Hi all, One of the major battery hogs is Wi-Fi. You'd be surprised the amount of days you'll go when Wi-Fi is disabled. Yes, sometimes an inconvenience, but the life of your battery is not determined by time, it is determined by amount of full charge/discharge cycles. In other words, if your iDevice goes through the charge/discharge process daily, and if you change how you use your device to conserve battery life to 2 or 3 days, then you will double or triple your device's overall lifespan. Its been said that in general, using a lithium-ion battery, one has about 500 charge/discharge cycles before battery no longer holds a strong charge. The cool thing about iPhone users is that within a couple of seconds one can turn on and turn off Wi-Fi using Siri.
Joseph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cristóbal" <crismuno...@gmail.com> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 3:02 PM Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone I too am an every-overnight charger of my phone. I do have certain things disabled and the screen brightness turned to zero, but still, I blaze through the charge and often use the Mophie Juice Pack towards the end of the day if I'm out and about. Really though, it's not that big a deal. You can only disable so many things before you begin to kill the purpose of the phone and its features. Besides, it's not like it's a huge inconvenience to plug it in to charge. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Gmail Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 2:24 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone Really? I usually have to plug my phone in every night. Admittedly, this could be the iOS 7 dictation bug going on, but that can't account for all of it. Thanks, Ari > On Jun 5, 2014, at 11:49 AM, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: > > As I recall, he says that one has to recharge their battery every day. > I, for one, have never had to do that. True, I don't play 24 hours of > music or use the phone or other applications 12 to 15 hours a day, > just to pick some random numbers, but I can often go for days without > recharging. It's this kind of blanket statement that makes me wonder > how much time he spent with his phone. > > Neal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:28 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone > > just to answer the question, though it's straying off-topic for this list: > the update to the Samsung Haven and the Jitterbug are the only two > feature phones i know of that are totally accessible. > > Teresa > > "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. > Feynman > > On Jun 5, 2014, at 1:40 AM, Christopher J Chaltain > <chalt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I assume David isn't talking about me specifically, but if so, this > totally misrepresents the opinion I've stated and stated fairly recently. >> >> The fact of the matter is that a sighted person can buy a feature >> phone > without a data plan. They can still make calls, send text messages, > keep track of personal information (like reminders, appointments, > contacts and so on). I'm not sure a blind person has this option any > more, and if they do, it's getting harder and harder to find. What are > a blind person's option if they just want a feature phone and don't want a smart phone? >> >> I'm not saying there aren't blind people who want something for >> nothing, > but why should blind people be any different than the general population. > This isn't what I and others are asking for though. I've never said a > blind person should be able to use all of the features of a smart > phone and not have to purchase a data plan. I do think it's a valid > point though the blind people do not have the feature phone option and > the ability to use a cell phone without a data plan that sighted people do. >> >>> On 6/5/2014 2:51 AM, David Chittenden wrote: >>> The point about a data plan is a point some in the blind community >>> have > been complaining about ever since the accessible iPhone 3GS was released. > Some people do not wish to have a data plan, but still want an iPhone > for everything it can do. AT&T would not sell an iPhone on contract > without a data plan, and the unsubsidised price of the iPhone is quite high. >>> >>> Personally, I have not heard this complaint for a couple years now, >>> so > forgot about it. SmartPhones require data plans in order to fully function. > Oh, and the same people, when they could get the carriers to remove > the data plan, tended to complain because many of those desired > features were then crippled. >>> >>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >>> Email: dchitten...@gmail.com >>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 5 Jun 2014, at 17:31, don bishop <donb...@emissives.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The first thing that jumped right out at me was his statement that >>>> apple > does not offer a data plan and you need one to get on the internet. >>>> Doesn't he know that dataplans are controled by your phone carrier? > Also has he ever heard of wifi? >>>> >>>> Simply shocking from someone who should know better. >>>> Yes, he's been around for a very long time and was head of the nfb > technology user's group. Don't know if still is or not. >>>> Din >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:13 pm >>>> Subject: RE: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Curtis Chong the author of this article has been around for some >>>>> time. It would have been interesting if the article had been >>>>> written by someone younger. >>>>> >>>>> Neal >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] >>>>> On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:19 PM >>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>> Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone >>>>> >>>>> Um. Where to start? Well, if you don't want a smart phone, don't >>>>> get one. If you don't want to pay for a data plan, get an iPod >>>>> Touch, or an iPad without a data plan. What are those, you say? >>>>> Hmmm. As for the virtual keyboards they're not as fast for anyone >>>>> as a regular keyboard. How fast was the old method of using the >>>>> teeny keys on a "real" phone keyboard or even the numpad keys for > typing letters? Not very. And why not use Siri to call a number? >>>>> What is Siri? Hmmm. >>>>> >>>>> I will say that I have come across folks at my local blind center >>>>> who receive iPhones and haven't the slightest idea how to operate >>>>> them. A well-meaning person might have given it as a gift, but >>>>> they ask me why they can't do things more simply. Maybe for some, >>>>> a bit more one-on-one attention would have been a good idea. >>>>> >>>>> having said this, I think this article is more than a tad >>>>> condescending, if addressed to most blind folks out there. >>>>> >>>>> Teresa >>>>> >>>>> "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:52 PM, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone >>>>> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article >>>>>> covering >>>>> the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it >>>>> would be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten >>>>> things which are "not good" about the iPhone but this article >>>>> supposedly did just that. I plan to write a detailed blog post in >>>>> the coming week with my responses to the ten objections but I'll >>>>> just say that it's one of the most irresponsible pieces of >>>>> journalism I've ever read from that magazine. Please, understand >>>>> that this is not meant as a bash about the NFB vs any other >>>>> organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. However, the >>>>> piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential >>>>> organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor >>>>> will take the article seriously just because it comes from a >>>>> nationally recognized blindness organization. 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