Hi Billy, The iPad is most definitely being produced, you can still buy an iPad 2 which would be your least expensive full-size iPad which means it has a 9.7 inch screen.
The new iPad Air still has the same 9.7 inch screen, but it is thinner, smaller because there isn't as much around the screen and much lighter. The iPad Mini will soon be available as the second generation device, same size, a 7.9 inch screen, but with a much more powerful processor. Both iPad Mini and iPad Air use the A7 processor, same as in the new iPhone 5S. Voiceover is of course part of iOS so a blind user can most definitely use an iPad and many on this list have full size iPads or iPad Minis and love them. If you have very good special awareness you can easily use a full size iPad, if you think you will have problems orienting yourself on the large touch screen, an iPad Mini would be a better choice for you. Both iPad Mini and iPad Air come as WiFi only or you can also get data capable devices which means they can take a SIM card just like your phone and connect to the internet via 3G or LTE if it's available where you live. Of course you will need a plan for this and it is data only, they will not have a phone number which can be called. Of course you could use Skype or any of many other Voice Over Internet solutions to basically make a phone out of any iPad. I personally would love to buy an iPad Mini and probably will do so at some point to use as a companion device to my iPhone and I would easily get at least 2 or maybe 3 days of battery life out of my iPhone instead of having to charge it every night because at home I would just use the iPad for listening to books, for talking on Skype or Facetime etc. I could probably keep WiFi and Bluetooth off on my phone most of the time which just by itself would save a lot of battery. Is it necessary to have an iPad, well, probably not, but if you have the money to spend and you like technology you probably won't regret buying one. Regards, Sieghard ----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Billy Maynard Sent: Friday, November 01, 2013 7:57 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Ipad hi, I have thought about getting an IPad but, is there any reason since I have an iPhone and it'll do most of the same things or is there a big difference in the two divices beyond a larger screen? given the latest stuff I'm not sure if IPads are still produced or if iPad mini and iPad air I'm not sure what the differences are. or would the pads be any use to a blind person since I can't really use the larger display? Thanks for any and all input on this question. Sincerely, Billy Maynard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
