Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-05 Thread Lynn Schneider
to look >> at a >> number of the nokias that are available on the market and see which >> one >> takes your fancy if at all. >> Your own thoughts and opinions are the most reliable. The iphone is >> great >> but it may not be wat you want in the long run. >&g

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-05 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
see which > one > takes your fancy if at all. > Your own thoughts and opinions are the most reliable. The iphone is > great > but it may not be wat you want in the long run. > > Cheers > > Simon F > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegr

RE: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
isionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression Hi, I'm considering getting an iphone. I've never had an accessible phone. The only thing I've ever been able to do with a cell is place or answer a call. I'd like to be able to do more like use contacts, c

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-04 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi With the trackpad, it's triple-tap with three fingers. Either that, or VO-shift-F11. Regards, Nic On Oct 4, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > > On Oct 3, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Heh. I can definitely see how that can be confusing. Screen curtain? >

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-04 Thread Pete Nalda
On Oct 3, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > > Hi, > > Heh. I can definitely see how that can be confusing. Screen curtain? > Three-finger double tap? Great idea, though there's no shortcut for that on my mbp, but I could turn the screen brightness all the way to 0. Egun On, Lagunak

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
> Hi, > > Ahem, whoops. I of course meant three-finger tripple tap. You know > those situations where you're thinking of something else, and end up > writing it down? The three-finger double tap mutes. > > Regards, > Nic > On Oct 3, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Heh.

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-03 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Heh. I can definitely see how that can be confusing. Screen curtain? Three-finger double tap? Regards, Nic On Oct 3, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Pete Nalda wrote: > > > On Oct 2, 2009, at 3:37 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> To the comment about blind people using a touchscreen. I know a

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-03 Thread Pete Nalda
On Oct 2, 2009, at 3:37 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > > To the comment about blind people using a touchscreen. I know a > couple of sighted people who don't find it such a good experience, > either, so I guess it applies to blind and sighted folks alike. It also applies to people with

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-02 Thread Jean-Philippe Rykiel
riday, October 02, 2009 10:37 AM Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression Hi, To the comment about blind people using a touchscreen. I know a couple of sighted people who don't find it such a good experience, either, so I guess it applies to blind and sighted folks alike. I'm u

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-02 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, To the comment about blind people using a touchscreen. I know a couple of sighted people who don't find it such a good experience, either, so I guess it applies to blind and sighted folks alike. I'm using a trackpad on my Macbook when doing most of my work, and at first when I heard abo

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread william lomas
7;t it. > Cheers, > JPR > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > - Original Message - > From: Christina > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:45 PM > Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression > > > Hi, I'm consider

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Jean-Philippe. I agree with you that typing on the iPhone is not as fast as with a standard keyboard, but you would be surprised at how proficient you can become with practice. I have the iPod Touch. I have found that one of the tricks to becoming really proficient with the touch screen

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
2009 4:11 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression > > Dear Christina, > if I had to choose today I think I would go for an iPhone. I'm very > happy with my Nokia for now and I think that the touchscreen > interface is as disconcerting

RE: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Kevin Gibbs
. Kevin -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe Rykiel Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:11 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression Dear Christina, if I had to choose

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Jean-Philippe Rykiel
. That would be nice wouldn't it. Cheers, JPR http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel - Original Message - From: Christina To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:45 PM Subject: Re: iPhone, my first impression Hi, I'm consideri

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Christina
Thanks so much. :) One of my biggest reasons for wanting an iphone is to support apple and their efforts for the blind and Visually impaired. This is a truly amazing thing for a company to make something accessible right out of the box at no extra cost. Wow! That still amazes me. Tha

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi there, i'll answer your questions below: 1 okt 2009 kl. 19.45 skrev Christina: > Since, you've switched from Nokia to iphone > would you go back? Do you feel you can do everything and more with > the iphone or are there some aspects and features of the Nokias that > you miss that I should c

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Christina
Hi, I'm considering getting an iphone. I've never had an accessible phone. The only thing I've ever been able to do with a cell is place or answer a call. I'd like to be able to do more like use contacts, calendar, and caller id. Since, you've switched from Nokia to iphone would you go

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Ryan Dour
Voice dialing while you're walking down the street does work, even in a crowded city like Chicago. If you use the iPod headphones with mic and remote that come with the device, the mic is positioned perfectly for picking up your voice over the crowds around you. I dial simply by stating "c

RE: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Kevin Gibbs
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

RE: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Donna Goodin
puter. Cheers, Donna -Original Message- From: Jean-Philippe Rykiel 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

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi there, I come from the Nokia world myself, and i have found no problems phoning folks while out and about. With some training, you should be able to master the virtual keybord quite well and as for phoning, there's at least 3 ways of doing it. 1: use the dial pad, a little slow in the b

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-10-01 Thread Jean-Philippe Rykiel
- 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 y

Re: iPhone, my first impression

2009-09-30 Thread william lomas
hi You used it in french then? French is my 2nd language i ahve been learning it since i was six years old i like the french voic On 1 Oct 2009, at 00:00, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Dear all, > The first thing I saw, sorry, heard, was a demo video on Apple's > accessibility page. It was

RE: iPhone, my first impression

2009-09-30 Thread Kevin Gibbs
: 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

iPhone, my first impression

2009-09-30 Thread Jean-Philippe Rykiel
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 Par