Comments on: Text messaging ban in California now law, use Vlingo

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:53:17 +0000

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By: Michael Cox

Michael Cox — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:57:37 +0000

I love vlingo but it doesn’t run on the latest Bold OS (4.6.0.217). The guys a vlingo no the problem but no solution is available yet so I guess I’ll stick to bluetooth voice activated dialing and just talk to folks

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:32:16 +0000

@srleadjb: You’re rght, the key is “handsfree” but I see sooooo many people still using the phone while driving in San Francisco. The cops aren’t reinforcing the new mandated law. I doubt there will be many tickets given with the new “non-texting” law. It’s unfortunate though

However, I did try Vlingo while driving. My 2 nits are: 1) voice to text isn’t 100% (then again which tech. is?) and I found myself using my phone more to change my translated text to something intelligible. 2) Vlingo didn’t support bluetooth. I still had to talk into my handset instead of my earpiece..major thumbs down.

If they improve their voice2text technology and add bluetooth accessibility, I’d give it another try.

By: srleadjb

srleadjb — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:16:35 +0000

Under the law, writing, sending or reading any text-based messages on a cell phone or any type of wireless communications device, like a Blackberry or laptop computer, by a driver will be a violation.

The use of Vlingo while driving is a violation as they are text based messages. This is a common misconception along with holding the phone in your hand with it on speaker phone which is also a violation.

The key is “handsfree.”

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By: crm

crm — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:48:46 +0000

interesting question… are we actually allowed to use Vlingo, Jott or MyCaption while driving?