Text Messenger Walkee-Talkees - Page 2

**Angel** · 02-08-2007, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by deafclimber

here is kid's walkie talkie with text msgs features -
BRATZ Text and Call Walkie Talkie, Pink - Wal-Mart. the pink one ! it DOES match with my pink climbing rope !

i dunno if the kids toys work well as real walkie talkie.

Actually they don't work as well as a real walkie talkie, I already asked the sale person at Target about this, since Target does have it also, but they didn't even have the boys style, only the girls style

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**Angel** · 02-08-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by dkf747

My daughter has a phone so I can text her, but she often leaves it in her bag so I often don't get an answer. I could see kids not wanting to have to wear one on their belt while playing. In other words, back to old fashioned yelling to call them home.

Yeah, same as my oldest son's cell phone, I could text him but I don't often get an answer back quickly....

You're right, not often seeing children wanted to wear them on their belts but I know my son always had his cell phone in his pocket....so this look small enough to put it in his pocket....I think....I'm waiting for the link so I can look into more information on this new product, that I've been waiting to see it coming on the market...

Nesmuth · 02-10-2007, 11:31 AM

Lots of interesting comments and questions!

Ok I contacted the manufacturer. The walkee talkees are designed for hearing kids so far. And they have a 50 feet range. Price is in the $30-$35 range and set to come in many colors other than those pictured in my first post.

We hope to have these at Deafnation Expo in Pomona. There's other applications in it that could put ubiduo and the interpretype out of business as these are good as face-to-face communication devices. 35 bucks is helluva cheaper than 2 grand!

Theres some mysterious issues regarding the manufacture of these and I'm trying to find those out.

Richard

**GraysonPeddie** · 02-10-2007, 11:51 AM

Very interesting. Maybe this will work for taking notes in class... Could it be used to save text messages to my Windows Mobile Pocket PC? I have a UTStarCom PPC6700 purchased from Alltel.

**Reba** · 02-10-2007, 01:20 PM

Only 50 feet? That's about from my front door to the front door of my neighbor across the street. That's not a very far range. Two people could sign to each other at the distance.

An average single-wide mobile home is about 50-70 feet long. So you could use the "walkie talkie" text from the front of the trailer to the back. Not very impressive.

Our voice battery-operated walkie talkies ($30 per pair) range 2 miles, and our rechargeable ones ($50 per pair) range 5 miles. A range of 50 feet is not much further than the end of our driveway.

I think the manufacturer needs to improve the range before it's worth serious use. It seems like this model is just a toy.

I think the concept is wonderful. It just needs to be applied to a heavy duty, longer-range "grown-up" model.

farmerjoe · 02-11-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

I think the concept is wonderful. It just needs to be applied to a heavy duty, longer-range "grown-up" model.

I just remembered, for hearing people there are "walkie-talkies" and there are 2-way radios. most devices for children are walkie-talkies, they're on a different frequency and have very short range, they're toys. I remember when I was 8 years old (I was hearing back then) I had a set of walkie-talkies, and the range was about 50-100 feet.

These days CB radios have become very small and hand held, and are actually smaller than the walkie-talkies I had as a kid. what we need to do is merge a TTY with one of these
Uniden - Products - Family Radios

Here's my idea, all we need to do is hook a very small TTY up to the headset jack of the radio. You can't have a "full-duplex" conversation on a radio anyway, so using GA and SK isn't a big deal. If you want it to work more like SMS on a cell phone then that's a a little different.. hmm it could be done.

spainmale · 02-14-2007, 01:59 PM

Ahh technology that's wonderful..

Dennis · 02-14-2007, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by GraysonPeddie

Very interesting. Maybe this will work for taking notes in class... Could it be used to save text messages to my Windows Mobile Pocket PC? I have a UTStarCom PPC6700 purchased from Alltel.

It's not using any kind of cellular technology, so there's no way for any messages to get sent to your phone. At the price Richard's talking about, it's EXTREMELY unlikely it even has an IR port to make an IR connection with your PPC.

Dennis · 02-14-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

It seems like this model is just a toy.

That's exactly all it is meant to be.

***VamPyroX*** · 02-24-2007, 02:33 AM

I might give one of these to my kids whenever they leave the house. That way, they don't get too addicted.

Nesmuth · 03-30-2007, 04:28 PM

Yeah after a lot of emails and messages from deafs saying I'm BS'ing and stuff like the drawings are fake.

Anyways........We got a huge delivery just 30 mins ago.

We will begin offering these at our booth at the Deafnation Expo in Pomona. Maybe sooner though our ebay store.

Whew!

Richard

TechBill · 03-31-2007, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nesmuth

Yeah after a lot of emails and messages from deafs saying I'm BS'ing and stuff like the drawings are fake.

Anyways........We got a huge delivery just 30 mins ago.

We will begin offering these at our booth at the Deafnation Expo in Pomona. Maybe sooner though our ebay store.

Whew!

Richard

What is the range on that?

**Reba** · 03-31-2007, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TechBill

What is the range on that?

50 ft.

TechBill · 04-02-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Reba

50 ft.

Only 50 ft.??? Wow that is so short range.

I was hoping 1-2 miles like walkie talkie so I could use it on camping trips or hunting trips with my deaf buddies.

Nesmuth · 04-02-2007, 01:35 PM

Again these are to be used as face to face communication. Not like a cellphone or something else.

Richard

TechBill · 04-02-2007, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nesmuth

Again these are to be used as face to face communication. Not like a cellphone or something else.

Richard

Yes I understand this now but still it would be nice to see it have a 1 to 2 miles range like a real walkie talkie sold in hunting/camping stores.

When the topic is "Text Messenger Walkee-Talkees" I just assume it was simlar to walkie talkie but uses text.

Maybe some day some companies will release such device =P

webexplorer · 04-02-2007, 05:34 PM

i have seen one on the internet last year. I cannot find it on a Google. I may think that the company had a bankrupt. That's unfortunate.

Nesmuth · 04-05-2007, 11:00 AM

I know about the legal issues and thats why they're going to be in very limited quantities and we got much of the stock. We can bring it up to just below 1 grand a pair just to stay way ahead of the wonderful competition.

Richard

Nesmuth · 04-05-2007, 04:44 PM

Dennis · 04-05-2007, 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nesmuth

I know about the legal issues and thats why they're going to be in very limited quantities and we got much of the stock. We can bring it up to just below 1 grand a pair just to stay way ahead of the wonderful competition.

Richard

You're still making no sense to me. What legal issues? What constitutes "limited quantities?" What the hell makes you think that selling them at $1,000 a pair makes any sense at all?!

Nesmuth · 04-06-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Dennis

You're still making no sense to me. What legal issues? What constitutes "limited quantities?" What the hell makes you think that selling them at $1,000 a pair makes any sense at all?!

Hey Dennis, take a bone and go bark somewhere else because you never make any sense to me.

Richard

Dennis · 04-06-2007, 01:20 PM

So, you never explain your reasons for doing the things you say you'll do. That's a great way to win people over to your side. You just respond to insult. Man, I'm good at wasting your time, when you could have just ignored my post and done more productive things with your time, like convincing yourself you have a winner of a business model.

How many other people have the same questions I do?

Nesmuth · 04-06-2007, 06:38 PM

My business model always wins. Leadership is an art, and if it dont look pretty to our wonderful Dennis here, then that's not my problem.

Richard

**Reba** · 04-06-2007, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angel

Actually they don't work as well as a real walkie talkie, I already asked the sale person at Target about this, since Target does have it also, but they didn't even have the boys style, only the girls style

...

Maybe your boys would like these:

Target : Classic Spider-Man SMS Text Messenger

Nesmuth · 04-06-2007, 10:56 PM

Those are nice

Richard

02-10-2007, 11:51 AM	#34 (permalink)
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02-10-2007, 11:31 AM	#33 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	Lots of interesting comments and questions! Ok I contacted the manufacturer. The walkee talkees are designed for hearing kids so far. And they have a 50 feet range. Price is in the $30-$35 range and set to come in many colors other than those pictured in my first post. We hope to have these at Deafnation Expo in Pomona. There's other applications in it that could put ubiduo and the interpretype out of business as these are good as face-to-face communication devices. 35 bucks is helluva cheaper than 2 grand! Theres some mysterious issues regarding the manufacture of these and I'm trying to find those out. Richard

02-10-2007, 01:20 PM	#35 (permalink)
Reba Granny Terp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 39,155	Only 50 feet? That's about from my front door to the front door of my neighbor across the street. That's not a very far range. Two people could sign to each other at the distance. An average single-wide mobile home is about 50-70 feet long. So you could use the "walkie talkie" text from the front of the trailer to the back. Not very impressive. Our voice battery-operated walkie talkies ($30 per pair) range 2 miles, and our rechargeable ones ($50 per pair) range 5 miles. A range of 50 feet is not much further than the end of our driveway. I think the manufacturer needs to improve the range before it's worth serious use. It seems like this model is just a toy. I think the concept is wonderful. It just needs to be applied to a heavy duty, longer-range "grown-up" model.

02-14-2007, 01:59 PM	#37 (permalink)
spainmale Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 249	Ahh technology that's wonderful..

04-02-2007, 01:35 PM	#45 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	Again these are to be used as face to face communication. Not like a cellphone or something else. Richard

04-02-2007, 05:34 PM	#47 (permalink)
webexplorer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New England Posts: 5,476	i have seen one on the internet last year. I cannot find it on a Google. I may think that the company had a bankrupt. That's unfortunate.

04-05-2007, 11:00 AM	#48 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	I know about the legal issues and thats why they're going to be in very limited quantities and we got much of the stock. We can bring it up to just below 1 grand a pair just to stay way ahead of the wonderful competition. Richard

04-05-2007, 04:44 PM	#49 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199

04-06-2007, 01:20 PM	#52 (permalink)
Dennis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Death Star HQ Posts: 1,858	So, you never explain your reasons for doing the things you say you'll do. That's a great way to win people over to your side. You just respond to insult. Man, I'm good at wasting your time, when you could have just ignored my post and done more productive things with your time, like convincing yourself you have a winner of a business model. How many other people have the same questions I do?

04-06-2007, 06:38 PM	#53 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	My business model always wins. Leadership is an art, and if it dont look pretty to our wonderful Dennis here, then that's not my problem. Richard

04-06-2007, 10:56 PM	#55 (permalink)
Nesmuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Southland of California Posts: 3,199	Those are nice Richard