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Entries from October 2007

T-Mobile Coverage on Deaf Cruise 2007

October 25th, 2007 · 9 Comments

I would like to share some exciting news with people who will go on the Deaf Freedom Cruise 2007 this weekend! I called T-Mobile Customer Care to ask about wireless coverage on the cruise ship for the Deaf Freedom Cruise, Freedom of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship. T-Mobile provides roaming coverage […]

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Tags: Carriers Issues · Network Coverage Issues

Danger Finally Listens to Deaf Sidekick Users About Fonts!

October 23rd, 2007 · 14 Comments

I would like to share with you what I learned today.  I was looking at the new Sidekick LX that was released today. Guess what? The Hiptop OS that comes with the Sidekick LX now features adjustable font sizes! No more squinting at your Sidekick because you can’t change its font!  Finally […]

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Tags: Wireless Devices Issues

Easily Convert Deaf-related video for your BlackBerry!

October 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Do you have a BlackBerry (BB) with a MicroSD memory card slot(Curve/8300/8320, 8800/8820/8830, or Pearl/8100)?

Do you wish you had time to watch all those great deaf-related videos online? Wish no more! The good news is that you will be able to convert Deaf-related videos into a format that you can watch on your […]

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Tags: Wireless Devices Issues

Sidekick LX Coming Oct 24

October 3rd, 2007 · 34 Comments

T-Mobile’s Sidekick line of pagers has been very popular with deaf and hard of hearing users since the first (with a grayscale screen, even!) Sidekick debuted five years ago this month. Now T-Mobile will be releasing the sixth model in the Sidekick line on October 24th. Rather than going with the obvious name, […]

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Tags: Wireless Device Reviews