Dear Srikant Android presently, is quite doable. Jellybean especially has come of age with respect to accessability. There has been some significant changes on the development team of Talkback and they are going full steam on improving access ability.
At this point of time, I would not recommend to buy accessible Symbian phones and they should positively consider for Android. On a long term perspective, it makes more sense choosing Samsung as they have better track record of availability of Roms which makes it possibility to port to the next version of Android. There are many tabs coming in the marketing at attractive prices. However, most of them don't come with GPS and GSM. One should ideally avoid them. Although qwerty keyboard is not essential in using Android devices, They come very handy especially in moments of keying correct passwords. Instead of sulking for seeing the demise of Symbian, one should be welcoming Android, for it now gives good opportunity to make use of apps which can help us in our daily living. The learning curve too is not very steep. Harish Kotian -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srikanth Kanuri Sent: 01 November 2012 08:25 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Symbian may be over, but firm still stands by handset the platform which gave us life by way of access to smart phones is finally ending. we have not received an update of talks for quite a while now. is it marking the end of Talks and Mobile speak soon? except for the IPhone which is quite expensive we will not have a comprehensive screen reader if Simbion is no more. if android accessibility is not improved the way it had to be, accessibility of smart phone might be a highly expensive task for an average Indian. as Nokia moved to win 8 Phones, there are no signs of any screen reader accessibility on win 8 till now. its hard to digest that Microsoft really ignores comprehensive accessibility features. On 11/1/12, jignesh <jigneshmpokar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Article written on 19th Oct 2012 > > Symbian may be over, but firm still stands by handset > > > The Nokia 808 Pureview will continue to receive development and support, > even though its Symbian platform has been discontinued. > > Yesterday Nokia announced that it was finally pulling the plug on its > home-brewed smartphone platform, as it completes the transition over to > Microsoft's Windows Phone system. > This obviously causes an issue for anyone still running a Symbian-toting > device, as Nokia won't be responding to bug reports or other issues, > however there is one exception - the Nokia 808 Pureview. Last phone > standing > > Nokia clarified the 808 Pureview's position following Symbian's > maintenance mode relegation, writing on its developer site: "We do have > new feature development for Pureview 808 product and we periodically > evaluate what updates are needed to attract the end users." > This is good news for 808 Pureview owners who will have only purchased > the handset this year, as they can now be safe in the knowledge Nokia > will be looking after them for a little while yet. > There's no word on when Nokia will finally stop providing updates and > support for the 808 Pureview, but looking at mobile phone cycles today > we can't see it lasting past 2014 - and even that would be a cheeky > treat given the apathy the Finnish firm is showing the platform. > > [symbian was best, what do u think guys!] > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
