that some of the major uses I have had for my I-phone have been ocr and navigation related. In addition Whatsapp and Facetime audio only calls are by fare more reliable and understandable than any normal cell phone call you can get.
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The main issue is of course the keyboard, but often the voice recognition is good enough to send quick replies to texts etc, and you can get nice bluetooth keyboards for if you need to go somewhere with an inaccessible computer and still answer e-mail. From my experience. the main issue people have with touch screens is remembering to use a very light swipe and keep the horizontal line. which takes practice. Any new app does need some time to explore by keeping your finger on the screen so you can hear where the various areas are. Drawbacks? Well if you have slight sight, it will be very confusing to you, so turn the brightness right down and put the screen curtain on. Also avoid using it in a car bus or taxi to do more than the most mundane things. Try to launch apps by voice when in a quiet place. Brian -- bglists@... Sent via blueyonder.(Virgin media) Please address personal E-mail to:- briang1@..., putting 'Brian Gaff' in the display name field. ----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Everiss" <sm.everiss@...> To: <chat@nvda.groups.io> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 6:06 AM Subject: Re: [chat] flip phones Yeah you know I never got used to the touch system and I don't know if I want to become a texting monster. |
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