Dear all, The first thing I saw, sorry, heard, was a demo video on Apple's accessibility page. It was really impressive, and I already knew that mastering such a revolutionary interface could not be achieved in a day. Well, never mind, I was excited enough to start calling shop after shop in Paris to see if there was one available to try out. And so here I was, this very morning, in a phone store in Paris, my hands on this new magic toy. I was glad I had read part of the instructions before I came, and activating voice-over on the iPhone was quite easy, much to the astonishment of the vendor. I started fiddling and was soon surprised about how quickly I was able to make friend with the objects on the object. It's really fun to manipulate indeed. Unfortunately, it was impossible to take the iPhone for a walk as it was stock inside a kind of anti-theft display case and so I tried to imagine how I would use the iPhone as I'm currently using my Nokia. And that's where I think I found a limitation to this wonderful interface. Don't misunderstand me, I absolutely admire the technical prowess, but you see, the first thing I need a phone for is to phone people. With a physical keyboard, it is actually possible to dial a number while walking in the street and holding the phone in one hand, same for SMS. The problem with the iPhone is that you can't rely on tactile information at all, and I'm afraid that using voice-over for something as simple as dialling or typing text can only be slower than using a physical keyboard. So my bottom line is that the iPhone is probably a wonderful pocket computer that can be used as a phone, but I don't see it as the ideal tool for actually calling people. This sensation I want to share with you only came after 15 minutes of playing with the iPhone and I would love to know what someone who's been using it for a longer time thinks . Cheers, JPR
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