I, also, have an iPhone 5S, and I loathe the horrid thing, and that is * not
because I have made up my mind to do so. I would love to love it as all the
blind people that I know who have one are rapturous in its praises and tell me:
hand on heart: that life has never been so good, but believe that statement,
I cannot!
Jewel
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2017 1:37 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: 10 ways the iPhone changed everything
I used to be the braille and adaptive device instructor at a State Commission
for the Blind. When I heard about the first accessible iPhone, I started
paying attention to see if they decided to make the iPod Touch accessible as at
that time I had no interest in a cell phone.
On November 20, 2009, I decided to go to the Apple store to check out the new
iPod Touch 3rd generation with VoiceOver.
I convinced the store to let me buy one with the understanding that if I
decided it wasn't right for our clients, or myself, that I could return it with
no "restocking fees."
Needless to say, I did not return it.
I convinced my manager that we should start teaching clients how to use it
since it already did more than many other blindness specific products and was
considerably cheaper. I even bought an external GPS receiver/battery pack from
Dual Electronics and began using the Touch as an accessible GPS device.
Our office now supplies all the staff who have to travel with an iPhone in
place of the old Blackberries they used to use because of the built-in
accessibility.
I bought the iPhone 5s for myself when it came out as I finally decided having
a cell phone was a very good idea plus it meant I had a GPS system without a
bulky external device.
I now do most things on my iPhone and my iPod Touch 6th generation.
Thank you Steve Jobs.
Richard
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Esther Levegnale
Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 6:03 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: 10 ways the iPhone changed everything
Hi, Everyone!
The iPhone has certainly made a huge difference in my life. My Apple
experience started back on February 6, 2012, when I walked into the Apple Store
at the West Farms Mall in West Hartford, CT, and bought an iPod Touch. Because
I had a very bad experience with a touch-screen device before then that was
meant for blind people, I decided to buy an iPod first in order for me to
reacquaint myself with a touch screen. Well, let me tell you. It didn't take
me long to get used to the iPod Touch. I was emailing the day after I bought
the device, and then the following November I took the plunge and bought the
iPhone 5. The rest is history.
I do almost everything on my phone and I absolutely love it.
It felt wonderful to walk into that Apple Store and buy the same thing that
everyone else buys rather than spending money to buy only adaptive products for
the blind. Believe me, I'm not knocking these blindness-related devices and,
in fact, they are wonderful too, but it was so wonderful when I heard VoiceOver
speak for the first time in the store when the salesperson activated it for me.
Anyway, that's my story about my Apple experience. I also switched from a Dell
computer over to an Apple MacBook Air.
Take care everyone!
Esther Levegnale
Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+!
On May 4, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Bill Gallik <wfgal...@icloud.com> wrote:
In 2007 I purchased a Trekker/Maestro for $2,000 among other assistive
technology devices (i.e., Note Reader II, etc.). At that time I composed an
e-mail to one of the various blindness-oriented e-mail lists suggesting how
nice it would be if a single device could support all the various aspects of
assistive technology. Little did I know that such a device was being initially
released by Apple - the iPhone. I wished I had that $2000 and waited for what
coming; it is truly amazing and definitely life changing!
****************
- Bill
- "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis."
- Translation: to "The damned and accursed are consigned to the flames of
hell."
- Mozart's Requiem, "Confutatis Maledictis"
On May 3, 2017, at 1:28 AM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
CNET: 10 ways the iPhone changed everything
Ten years ago, Nokia was the world's largest phone maker. Microsoft was
gearing up to launch Windows Vista. And the best new products at CES
included a wireless TV and an MP3 player that streamed internet radio.
Then, on Jan. 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a device that went on
to change the world -- a $499 iPhone that came with 4GB of storage. It was a
mobile phone, a music player and an Internet device.
"iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years
ahead of any other mobile phone," Jobs said at the time.
Since then, Apple has sold more than 1.2 billion iPhones and has become the
most profitable public company in the world. Copycat phones from companies
like Samsung, HTC, Motorola and Xiaomi proliferated across the globe, and
now even people in places without steady electricity have smartphones.
"It's difficult to understate [the iPhone's] impact," Reticle Research
analyst Ross Rubin said. "The ripples it has created affect wide swaths of
our lives."
Here are some ways the iPhone has changed the way we live:
1. We're always on
It used to be you'd fire up your computer, wait for your Wi-Fi to connect
(or your dialup connection, if we're going wayyy back) and open Internet
Explorer, Safari or some other web browser. Now you're connected to the
internet all the time. If you're not on Wi-Fi, you're linked through your
cellular network.
It's not just inescapable connectivity that the iPhone helped bring about.
It's also how we actually access the internet. The iPhone made mobile web
browsing useful for the first time. Every other mobile web browser before
that was painful, in the words of CNET's Kent German. Soon came a flood of
apps, which removed the need to open a web browser at all.
2. Tablets, watches and headphones, oh my
Multiple devices are either tied to the iPhone or exist because the phone
was created. There's the iPad, essentially a larger iPhone you use at home.
And there's the Apple Watch, which is tethered to the iPhone.
Then there are all the accessories spurred by the popularity of the iPhone,
like phone cases; Bluetooth speakers and headphones; and charging docks. ABI
Research estimates that revenue in the global mobile accessories market will
top $110 billion in 2021.
"Given users' attachment to their smartphones and their wants and needs to
personalize and protect them, the aftermarket mobile accessories market is
showing no signs of slowing down," ABI analyst Marina Lu said.
3. The key to happiness
You may not remember this now, but Apple's first iPhone didn't have such a
thing as third-party apps or the App Store. That changed in July 2008, when
Apple introduced the iPhone 3G and its iPhone 2.0 software.
The App Store is what made the iPhone a must-have device. There are now more
than 2 million apps in the App Store, with essentially every company making
one or more apps. And the iPhone and App Store have spawned industries that
couldn't exist without smartphones. There'd be no Uber or Lyft to shuttle us
from place to place, for instance, or Instagram or Snapchat for sharing our
photos.
4. Everyone's a shutterbug
Sure, we had cameras on our phones before the iPhone. But the Apple gadget's
combination of easy internet access and apps like Instagram inspired
people's inner photographer.
As a result, lugging around an actual camera became redundant.
"We as a species take more pictures than we ever had in the past by an order
of magnitude," Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart said.
5. Livin' live
The phone's camera also means you have a portable camcorder (remember
those?) at your fingertips. And on top of that, the phone's connection lets
you broadcast video immediately. That could mean talking to your family
members on the other side of the country or shooting a cat video for
YouTube. Or, thanks to services like Facebook Live or Periscope, the
technology can be used for filming police brutality or instantly reporting
something you've seen.
On the flip side, having these smart devices on us at all times lets law
enforcement and corporations (like the makers of those apps on your phone)
track us. Apple has taken a strong stance on privacy, but security remains a
big concern for users.
6. Putting the digits in digital
Touchscreens once were rare. Now babies are swiping at TVs and wondering why
the screen doesn't change. Interactive screens are in virtually everything,
even refrigerators. When Jobs introduced the iPhone, he said, "We are all
born with the ultimate pointing device -- our fingers -- and iPhone uses
them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse."
He was more right than he could imagine. The appeal of a touchscreen phone
forced Microsoft to embrace touch in its software and get its hardware
partners to make touchscreen phones, tablets and computers.
It's almost surprising to see a device today without a touchscreen (though
Apple maintains it won't be putting touchscreens in its Mac computers).
7. You are here
The introduction of mapping on the iPhone meant you no longer had to feel
like an embarrassed tourist in a new city, clutching a giant paper map on
the street corner. Google Maps and Apple Maps are two of the most-used apps
on the iPhone, and they've steadily added features over the years, like
public transit directions.
The first iPhone had only 4GB of storage.
8. Gaming goes to the next level
The iPhone reinvented the idea of mobile gaming. Apps like Angry Birds, that
anyone could play using their fingers on the touchscreen, became hugely
popular, and payment models changed. Many games are now free to play --
instead of charging a sales price, developers came up with the idea of
in-app purchases, which let you pay for new levels and features as you go.
Seven of the top 10 grossing iPhone apps are games, like Pokemon Go,
according to market tracker App Annie.
9. Cash ain't king
Apple wasn't the first company to talk about mobile payments, but it did
make even your grandma aware of the technology, which lets you use your
phone to purchase things. Goodbye, cash. Hello, iPhone. The iPhone's Wallet
app also can store retail coupons, reward cards, and passes for flights and
movies, all in one place.
Cash isn't dead yet -- there still are many places that don't take mobile
payments -- but using your phone at the checkout stand is more common than
ever.
10. But wait -- there's more
There's no way to sum up all that the iPhone did in just 10 points. So
here's a grab bag of additional stuff.
Apple basically killed Adobe Flash on mobile devices and made endless
scrolling a very good thing. You never have to carry a calculator or
flashlight anymore, and visual voicemail lets you easily skip forward in a
meandering message. Podcasts mean you don't have to listen to the radio in
real time -- and they give you new options, such as the hit show "Serial."
Social media has also shifted heavily to mobile devices from desktop
computers, letting people feel connected to friends at all times. Facebook
said that in its most recent quarter, roughly 84 percent of its $6.82
billion in ad revenue came from mobile ads.
At the same time, the iPhone has been linked to the rise in
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and short attention spans in kids.
Governments use mobile devices to spy on their citizens, and consumers give
up a lot of personal information in exchange for services like Uber rides.
But even with the negatives, don't try to take someone's iPhone away.
Original Article at:
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-iphone-ipad-q2-2017-earnings-revenue/
Mark
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