It all depends on your needs. If you have to use Excel every day as I
do for my business and if you do a lot of advanced browsing and using
the internet including where you do a lot of banking where I want PDF
copies of confirmation screens, using online ordering systems from my
suppliers and so on you absolutely cannot get by without a computer.
This is not even mentioning the use of business software like
accounting, point of sale and so on. I would happily go up against
the most advanced iPhone user when it comes to the efficiency I get
with using Jaws for browsing the internet and even for writing and
editing text.
I really like my iPhone and do some things on my iPhone rather than
my computer because it’s easier and less cluttered, but at this stage
of my life both personal and professional it is not a replacement for
a computer.
Regards,
Sieghard
*From:* viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
*On Behalf Of *Michael Feir
*Sent:* Friday, May 5, 2017 6:41 AM
*To:* viphone@googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Re: 10 ways the iPhone changed everything
Same here. My iPHONE7 is my computer In most circumstances. The last
piece to the puzzle was finding the Ulysses app. I now do all my
writing using this app and a Bluetooth keyboard. I can carry a bag
with accessories including headset, keyboard, external battery. It's
far more portable and more easily upgraded and any laptop I ever
owned. Battery life for even my best laptop was around six hours.
With an external battery I can easily carry in a pocket, I can kep
the iPHONE and acessories going for a few days if necessary.
For everyday stuff, an iPHONE has all the computing power you need
plug GPS and camera helpful in identifying objects, getting around
and scanning documents.
There are some audio games which require more RAM, storage space and
processor power than we're ever likely to see on an iPHONE or other
tablet. Other than that, I seem to have reached a point where my
needs are quite nicely met by my iPHONE7. I'm currently working on
Personal Power: The iOS Edition. Similar to the guide I wrote for
Windows computers, it will help people understand the potential and
get the most benefit in their personal lives from iOS devices they
have. I hope to be done in around a year. Possibly less if things go
as well as I hope this Simmer.
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 8:03 AM Mário Gabriel <mario....@gmail.com> wrote:
Absolutely right!
It's my pc!
I do a lot more on the iPhone, than on any computer.
And now I bought an otterbox defender, wow, is fantastic!
Completely protected
My iPhone is my computer!
I do not even use windows anymore!
Cheers.
Às 07:32 de 05/05/2017, SoonerAnnie escreveu:
> I absolutely love my iPhone and don't know what I would do
without it! I have also convinced a few other totally blind
friends...and also my twin sister...to get one...and they don't
know what they would do without them either! I do everything on
mine! It's like having a little computer in my pocket or purse!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 4, 2017, at 9:58 PM, Devin Prater
<r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I can't love a phone either. My computer, on the other hand,
is really
>> what I can put faith in.
>> --
>>
>> Devin Prater
>> Sent from Discordia using Gnus for Emacs.
>> Email: r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com
>>
>> "Jewel" <jewelbla...@kinect.co.nz> writes:
>>
>>> 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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