Hi Chris and Leslie
Just to add my thoughts, for what they're worth. I came from a nokia
background, I kept searching around for the best experience but never
quite found it. Then I switched to android and kept searching, using MA
at first but I felt a bit caged in by that, perhaps protected would be a
better description. I tried atouch screen first an HTC legend, it was a
lovely phone but I couldn't manage the screen too well. Ithen went for
two phones with physical keyboards, actually make that three. I had a
huawei, an alcatel and a sony mini pro. I was looking for the same
touchtyping experience that I have on the PC and of course unless you
have tiny hands you won't get that. So when I was texting or whatever I
needed to hit the delete button very often. I probably could have
improved but I'm not a heavy user so didn't want to invest too much time.
Eventually I discovered jellybean, eureka! I have a nexus 7 tablet and a
nexus 4 mobile. The experience is very consistent and the touch keyboard
is so easy to use that I make far fewer mistakes than I did with the
physical keys. The phone is perfect apart from being a litlle larger
than I need and the lack of an FM radio. The tablet is likewise
marbellous and I've now overcome its lack of memeory issue with nexus
media importer, which allows me to connect 64gb pen drives.
I still use MA for phoning contacts and when I need a litttle security
but generally it's useful but not essential.
Of course I use tune in, I also have loads of music in the Amazon mp3
cloud which is accessible. Talkback is great now and just to keep the
old school nokia vibe, I got the acapela app and use the same voice
(Heather) on all my devices.
Things are improving for us very quickly on android and there is still a
place for MA if they can put in a little extra flexibility such as
shortcuts to other apps and extra menu pages, the eyes-free shell has these.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Cheers
Paul
On 12/04/2013 06:04, Christopher Edmerson wrote:
Also, I hope to purchase in a couple of weeks... What resources for accessible
android phones and apps would you recommend? Thanks again.
Christopher Edmerson
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www.edmersonworldtravel.com
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On Apr 11, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Leslie Fairall <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Chris:
You raise a good question. It depends on features you want in a phone. For me,
the main reason why I bought my smartphone and no longer use my N86 (which I
still love) is because of the ability to listen to radio and music. Both types
of phones (touch screen and physical keyboard) will allow me to do this. The
IPhone and Android phones both have similar apps. I downloaded TunedIn radio
and an app for one of my local radio stations, and they work very well. I
believe they would work on both a touch screen and physical keyboard. Most
phones that include a physical keyboard also have a touch screen as well, so
it's nice to have the best of both worlds. I believe the use of a physical
keyboard or touch screen is a personal preference and reflects what is
important to you. What specific features are you looking for on your phone?
--
Leslie Fairall
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