Re: Cellphone Tech! What About Access?

 
Probably the best way to find out if these manufacturers intend to make  any 
of these phones (a) with features and functions that make them accessible to  
and usable by persons with vision disabilities and (b)  if any of them are  
hearing aid compatibl, is to contact  to the Disability Points of Contact at  
these companies. Or to file complaints once the product hits the  marketplace  
If everyone on this list asked  these companies about this, surely they would 
respond! We should pool the  answers we get! Contact information below. 
Jenifer, 
AAPD ([email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ) 
NOKIA (re the new N series, including the N78) 
David Dzumba, Senior Manager, Accessibility; Nokia, 6000 Connection Drive
Irving, Texas  75039. tel  469-231-3125; Email [email protected]_ 
(mailto:[email protected])  
SAMSUNG (re their prototype Instinct) 
Kendra Green, Wireless Standards Engineer, Samsung Telecommunications  
America, 1301 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, TX 75082. Tel 972-761-7123; Fax  
972-761-7678; E-mail [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])  
LG (re their new VU phone). 
LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc., Alan K.  Tse, General Counsel, Legal 
Department, 10101 Old Grove Road, San Diego, CA  92131. Tel 858-635-5300; Fax 
858-635-5378; E-mail: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected])  
Google (re Android platform to which phones will be designed) 
Dr. T.V. Raman, email [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) 
 
 
In a message dated 4/4/2008 7:54:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[email protected] writes:

Technology moves forward while access, at least in some quarters,  
languishes.  Can we catch a break in this leading edge?  What are  "the tradeoffs" of 
having a keypad and a touch screen?
Here's an article  from the New York Times where the tradeoffs are mentioned 
but not explored...  
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Mobile Phone Industry Takes Aim at the iPhone
By LAURA  M. HOLSON
Touch screens, the mobile Internet and devices packed  with
multimedia capabilities dominated the discussion this week
at CTIA  Wireless 2008.
_http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/technology/04phone.html?th&emc=th_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/technology/04phone.html?th&emc=th) 


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