I seriusly love to hear how Android is more accessible. Maybe you'd let me know off-list?
JT On 05/10/2011, Dane trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not going to comment much on this as its getting to be off topic but > your comment is very subjective. Some may say that the Android devices > are - in some respects - more accessible than the IOS devices and we're > seeing steady progress as development in this area continues. > > > > On 5/10/2011 10:01 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote: >> But the iPhone still has something well over the android, that being >> accessibility. >> >> On Oct 4, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> 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. 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