RE: Creating A New Text Message

That resolved the problem, thanks very much. Interesting one that. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: 11 September 2014 15:19 To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Creating A New Text Message Try and see if it works if you pr

RE: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

That would be like saying a sighted person would have to look at the iPhone to see the information the watch provides. Yes, the watch requires an iPhone, but it will have its own apps and one major roll is to give access to notifications and messages/emails quickly so if it doesn’t speak it will

RE: Need help with the music app

You delete using the action rotor, in other words just flick up or down and you should land on delete, just fdouble tap and that's it. Same way as deleting an email or text message. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Pelletier Sent: Thursday, Septe

Helpful tip for those having trouble pre-orderring the iPhone 6 via Apple's website

Hello All, This may be old news for some of you but, I just pre-ordered my new iPhone 6 by calling Apple. The website wasn't working for me, probably due to countless others trying to do the same thing, so I decided to try calling Apple figuring I had nothing to lose. The first few calls, I got a

Re: Where did it come from?

Ok, never had music on my device before, but found this album. I clicked Play, nothing happened. I went down the track list, every button had a Download Blahblahblah, so do I have to download them all before I can play? I know it sounds a stupid question to those that do this all the time, b

Re: Where did it come from?

Oh, good good, now I understand it better, thanks, will go do that. Though it didn't stop iTunes charging me again for the same ring tone when I changed phone, same identity, just newer phone. £2.99 for a few seconds of sound, which I seldom even use. Rh. - Original Message - From: "

Re: Where did it come from?

Ok, I have itin my music listing, with previous proviso about downloading the tracks. I went to the about section in settings and it shows No music tracks, which would be right until I download these. So most of my memory remains. Until I do download the tracks, I don't know if I'd then be s

Re: Helpful tip for those having trouble pre-orderring the iPhone 6 via Apple's website

You can also try using the apple store app. Only I got all the way to having mine in my cart very easily and then realized there isn't any place to choose financing options on the app like there is on the full site. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of te

Re: IOS8!!!

I would also love to be able to use quick type, btw is that the same as the direct type method in the rotor setting where you can change typing modes? Rumor has it though that Quick type is yet another anglocentric feature that probably won't be available in Sweden at all, just like Siri. /Krist

RE: IOS8!!!

Krister , just wait until I install IOs8, and you will see bunches of annoying issues related with IOs8. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 6:07 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

from Twitter: @AppleVis with respect to iWatch and VO, apple is "considering it." and has thought about it. and: @AppleVis although a11y may be a last-minute efort, sort of an afterthought and i'm sure buggier than hell, I can't wait to play with one! Posted by @jordan1084 after calling Apple.

RE: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

In this case, what is the function of the iWatch? If the iWatch is needing a iDevice to provide the accessibility, then will be better do not buy it, because with the iPhone, we are able to do the same things that with the watch. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.co

Preordering with in the UK

I pre ordered my I phone 6 plus today and eventually when I got to do it online, it went quite well. I was rather annnoyed that I was forced to get an Itunes gift card though. I have never used one of these but I hope this will be useful when I come to order my KNFB reader. So best of luck if y

Re: ITunes match question

You don't need to put music on the iDevice when running iTunes match. - Original Message - From: "'Ming' via VIPhone" To: Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: ITunes match question hello all, when I turn on ITunes match. and the song will on the ICloud. can I delete th

Re: strange problem with soft keyboard on ipad 2

Joe, When I went back to investigate I found my perception of what was going on was wrong. The increase contrast settings seem to have no effect on the keyboard color. The keyboard that is presented in the app store, however, is a different color (dark background/key color with light colored let

Re: Where did it come from?

I thought it worked that way too but Kim is reporting that this one is being downloaded automatically and to get it off your device you have to move it to the cloud or somewhere but you can't get it out of ITunes. I am just saying what she is reporting not authenicating her statements. Dan Beav

Re: iPhone 6: For Me, It's A SIM Thing

And, if your carrier offers different size sim cards, get the nano sim, it will give you the most flexibility. There is an adapter kit you can get that will let you use a nano sim in phones that take micro sims and full size sims, on the other hand, if you actually have a larger sim card, you c

RE: Need help with the music app

Hi, What do I do if that doesn't work. The action selection does not appear on the rotar. I guess I'm not in the right place but I thought I was. I am in an album and I want to remove songs. I had been told that flicking up would give me the choice to delete and, if I deleted all songs, the alb

Re: J.Scanner Stand via @ProBizMgmt

I'm wondering why the moderators are tolerating these kinds of messages which are completely pointless. After what Sieghard wrote, to send a one word answer that answers nothing is even more pointless. Either this is some kind of crazy scam or someone needs to be medicated, or both. "Common se

RE: Preordering with in the UK

Hi Kawal, Are you saying they gave you a free iTunes gift card and you are annoyed that Apple is giving you money? Amazing. Regards, Sieghard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014

RE: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

Pablo, The watch is also a fashion statement. Some people will have it just to be in style. Having said that, it is not always convenient to pull out your phone. In our Canadian winters, it will be much much simpler to use the watch to do whatever is needed on the phone. Having to open you

RE: Where did it come from?

I don't know who Kim is and I guess this is one example where repeating statements from others without checking results in spreading wrong information. When I opened iTunes I did not see the album because I have iTunes set not to show "purchases in the cloud". I had to first uncheck that in Setting

Questions re the mail program

Although I set up mail on my 4S a long time ago, I had never used it but now want to use it while out of town. First of all, does the native mail program have any filtering capabilities? I have one account exclusively for list traffic from several lists. But I want to see mail only from this

RE: IOS8!!!

Hi Krister, No, quick type and Direct Touch Typing have nothing to do with each other. Quick Type gives you predictions of words you might want to type next. This works in 2 ways. If I start a text message and write "I" then most likely one of the 3 quick type suggestions is "am" which means quick

RE: Need help with the music app

Hi Ron, When you are in that album and on your list of songs, have you tried to turn the rotor to see if "actions" is somewhere in the rotor settings? Write to me off-list if you need more help. Email is siegh...@live.ca . Regards, Sieghard From: viphone

How Do You Use The Hangar In Nebula Arcade?

Hi, all, I really like this game. It's a basic shooter game. It has a button labeled "hangar" but I don't know how to use it. There are listings of items but it says I have zero points available. I've been playing a lot, and I'm on Chapter 2. I've gotten a fair number of special items as well.

Re: IOS8!!!

Hi and thanks for the explanations. I don't know if i'm wanting quicktype, given how utterly annoyed i get at the spellchecker on the mac which tends to replace words i type with words that it thinks i want but i don't .:-) Luckily though the replacement thing is gone. Let's see if the quicktype

Do You Have To Download the Free U2 Album in Order To Keep It?

Hi, all, I have iTunes Match, and I want to keep the album in my iCloud storage. I don't have a computer and don't want to download it to my iPod. Is it going to disappear on me if I don't physically download it? Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing w

Re: Questions re the mail program

I really don't think that iOS has any filtering by itself. I think you have to go through iCloud control panel to do this, and I don't know how acccessible it is. Message threading should be on by default, but it is found in settings, then go to mail/contacts/calendars and you will find that in

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

I agree. Most watches her fashion statement. Nobody needs a Rolex, but many people wear them. If the Apple watch is accessible, I plan to buy one. Why? Cool factor of 100! Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Sep 12, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Ron Pelletier wrote: > > Pa

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

Where can I find the keynote? Brian On 9/9/14, Teresa Cochran wrote: > Hi, all, > > Lots of exciting stuff in the keynote. Has anyone found a description or > information or experience about whether Apple Watch will be accessible. I > know it has Siri and haptic features, but does it have Voiceo

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

WWW dot apple.com Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Brian Albriton wrote: > > Where can I find the keynote? > Brian > > >> On 9/9/14, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> Hi, all, >> >> Lots of exciting stuff in the keynote. Has anyone found a

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

you can find it at http://www.apple.com - Original Message - From: "Brian Albriton" To: Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch? Where can I find the keynote? Brian On 9/9/14, Teresa Cochran wrote: Hi, all, Lots of exciting stuff in th

Re: Where did it come from?

nloaded it. It shows it's there but you have to download the songs. Hey free is good. LOL! I listened to it and although U2 isn't on my favorites list, I've heard far worse so thank you Apple. Regards, Alan Go Chicago Bears in 2014! Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parent

Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Has anyone swapped an iPhone with a family member? You guys are on the same family account and want to exchange devices. Is it fairly painless? :) Thanks, Traci -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by d

Re: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Every time I buy a new phone I give my current one to my wife. With Verizon it is easier to have the phone company make the changes to the numbers. I would highly suggest that you both first back up your phones though. On 9/12/14, Traci Duncan wrote: > Has anyone swapped an iPhone with a family m

Re: NFL Now

Thank you, Chris! I'll give this a go on Sunday when there are more live games. Your directions are much appreciated! Scott On 9/12/14, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > To hear the games, you need to get into the game center for the game you > want to listen to and then look for the listen or repla

RE: Where did it come from?

Hello Sieghard, My friend, I agree with you in most aspects of your reply accept one. You stated that if someone gave you a free CD, you would accept it graciously. The key word here is accept. No doubt that you would, as would I. However, that is not what Apple did, What they did is more

Re: IOS8!!!

Isn't some of this against the NDA? Just curious. I will only say this: read before updating unless you know how to restore your phone back to 7.1.2. Also remember that you will have like 72 hours after the public release to revert before Apple no longer validates installs of iOS 7.1.2. Scott On

Re: Where did it come from?

They really didn't force you into anything. It will go away in a month if you don't download it. On 9/12/14, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Sieghard, > > My friend, I agree with you in most aspects of your reply accept one. > > You stated that if someone gave you a free CD, you would accept it > graci

RE: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Hi, Does your experience provide any guidance as follows? I have a Verizon account. I have to purchase my new phone from the Apple Store as I have a gift card for this purpose. My daughter will be getting my iPhone 5, but currently does not have a smart phone. I want to add her to my Verizon a

RE: Where did it come from?

John, This is by no means a certainty. When I asked a customer service rep at iTunes today, he said he could not confirm that the album will be removed. Mark -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Friday

Re: Questions re the mail program

Hi, do you have filters on the website? Because if you do they will sync over to your I phone Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:19 AM, "Donald L. Roberts" > wrote: > > Although I set up mail on my 4S a long time ago, I had never used it but now > want to use it while out of town.

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

If you use any app for downloading podcasts onto your iOS device, you can search for Apple Keynote in it, and it should bring up the Apple keynote podcast. The latest episode is for the September 9 event of this year. > On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Brian Albriton wrote: > > Where can I find t

Re: J.Scanner Stand via @ProBizMgmt

With marketing/public relations like this, I'd rather have the StandScan or Giraffe Reader over this any day. Thanks, Ari > On Sep 12, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Richard Turner wrote: > > I'm wondering why the moderators are tolerating these kinds of messages which > are completely pointless. After w

Re: Where did it come from?

during the keynote they said it would only be available for a month or so. On 9/12/14, M. Taylor wrote: > John, > > This is by no means a certainty. When I asked a customer service rep at > iTunes today, he said he could not confirm that the album will be removed. > > Mark > > -Original Mess

Re: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Once Apple ports her number they can move her number on to your phone and set the new one as your number. It probably won't be to difficult. On 9/12/14, Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D. wrote: > Hi, > > Does your experience provide any guidance as follows? > > I have a Verizon account. I have to purcha

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

Here is a link to the podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665?mt=2 Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Sep 12, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Gmail wrote: > > If you use any app for downloading podcasts onto your iOS device, you can > search f

Here is a link to the Apple keynote podcast

Hi all, Here is a link to the Apple keynote podcast. Many have asked where they can find it. Here you can subscribe to the podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-keynotes/id275834665?mt=2 Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. -- The following informati

Delete button on the phone app

Dear all. Is it possible to get the delete button next to the number key in the phone app? I don't find it convenient on top of number three key Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderat

Re: IOS8!!!

No its not cause u can read all about IOS 8 on the apple web sight! dillon collier > On Sep 12, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Scott Davert wrote: > > Isn't some of this against the NDA? Just curious. I will only say > this: read before updating unless you know how to restore your phone > back to 7

RE: Delete button on the phone app

No, I've never heard of any ability to move buttons around on the screen, other than reordering the options within the rotor. Jeffrey -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of TaraPrakash Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 5:23 PM To:

Brailliant BI40 commands in IOS

Hello. I just got a Brailliant BI40. I would like to know how to do the double tap gesture from the Braille display, how to access VoiceOver help and would like a list of all of the Voiceover gestures. I am using an IPhone 5 with the latest version of IOS. Thanks so much. -- The following info

Re: Where did it come from?

I interpreted the month's availability to mean that those who already have an iCloud account would receive it, and also anyone who signs up in the next month. If anyone subscribes after that, they won't get the album. I could be mistaken, though. Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see wi

Re: Brailliant BI40 commands in IOS

HumanWare has a list of command on their site. Jenn TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMENE YOU ARE THE WORLD! > On Sep 12, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Paul Hunt wrote: > > Hello. I just got a Brailliant BI40. I would like to know how to do the > double tap gesture

Re: Questions re the mail program

No, there's no filtering built into the stock email client on the iPhone. Since you use Gmail though, you could set up filtering on the Gmail web site. To have your email threaded, just go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars and toggle organize by thread to on. On 09/12/2014 10:19 AM, D

RE: Where did it come from?

You just can't please some folks. DJ _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 11:01 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Where did it come from? I don't know who Kim is and I guess this i

Re: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Keith, I have experienced a similar type situation. You will have to deal with your carrier. They will have to program the number to the phone. You can purchase your phone from Apple, but don't do anything to activate it. Take all of those steps when you get to the AT&T or Verizon store. I forge

RE: Where did it come from?

I heard that myself. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Diakogeorgiou Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 4:34 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Where did it come from? during the keynote they said it would only b

RE: Where did it come from?

Mark, all they did was make it available to people. If they don't want it they don't have to download it and soon it will just go away. I see no problem here accept all of the folks griping about it. DJ -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]

RE: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

If you are on a GSM network, both people should back up their phones and reset them. Then they will swap sim cards and restore the switched phones. So if you are switching with Bob, you and Bob will back up and then reset your phones. You both will remove the sim cards from your phones and exchan

no pre-order yet for me

Well, first, Sieghard was mostly right about AT&T wanting folks to sign a contract. For, when I finally got as far as getting my upgrade status checked by Apple, I was offered either a two year contract, or to sign up for their next plan where you pay off the iPhone in monthly installments add

Re: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

Actually, all of this can probably be done over the phone without going in unless you want to do that. I know a friend who works with Verizon just porting numbers when people call in and also once you get your new iPhone, you just turn off your old phone before setting up the new one and that d

RE: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

I think that one of the purposes is to make blind people mad because it may or may not be accessible. And all before it is even released! Lol! DJ _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Pablo Morales Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 6:29 AM To: vi

For your information.

I was in to my Verizon store today and found out that they will be buying back iPhone 5 and 5C's for $200 provided they are in very good condition and they will be buying back iPhone 5S's for $300.00 Fred Olver Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fred.olver Skype: Fred.olver1 For more information

Re: Swapping iPhones same mobile account

You just need to call per experience John Diakogeorgiou > On Sep 12, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > > Actually, all of this can probably be done over the phone without going in > unless you want to do that. I know a friend who works with Verizon just > porting numbers when people c

Re: For your information.

If I understand correctly, unless Verizon has changed its policy, you don't actually get money back. You get a virtual gift card to be used with Verizon or a trade-in on your phone or something like that. This may still be a good deal but I think you have to go a different route ifyou want actua

Re: For your information.

You are correct. If your account is in good standing, though, you can bill your new iPhone to the monthly bill. Then, you can apply the gift card to your bill, effectively getting a free device (assuming, of course, you choose one with a value equal to or less than your gift card). On Sep 12, 20

RE: Where did it come from?

Mark, but it's their house and not yours. You may have a key for your room, but there probably is something in their terms aand conditions to which you agreed when you downloaded iTunes or created your account which makes it perfectly OK for them to do this. Anyhow, I do find it interesting, I nev

Re: Where did it come from?

Actually, it is more like, you have a mailbox that opens on to the shelf on your wall. Apple placed the album on that shelf. You can take the album from the shelf into your house, or you can leave it. If you leave it, the mail man will remove it in just over a month. No invasion whatsoever. In

Re: Accessibility of Apple Watch?

I don't think blind people is that important in the equation of Apple or any main stream company. Without blind people, Apple and Google and Microsoft still got their very solert business going on there. And, the world doesn't work around blind people, specially those that think just because they a

knitting apps?

HI this app looks interesting. does anyone have any accessible apps with patterns in them? thanks Warm regards and blessings Maria and , Joe bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 11 Sep 2014, at 10:20 pm, Jane wrote: > Its called Knit. I use it to keep track of projects. You put in a project >