Have tried it before.
On Oct 5, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > Android may not have every single accessibility feature the iphone does, but > I can easily complete the same task on both platforms, and sometimes android > is faster, have you actually tried android or are you saying this from what > you have heard? > On Oct 5, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Marcy Weinberg wrote: > >> But the iPhone still has something well over the android, that being >> accessibility. >> >> On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> The big area where apple is playing catch up is by using the cloud. The >> ability to sync between devices, and not having to use itunes nearly as >> much. Also, speech recognition and the ability to dictate text, android has >> had this for quite some time. Android still provides free turn by turn >> directions, but this must be purchased for the iphone. The iphone is also >> more expensive, don't get me wrong, the iphone is a good product, but many >> of the things apple is introducing are already on android. One thing that is >> important for me is the ability to connect an android phone to a computer, >> and it will show up as a drive, I can simply copy and delete files. Compared >> to android, the iphone is a bit restrictive. >> On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote: >> >>> Maybe somebody can explain to me how ios5 is playing catch up with Android >>> for blind users. Other perspectives aren't especially important for us as >>> blind users, right? So on the Android phones, I must have a physical >>> navigation method. No touch screen only devices. Which duel core Android >>> phones with 8mp cameras and a gb of ram plus voice assistant will be >>> available to me? Are they gsm capable as well as cdma? What will they >>> cost? In other words, let us please compare apples and apples here, no pun >>> in tended. I don't care if an all touch screen phone has a bigger screen, >>> slightly faster processor and lets me use external bluetooth devices. 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