Hello, I totally agree with Joanne, the iPad Mini or iPad Air certainly do have their advantages since the larger screen size can be good as well as bad. I think this is totally subjective of course because those who find they have problems with orientation and spacial awareness the iPad probably is not a good choice.
However, I also think of those times where I am going somewhere and I want to show sighted friends pictures maybe of a holiday or something else. Right now I usually bring my laptop because a 4 inch iPhone screen definitely is not great if 3 or 4 people are trying to see that picture of me on the ground with my arm draped across the back of a 450 pound tiger or my girl-friend and me riding on an elephant (I can tell you where you have to go in Thailand to do these things) *smile*. My Mom has an iPad 2 which is over 2 years old and the battery life still amazes me. Of course the battery life on an iPhone is also awesome if you turn on Airplane mode even if you then go back and turn WiFi back on, but maintaining constant contact with cell towers really sucks up the juice. Lastly, I could totally see how even on an iPad Mini one could learn how to type with both hands and all fingers with the iPad in lands ape mode. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terrie Terlau Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 7:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Ipad Hello! I learned Voice Over gestures on an iPad 1 that was purchased by my employer; we had to learn how to use Voice Over so that we would have better ideas for our work. Anyway, I found it to be one of the hardest things I have done in my working life. There is so much on a screen that it was very easy to get into trouble. Buttons were farther apart, and it was also very easy to go across a border into another app that was on the screen. I learned, but I have a lot more gray hairs to show it. When I used my X's iPhone after learning, I was astonished at how much easier it was. I had resisted touch screens for several years; but after going through the very steep learning curve of the iPad, I found the iPhone so much easier to use that I bought one and have been hooked ever since. This is all to say that I found that an iPad is harder to use because of the space between icons and the large amount of material on the screen. I don't know about the iPad mini, not having tried or seen one. I like the cases for iPhones with the battery in them; this extends battery life. There are probably a few things that the iPad does that the iPhone can't, but overall, with a battery case and an iPhone, you can do most everything and save yourself some of the headache. On the other hand, there are plenty of blind people who love iPads. So the best thing to do is to try one and see what you think. Terrie -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 6:35 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ipad Hi there, I would love to have a full size IPad because it is easier to type on it than it is on the internal keyboard of an IPhone, but on the other hand, the IPad has such a big screen that it more often than not misinterprets my gestures especially when i try swiping to the left. Maybe people don't use the swiping gestures at all on the IPad, or how do people go about with that? That was in any case why i sold my ipads. I don't want to get an IPad mini if the performance isn't as good as a full sized one, if the processor is slower for example. I also don't know what screen orientation to use. This is probably a matter of preference, but i seem to remember that people said to use the landscape mode, because it was better on an ipad for some reason, well that didn't work so good for me but since i was under the impression that Landscape was the preferred screen orientation i tried as best i could with it. /Krister 2 nov 2013 kl. 10:00 skrev RobH. <bobs...@googlemail.com>: > This is about the norm, certainly how I used it at the time. I swapped it > for a second phone, now notice the battery life. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris H" <christopher...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: Ipad > > > My plan if I get one is to use the iPad at home or at a family or > friend's house and use the iPhone when out and about and obviously for > cellular calls and sms messages. Thoughts? > > E-mail Facebook and iMessage > christopher...@gmail.com > > On 02/11/2013 02:57, Billy Maynard wrote: >> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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