Hello Family,

Today is yet another day I have been a two-battery Epix owner.  All I can say is yea!!!!!

I’d forgotten how nice it is to not worry about running low on juice especially after running heavy tests on the phone all day.  Don’t get me wrong, I never ran completely out of power but, I use my phone so much that the possibility was never far from my mind. 

Now, with my Desktop charger and the second battery, all I have to do is lock and load. 

It almost makes me long for the days of the first old-school Motorola monstrosities when having a second battery was truly not a luxury but a necessity. 

It really is a shame that stand-alone Desktop battery chargers are so difficult to find; at least, they are for me. 

Now, if I could only locate a Y-cable …

Ah, but one thing at a time.

With Liberty and Power for All,
Mark

QUESTION:
As a low vision person, how do you know which way you’re traveling in terms of north, south, east, and west?  This may be a personal subject so I apologize if it offends you.

Thank you,

Karen

ANSWER:
This is a very good question, Karen, and I assure you I am not offended.  In fact, I wish more people would make such inquiries.   Read the rest of this entry »

FIRST WINDOWS MOBILE 6.5 DEVICE FROM SAMSUNG
by Chuong Nguyen, January 26th, 2009 at 03:19 PM

This is filed under the leaks and rumors section for now, but MSMobileNews has it that Samsung will be releasing two new Windows Mobile devices in 2009, if sources from eXpansys are to be reliable. Staff at eXpansys were given a chance to preview the devices. The first will be a Touch Pro competitor and the second will bring Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Epix form factor.  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

Mobile Geo is a Windows Mobile GPS navigation software solution for the visually impaired complete with vibratory feedback for the deaf-blind, developed by Code Factory.

I am pleased to release this audio-training lesson entitled “Virtual Geo”, published here as an approximately 20 minute CANDLESHORE podcast.

This lesson comprises Part 3 of the audio-training series, USING MOBILE GEO.

For more information about Code Factory’s Mobile Geo, point your browser to codefactory.es.

Enjoy,

Mark
Episode:  Virtual Geo

Hello Boys and Girls,

The following article, by Eric Griffith, will show you how to turn your little USB Thumb Drive into a virtual Mini PC. 

I love this stuff!!!!  (Big Smile) 

Enjoy,

Mark  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

I am delighted to share the following information, released by Code Factory, the makers of Mobile Speak, the premiere Smartphone magnifier and screen reading software solution for the blind and low vision, announcing its implementation of a new Helpdesk support system.

Read on.

Mark  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone,

Code Factory, the makers of Mobile Speak, a Smartphone magnifier and screen reading software solution for the blind and low vision, announced today that the Samsung Saga, sold in the USA for use on the Verizon Wireless CDMA Network is now supported. 

For more information, go to:
http://codefactory.es

Mark

Hello Everyone, 

A friend of mine sent the following safety tips to me and I want you to read them and take them very seriously.  This is not a joke or a pun.  Unfortunately, this is real life, precious life that we all must protect at any cost.  So print them out or Braille them up and study them; learn them well and from time-to-time, read them again and again.  Make them part of your ethos (world view) and never forget. 

Pass this information on to everyone you know and pray that no one will ever need to use them.

Remember, a candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle.

Most Sincerely,

Mark Taylor  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello My Fellow Tiptoe Bandits,

As all of us do from time-to-time, I find myself frequently answering the question of where I would most like to visit.  My usual answer, which is true by the way, is that I someday want to travel up to Alaska and gaze upon the Aurora Borealis (The Northern Lights).

But there’s more; so very much more. 

For one thing, even though I desperately long to go to this place, I am equally desperately afraid of it; ironic, no?

So, you want to know where it is?  Read the rest of this entry »

Hello Everyone, 

Even though I wrote an article on how to use my beloved Samsung Epix SGH-i907 Smartphone as a broadband MODEM, Click Here to View, I decided to revisit this topic once again in order to point those of you who do not own an Epix to a wonderful website that may assist in configuring your particular wireless device to serve as a broadband MODEM, as well.

Enjoy and Good Luck,

Mark  Read the rest of this entry »