Hi. When you first click on an app title, keep swiping until you hear it say something like description. Admittedly some of the descriptions aren't that crash hot but most are pretty good.
hth Maria Chapman bubbygirl1...@gmail.com "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi On 11/04/2013, at 10:21 PM, "Dan Beaver GMail" <dbeaver...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fred, > > I hate to be the stick in the mud here but this only helps find aps. I have > used it a great deal and still do not know what most apps do. > > I do this to search for apps and then have tried looking under the info > displayed when you double click on the app title and under reviews and under > related. > > None of these tend to have anything that describes what the app actually does. > > If you have a way to find this description info I sure would like to hear of > it. > > Thanks. > > Dan Beaver > > From: Fred Olver > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:47 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: What do they do??? > > Inquiring minds want to know, what does it do? What does it do???? > What does it do??? The answer is simple, in fact it is so simple it's a > wonder you didn't think of it yourself??? Unlike the I-devices, there is a > simple yet often-overlooked task which will easily bring you the information > you crave. > > What is it you say, I can't wait, please, please, tell me. > > Why it's as simple as typing the name of the app in to the space marked, very > clearly "SEARCH" I repeat "SEARCH", easily found Where??? Ah, yet another > question and yet one which answer is not the commonly used phrase, "Over > there", why it is, are you ready for this, are you sure you are ready? It is > after all your waiting to find an answer which has iluded mankind for hmmm > maybe 20 seconds or so, of course, in the app store. See that wasn't so > difficult, now, here are the directions. Merely double-tap on the "app store" > Icon on your i-Device, wait for it to open and then, then, look down at the > bottom of the page which you will come to. There are five buttons labeled > from left to right: "Featured", "top Charts" "genius" "search" and last but > not least "updates". > > Now, all you have to do after tapping the "search" item, a new screen will > appear in which you will be presented with an on-screen keyboard, or, you can > use an external keyboard, either Braille or standard to gain the information > you so badly crave. Then all you need do is enter the necessary information > field using voice, keyboard bluetooth or keyboard on the phone and tap > "search" and voila, the information appears. This feature can be used to find > hidden apps like tap tap see, four square, or perhapse you want to look up > 4square. Words like radio or music can present you with literally hundreds of > functional applications. Perhapse you long for apps which might be of use to > you tomorrow, Saturday, or maybe even next week. > > Be sure to keep this document in case you forget what to do, lets again, > refresh, > > 1. Find app store on your i-device > 2. Double tap to open this item. > 3. find the WORD "SEARCH" near the bottom of the screen, double-tap on it at > which point you will be presented with an on-screen keyboard or you can use > an external one if you wish, > 4. Type the name of what you are looking for or something like rpg's or text > adventures or cooking or games > 5. Again, double-tap the "search" button by using a keyboard to input your > information your choice and off you go. > > I hope this has been helpful, compared to making use of some of the apps > available for the iPhone this is truly a very easy task to accomplish. > > If you still do not feel you understand this task, let me know and I will > indeed be glad to put together a podcast and if enough of you ask me too, > I'll see about putting it up on "applevis", what is that, you ask, well, > that's for another night. but that's another message. > > Later folks. > > Happy searching. > > Fred Olver > > Thanks to Ester and Jonathon for all of your previous posts teaching all of > us what we need to know, I only hope I have come close in presenting the > necessary information for those who are having difficulty accomplishing this > task. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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