The big area where apple is playing catch up is by using the cloud. The ability to sync between devices, and not having to use itunes nearly as much. Also, speech recognition and the ability to dictate text, android has had this for quite some time. Android still provides free turn by turn directions, but this must be purchased for the iphone. The iphone is also more expensive, don't get me wrong, the iphone is a good product, but many of the things apple is introducing are already on android. One thing that is important for me is the ability to connect an android phone to a computer, and it will show up as a drive, I can simply copy and delete files. Compared to android, the iphone is a bit restrictive. On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
> Maybe somebody can explain to me how ios5 is playing catch up with Android > for blind users. Other perspectives aren't especially important for us as > blind users, right? So on the Android phones, I must have a physical > navigation method. No touch screen only devices. Which duel core Android > phones with 8mp cameras and a gb of ram plus voice assistant will be > available to me? Are they gsm capable as well as cdma? What will they cost? > In other words, let us please compare apples and apples here, no pun in > tended. I don't care if an all touch screen phone has a bigger screen, > slightly faster processor and lets me use external bluetooth devices. If I > can't navigate and use the phone to its full potential, why on earth would I > want it? > > Mary > > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
