Hi everyone. From the point of view of someone who's a gadget freak, admittedly, the whole touch screen idea was a little weird to me, but I have a good friend who had 1 of the first ipod touches with voice-over, and he let me play with it for about 10 minutes, and he showed me how to use thje most common gestures, so, when I got my iPhone, I didn't go in blindly, (no pun intended). Another thing that was a big help, was the salesman at the apple store where I got the phone, who spent 3 hours with me, patiently showing me skads of different things, and if he didn't know something, he looked it up, and we learned together. Ever since then, i've been like a kid in a candy store. Just my 2 cents, and btw, this is coming from a guy who used to be a very loyal mobile speak user from 2005 until 2010.
Shane On Jun 26, 2013, at 5:01 PM, jean parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Karen and all: > > For the possible benefit of anyone thinking about switching to the i phone, I > am happy to explain my experience. > I purchased my i phone in mid April but did not change my mobile provider > until early May. I did this so that I could become used to how the i phone > functioned and using the touch screen before vital transactions depended on > my ability to use the phone. I am very glad I did this. > > Another thing that has helped is a screen protector with raised dots sold by > Speed Dots. I know there are some who assert this should not be necessary > however, I believe we should use what makes sense for us as individuals. I > find that it provides landmarks for orientation on the screen. > > I have been told that one must have access to the internet in order for siri > to work. Perhaps someone on the list can confirm this? If this is the case, > then utilizing siri for making calls etc would work as long as an internet > connection is available. This might not be a problem for many but for me, it > is necessary that I know how to manage without siri as well as with it. > > I have gotten pretty good at using my i phone and while I still find making > calls involving many number sequences problematic at times, it is offset by > the other things the i phone does well. I don't know how to input menu > sequences such as those described by someone earlier. Perhaps you could give > us the steps to do this? > > Finally, as a new user I am happy to answer any questions about the learning > curve, at least from my perspective. > Jean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
