Hi Rebecca, and nice to see you on here. I've labeled my answers so they
will be obvious as to which questions I'm answering.
1. If you get your phone from the phone store, they should have no
problems in configuring it initially. I use AT&T and just got the phone
from their store. The guy transferred what I needed, which wasn't much,
because I don't keep my contacts in the sim card, but he did get things
activated and he enabled Voice Over for me when I saw that pressing Home
3 times didn't activate it. However if you order it from the web and
have it mailed to you, it's not too difficult getting it set up. You
will use iTunes to do it and it's pretty easy. In most cases when you
get it, you will want to power it on, connect it to AC power and let it
charge for a bit. You can then press the home button to unlock it and
press Home 3 times in row to see if Voice Over comes on. If it does,
great, if it doesn't, not to worry since you can do that from iTunes
when you set it up.
2. I do have a Bluetooth keyboard paired with my iPhone but since I use
Siri a lot, I don't use the keyboard as much as I used to with my 3GS.
In cases where I need to do a lot of typing and/or I don't want people
hearing what I dictate, I'll use the keyboard.
3. There are a lot of resources to help you get going. I'm not sure
about podcasts, but I know they are out there and perhaps someone on
list will give that info. However you can also get the book which Anna
and Dean wrote about the iPhone, and it's available from National
Braille Press.
4. I got the 64 GB model because I didn't want to worry about space. It
currently has about 40 gb free. So, had I gotten the 16 gb model, it
would have already been over-filled. I made the mistake of getting the
8gb model with the 3GS because I didn't think I'd fill it up and have
fun with apps, games, and podcasts and audio books, but learned quickly
that 8gb wasn't enough for me. The smallest you can get now is 16gb, but
my personal recommendation would be 32 or 64 gb.
Take care and hope this helps.
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On 6/3/2012 3:31 AM, Rebecca Ilniski wrote:
Hi all. I'm new to the group and have some questions. I'm going to be
upgrading on 5/5/12. I have some questions and will post them here.
1. I have decided to get the iphone 4s and will be ordering that on
Tuesday. First question did you get your i phone online or at the apple
store? I can go to verizon and get it but wonder if they will be more
helpful at apple and can they help with things like porting your number
over from the old phone to the new? Did you order yours online or go to
the store? if you ordered it directly from your cell provider can you
set it up independently or did you have to go to the store to get help?
2. Do you use a bluetooth keyboard with yours or just the i phone?
3. What podcasts are out there for the iphone 4s? Is there a good
resource for learning the gestures and using the flat screen?
4. How many gigs would you recommend? I don't plan to watch a lot of
movies, download videos and mainly want to use my phone for calls,
facebooking, and twitters? Maybe here or there a video but I don't plan
to go overboard. I have wifi here at home and plan to use that. When I'm
away is it easy to use your data plan if there aren't any wifi
connections available especially if i"m on a bus or something?
Thanks for answering all of my questions. I'm sure I will have more as I
go along.
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