Also with out a keyboard dialing in a call screen currently is a pain in the butt using MA's keyboard until this issue is resolved in 2.3 or Gingerbred. Currently I am using MA's apps to make and manage my contacts and another app to text because I like text talk better for texting.
On 4/20/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send ma_mailing mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ma_mailing digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > (Jennifer Perdue) > 2. Re: Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > ([email protected]) > 3. Re: Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > (Jennifer Perdue) > 4. RE: Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > (Cynthia Detro) > 5. I have a choice. Could you help me make the best one? > (Jennifer Perdue) > 6. Re: I have a choice. Could you help me make the best one? > ([email protected]) > 7. Re: unsuscribe (David Rolon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:11:49 -0500 > From: Jennifer Perdue <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MA] Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > To: [email protected], Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > thanks for the info. Maybe when I have the money, they'll have a different > phone that is free for the promotion. > > Jenny > On Apr 19, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Dusty Tague wrote: > >> the virtual keyboard will work just fine. It is the need for physical >> navigational controls that might require a physical one. If you get a >> phone with just a physical track pad or trackball, it will work just fine. >> The only time you might want a physical keyboard is for dialing >> extensions or selecting options in a telephonic menu tree and even then, >> on the phones that have them, the physical track balls and pads will help >> you there as well. >> >> >> >> On 4/18/2012 5:21 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: >>> thanks. I was hoping though, that I wouldn't have to carry a separate >>> keyboard. >>> >>> Why won't the virtual keyboard on the phone work? >>> >>> Jenny >>> On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> just because it is made from apple doesn't mean it shouldn't work. the >>>> thing i would suggest is going to a t mobile store. seeing if they >>>> allow u to test your keyboard on a phone or two that u may like that may >>>> be on display. this way, u can be sure that your keyboard will or would >>>> work. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ma_mailing mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ma_mailing mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:46:26 -0700 (PDT) > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MA] Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Message-ID: > <1087599920.1.1334871984451.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I think you may be confused. Phones with physical keyboards usually slide > or flip open. This allows for very rapid typing speeds as compared with the > virtual keyboard. Most carriers offe at least one phone fortheir android > package with a physical keyboard. > > Best, > Chris > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:05:50 -0500 > From: Jennifer Perdue <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MA] Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > > I spoke to t-mobile and they could either offer me a Samsung Gravity with a > qwerty keyboard which is 2.1, or a LG, I forget the name of it, but it also > had a qwerty keyboard, but it had nothing screen on that slider part and so > I figured the qwerty would be smaller in size and harder to deal with even > though it was a 2.3. > > I hope I made the right decision getting the regular qwerty, but I have > thirty days to decide whether I like it or not. > > Jenny > On Apr 19, 2012, at 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I think you may be confused. Phones with physical keyboards usually slide >> or flip open. This allows for very rapid typing speeds as compared with >> the virtual keyboard. Most carriers off at least one phone fortheir >> android package with a physical keyboard. >> >> Best, >> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:56:32 -0400 > From: "Cynthia Detro" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [MA] Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > To: "'Mobile Accessibility Android Users List'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > > <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAC3tDLFNphFFoofQF94Og5/[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Jenny, > > Keep in mind you are only using Android 2.1 Ecclaire, and some of the > features, such as voice input, weren't introduced into Mobile Accessibility > for version 2.1, only 2.2 Froyo and up. If the 2.3 phone has no physical > keyboard then you would use the virtual keyboard. So it is really your > choice what you prefer in the end. I, myself, do prefer a physical keyboard, > hence why I have the Samsung Transform Ultra from Boost Mobile. It is right > now running 2.3 4, and I wish it would get an update to ICS, but sadly I > don't think that will happen. Ah well. Hope this helps. > > Cindy and "Mesa" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Perdue > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 6:06 PM > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > Subject: Re: [MA] Will mobile accessability work on a 2.3 android? > > Hi, > > I spoke to t-mobile and they could either offer me a Samsung Gravity with a > qwerty keyboard which is 2.1, or a LG, I forget the name of it, but it also > had a qwerty keyboard, but it had nothing screen on that slider part and so > I figured the qwerty would be smaller in size and harder to deal with even > though it was a 2.3. > > I hope I made the right decision getting the regular qwerty, but I have > thirty days to decide whether I like it or not. > > Jenny > On Apr 19, 2012, at 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I think you may be confused. Phones with physical keyboards usually slide > or flip open. This allows for very rapid typing speeds as compared with the > virtual keyboard. Most carriers off at least one phone fortheir android > package with a physical keyboard. >> >> Best, >> Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > _______________________________________________ > ma_mailing mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:08:47 -0500 > From: Jennifer Perdue <[email protected]> > Subject: [MA] I have a choice. Could you help me make the best one? > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi all, > > I have a choice between the phone with the qwerty keyboard which is running > 2.1, or a My Touch 4 which runs 2.3. It only has a track pad on it. > > my only concern is that with the My Touch, you wouldn't be able to input > numbers if asked to in phone menus when you call a business. Can you do > that with the track pad, or are you pretty much up a creek if you don't have > a qwerty. > > I know I'm asking a lot of questions, but I don't want to be stuck with a > phone I hate,like the qwerty because I'm not good at those. However, I > don't want to get a phone with a track pad and virtual key pad, which I'm > good at, but not be able to access menues during phone calls. > > thanks in advance for your patience. > > Jenny > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:41:50 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MA] I have a choice. Could you help me make the best > one? > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > well, i wouldn't recommend the 2.1, i have a 2.1 device and most of > the software is now being written for 2.2 and above leaving 2.1 > behind. the device i have was supposed to receive a second update > when i purchased, but shortly after the purchase motorola and > t-mobile decided that it wouldn't update the device leaving me with a > device that will soon not be supported by most of the software on the > market. > > > Legend has it that on Thursday 4/19/2012 09:08 PM, Jennifer Perdue said: > ---------------------------------------- >>Hi all, >> >>I have a choice between the phone with the qwerty keyboard which is >>running 2.1, or a My Touch 4 which runs 2.3. It only has a track pad on >> it. >> >>my only concern is that with the My Touch, you wouldn't be able to >>input numbers if asked to in phone menus when you call a >>business. Can you do that with the track pad, or are you pretty >>much up a creek if you don't have a qwerty. >> >>I know I'm asking a lot of questions, but I don't want to be stuck >>with a phone I hate,like the qwerty because I'm not good at >>those. However, I don't want to get a phone with a track pad and >>virtual key pad, which I'm good at, but not be able to access menues >>during phone calls. >> >>thanks in advance for your patience. >> >>Jenny_______________________________________________ >>ma_mailing mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > ---------------------------------------- > > > > <http://www.sendspace.com/folder/i7xwg4>Click here to check out my > sendspace offerings! > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:57:42 -0400 > From: David Rolon <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MA] unsuscribe > To: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Cc: Mobile Accessibility Android Users List > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:41 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> well, i wouldn't recommend the 2.1, i have a 2.1 device and most of the >> software is now being written for 2.2 and above leaving 2.1 behind. the >> device i have was supposed to receive a second update when i purchased, >> but shortly after the purchase motorola and t-mobile decided that it >> wouldn't update the device leaving me with a device that will soon not be >> supported by most of the software on the market. >> >> >> Legend has it that on Thursday 4/19/2012 09:08 PM, Jennifer Perdue said: >> ---------------------------------------- >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a choice between the phone with the qwerty keyboard which is >>> running 2.1, or a My Touch 4 which runs 2.3. It only has a track pad on >>> it. >>> >>> my only concern is that with the My Touch, you wouldn't be able to input >>> numbers if asked to in phone menus when you call a business. Can you do >>> that with the track pad, or are you pretty much up a creek if you don't >>> have a qwerty. >>> >>> I know I'm asking a lot of questions, but I don't want to be stuck with a >>> phone I hate,like the qwerty because I'm not good at those. However, I >>> don't want to get a phone with a track pad and virtual key pad, which I'm >>> good at, but not be able to access menues during phone calls. >>> >>> thanks in advance for your patience. >>> >>> Jenny_______________________________________________ >>> ma_mailing mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> <http://www.sendspace.com/folder/i7xwg4>Click here to check out my >> sendspace offerings! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ma_mailing mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ma_mailing mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing > > > End of ma_mailing Digest, Vol 251, Issue 1 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ ma_mailing mailing list [email protected] http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing
