Hello JP, A couple of things. First, you can also dial a number by selecting it from contacts. This is quite easy to do while on the move.
Second, the iphone has a favorites feature that makes it easy to access numbers you call often. You can add people/places to your favorites list from within contacts. You can set the iphone so that a double-press of the home key opens your favorites list, and then you just select the entry you want, just as you have done with other items on iphone screens. Lastly, and I know this may seem hard to believe, you do get much better with typing/keypad entry over time. For a long time I felt like typing was the iphone's biggest shortcoming, especially That typing while in a moving vehicle was very difficult. That said, just this past weekend my husband and I were driving around and I was trying to send a text message, and I was amazed at how much better I'm able to type while in the car than before. It really was a surprise; I had just assumed that this was a drawback I was going to have to live with. I think the hardest thing to get across to people who are just trying an iphone, is that you really need to give it time, I'd say *at *least a couple of weeks. This is because the interface is so different, and you sometimes have to think differently about how to accomplish a certain task. If you do this, I think you'll find that the iphone works quite well as both a phone and a computer. Cheers, Donna -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Philippe Rykiel <jpryk...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:30 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression Dear Kevin, voice control is okay if you're alone in a silent place. But generally I don't find it a very discreet feature. I even wonder how voice control has been allowed in a world which is so obsessed with privacy. Cheers, JPR http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Gibbs To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:33 AM Subject: RE: iPhone, my first impression JP, There is a voice command thing that allows you to speak the number you wish to dial. You should try this before you make up your mind. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe Rykiel Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:01 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: iPhone, my first impression 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 http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
