I think it has to be unlocked by Verizon first, then you could use it on
whatever other CDMA network you wish.
Arnold Schmidt
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Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:18 PM
Subject:
Hi,
I had a type of this sort of thing initially, what I do now is to actually dial
or make the call with the phone flat in front of me, as soon as I press to dial
the number, put the phone up to my ear and make sure that it is not at an
angle if possible.
I have some free time, happy to make
This seems to work for me as well, it is worth trying.
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Christina C.
Sent: 15 May 2014 19:59
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Phone behaving very oddly after immediately placing a
Just reading this thread, so the phone will automatically answer a call if you
just pick it up and put it to your ear if it is ringing with an incoming call?
I have been doing a two finger tap on the screen then answering and putting the
phone to my ear.
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From:
No, just picking up the phone and putting it to your ear will not pick up a
call, you do have to use the 2-finger double tap as you said or double tap
on the Answer button.
There is a setting in SIRI which, if it is turned on, is supposed to start
SIRI if you bring the phone up to your ear, but I
Hello and thank you all for your recommendations. They were very helpful.
After experimenting with several free websites and free iOS apps, as I was
not willing to buy the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary for 24.99 USD,
the most consistent and easiest to use cross-platform collegiate
Hi folks,
I hope this isn't too ot. I'm considering buying my first laptop. What do you
use a computer for that an ode vice can't do? Also, is VoiceOver any different
on a Mac than on an iPhone? How does it compare with jaws? Unlike the iPhone,
does it know Hebrew? Can it cope with it if knows
My key concerns with this decision are - a filing system, ability to store
and manipulate ones extensive legacy data set, and perhaps use of a full
size keyboard on a flat surface. iOs is good for the portability thing, but
a real, if small real pc still has fundamental things I couldn't
Shalom, Hayah.
I am far from a Mac expert but I've used one, off and on, for a few
years. As to how the Mac's keyboard commands compares with screen
readers such as JAWS, the differences are like comparing, no pun
intended, apples and oranges. OK, admittedly the pun was intended ...
I
The only things I do on the computer that I don't do on the iPhone are:
Word process editing. It is so much easier to deal with Word on a PC than
doing any real editing and formatting on an iDevice.
Audio editing with GoldWave.
Web site creation and maintenance
Excel spreadsheets
Pretty much
Macs are better for productivity, partly because they are faster, partly
because they offer full keyboards, and partly because they have tons of
keyboard shortcuts. Plus, if a menu option lacks a shortcut, you can assign one
yourself. I use my iOS device for RSS, mail, games, book-reading, and
Thank you Joseph,. This information is good to know. I'm sure the more I use
my iPhone I'll learn more things Seerie can do.
Connie
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On May 15, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Joseph FreeTech joseph.freet...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Connie,
Don't forget you can always fire up Siri
Thanks for these links. I bought a MacAir a few years ago but couldn't
beat the learning curve and gave up on it. I still have it though and
one day would like to make the attempt once again. I am an old windows
user, like thirty years of windows, and the Mac just beat me.
Kimber
On 5/16/14,
I strongly encourage you to not give up on it. The automagic syncing of
contacts, calendars, reminders, Safari tabs and bookmarks, text expanders, and
more makes the Mac a great choice for those using iOS devices. I also can't
recommend www.applevis.com highly enough; if you have questions,
Hi Everyone;
The subject line says it all.
I see this. all the time on Amazon.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Anthony
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Kimber,
I realize that this topic is slowly beginning to deviate from the
purpose of this list and so I somewhat hesitate to compose this on the
list. However, I feel that, if this can benefit you or someone else who
is resisting the Mac, I'd like to take the risk. Frankly, I wish someone
Siri makes calls for me but now Siri always asks me which number. This used to
only happen occasionally when a contact had more than one number but it seemed
to always default to a specific number. I have no idea why in the past Siri
would choose a particular phone number for a contact.
This is interesting.
I do have my brother as a contact, with both a number for home and one
designated as iPhone. When I tell Siri call my brother she always
defaults to the iPhone number, which I suppose makes sense.
Aside from that benefit, what other advantages do you get when you list
a
If the number is listed as iphone you can send free iMessages but if the same
number is listed as a mobile you can only send costly text messages, I think.
Harry
On 16 May 2014, at 16:43, 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone
viphone@googlegroups.com wrote:
This is interesting.
I do have my
Not true at all. These days it doesn't seem to make a difference. Maybe
it did pre-iOS 6 though when phone numbers and/or email addresses
associated with an Apple Id were independent of each other. As of iOS 6
to the present they can be linked together.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the
None as far as I can tell.
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Subject: Re: SIRI says she cannot call some contacts since 7.1.1 IOS update
This is interesting.
I do have my
Harry,
That is not correct. iThe Messages app knows if a number is an iPhone and if
it is and if the subscriber has iMessage enabled and is connected to data
either via 3G or WiFi a text message will always be sent as an iMessage.
After all, how can I know if all my business contacts have an
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Thanks, Sieghard, that sounds more reassuring! Harry
On 16 May 2014, at 16:56, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Harry,
That is not correct. iThe Messages app knows if a number is an iPhone and if
it is and if the subscriber has iMessage enabled and is connected to data
either
Thank you Joseph!
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:57:42 PM UTC-4, Joseph FreeTech wrote:
Hi all,
some time ago I found a very accessible and very informative weather app
called Fahrenheit. It shows the current temperature on the home screen, so
if you swipe to this app or place it
The difference is the non retail packaging is a cardboard box verses bubble
or blister packaging. There is no difference in price so it comes down to
an environmental issue. Personally, I prefer the non retail packaging
myself. It's easier by far to open.
HTH
Regards,
Alan
Daddy, what
Alex,
Thanks for the resources.
Macs are more productive for you.
I have used computers since the Commodore 64 in the early 1980's.
For me personally, I find Windows a more productive environment but I know
there are tons of Mac users that feel the same about Macs. I'm very glad
that both
Certainly, Macs are not for everyone. I say they offer more productivity
because:
* it's easy to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to menu items
* you can type out symbols like bullet, degrees, and so on with no special
characters panel or anything
* there are commands to transpose two
I believe that when you indicate a number as an iPhone verses a mobile that
this has priority over the mobile number. My son has 2 cell phones one for
personal use and the other for work. I entered his personal cell phone
number as iPhone even though it is an android phone. Works just fine.
oMg!... the bit about the mail is classic, do real work on a real Pc and
the more casual stuff on the iOs device.
This pretty well sums up what I was trying to put over; so there's at least
3 of us now saying approximately the same.
RobH.
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From: Alex Hall
What about my other questions?
Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
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On May 16, 2014, at 19:50, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
Alex,
Thanks for the resources.
Macs are more productive for you.
I have used computers since the Commodore 64 in the early 1980’s.
For me
I have to endorse all this. storage, at an economic price is an issue; and
for those who're long time pc users, with tons of material they need to
keep; there's nothing to beat your own real hard disk to put it on. USB
based secondary ones for backup are good and straight forward too.
So a
Ok, love the foreign language analogy. As good a way of putting it as any.
remember, iOs was that different, we managed!
BTW: the magic track pad gives you very iOs like access too.
RobH.
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Suggests to me the difference with software between OEM and retail which is
to say - OEM is volume sale in minimal presentation packaging and priced for
volume sale.
retails is presented more expensively and priced for individual sale.
A trader that picked up the end of a non-retail batch
Nope, it is not possible to automatically scroll in iBooks, no matter what
display you use. I wish it were--that/s the one thing I think Apple could add.
Then again there are times when the display doesn't advance properly, so
perhaps auto-scrolling would not be best. Not sure.
Jane
On
Which questions have not yet been answered? With all of the tangential
discussion, I don't remember what we may have missed.
On May 16, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
hayasim...@gmail.com wrote:
What about my other questions?
Haya Simkin guide dog Pammy
Sent from my iPhone
In many cases, Amazon offers non-retail packaging. Often customer reviews of
these products seem to point to problems with the items.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of RobH.
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 12:43 PM
To:
Sorry, you're right, we only answered the bits we had much clue about.
A Mac has VoiceOver provided as part of the system, like iOs. windows would
need open wallet surgery to buy JAWS.
No idea about hebrew, do we know if JAWS can do that even?
rh.
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From: Haya
I'm not sure, sorry. I think Apple can answer that, though, if you give them a
call.
On May 16, 2014, at 1:48 PM, RobH. bobs...@googlemail.com wrote:
Sorry, you're right, we only answered the bits we had much clue about.
A Mac has VoiceOver provided as part of the system, like iOs. windows
When I take pictures on my iPhone and want to keep them with the rest of my
pictures, I plug my sync data cable in to my computer. My iPhone shows up as
another drive in windows. I then navigate to that drive letter and all the
pictures I've taken are there. A control A to select all, a
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I'm creating contacts in Outlook with the idea to add them to my iPhone. My
question is
Should I include the dash in the phone number?
Thanks,
Rena
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I follow the international format for phone numbers, e.g. + Country Code
then the area code in parenthesis followed by the 7 digit phone number
separated by a dash. For example, a North American phone number I put as
follows:
+1 (212) 555-1234
Even if the number is local to you the iPhone will
Greetings. When browsing through the AppleVis site I came across an ad
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in apps and from Safari. The AppleVis app review link is:
http://applevis.com/apps/ios/utilities/adblock
AdBlock works on both wifi and cellular connections.
I use iClean. I have no idea if it's still in the App Store.
Alan
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I have some contacts with the dash and others with out it. It doesn't seem to
matter.
HTH
Alan
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On May 16, 2014, at 11:56 AM, gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net wrote:
Hello,
I'm creating contacts in Outlook with the idea to add them to my iPhone. My
question is
Your quite correct my friend it is coming. Ever sense I've had a cell phone
I'v always used the country and area code along with the 7 digit phone number.
That way I could use my phone where ever I go with in the country,.
Alan
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On May 16, 2014, at 12:05 PM, Sieghard
Hi,
There is a difference between retail packaging, non-retail packaging which
Amazon also calls frustration free packaging and bulk packaging. Below is
a link from Amazon.ca regarding the use of frustration free packaging. I
think the term frustration free is a good one because I often bought
I agree about the area code, but I wonder about the number 1. I never dial 1
before the number when using the cell phone. And now that my home phone is
from a cable company I don't need to dial the number 1 either.
What is the reason for the plus sign and the number 1?
- Original Message
I never use a 1, though I notice that it is spoken when dialing a long
distance call. I type the area code and number all together without spaces
or dashes. I've never had trouble. Your phone knows what to do to get
through.
Lois
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com
If you call long distance you typically have to dial the number 1 in front
of your area code and number. I like to put it in the number because even
local numbers will be long distance if I am elsewhere in the country on a
holiday or business trip.
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From:
Yes, I used to dial the number 1 in my home phone, but now my cable phone
doesn't require that. I never dial the 1 when using the cell phone. I have
free roaming, so it doesn't matter where I am.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
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From: Sieghard Weitzel
What I'm really asking is their a difference in the quality of the merchandise?
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On May 16, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Sieghard Weitzel siegh...@live.ca wrote:
Hi,
There is a difference between retail packaging, non-retail packaging which
Amazon also calls frustration free
Hello All,
Instead of using the standard on-screen iOS keyboard, I would like to try
out an on-screen Braile keyboard input app.
What I would like to know is if there is an input app that allows one to
treat the entire portrait display as one Braille cell. That is, The upper
left corner of
The only app that comes to mind is the Type in Braille app. You will have to
go look at the description and see if it will do what you are wanting. Other
than that, I have no clue.
Jenn
TO THE WORLD YOU ARE SOMEONE, BUT TO SOMEONE YOU ARE THE WORLD!
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From:
No! There is no difference in the quality of the product inside.
HTH
Alan
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On May 16, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Anthony Vece ajv...@gmail.com wrote:
What I'm really asking is their a difference in the quality of the
merchandise?
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On May 16,
You might also look into perkinput area it doesn't do exactly what you want,
but it's similar. It's new, and need some work, but so far it's got a great
concept. I'm sure the work on it to make it better soon.
Jewel
Sent from my iPhone
On May 16, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Jennie Facer
Hello all,
A couple of months ago, an app came out called The Melt.
It is like Facebook / Twitter, but instead of typing your post, you just record
it! And it is totally free!
When the app first came out, it was not accessible, but after contacting one of
the developers, they went back and
If you are not dead set on one-dot-at-a-time entry, give MBraille a shot. It is
free, with an in-app purchase to fully unlock it. You enter braille one
character at a time, holding the phone sideways. There is plenty about it on
www.applevis.com. Aside from that, TypeInBraille is the only one I
Hi All,
I have some music in my Drop Box folder on my iPhone 5C. How do I move this
music to another app so I am not using up space in my DB folder? Thanks in
advance!
Steve
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I got a little too frisky in my CD ripping activity.
Keith
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Hi Steve,
I think the only way is to put in on your computer and add it to your phone
using itunes.
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Hi, all. I am having difficulty getting Siri to schedule a calendar event.
I say schedule an appointment for, then the date, subject and time. But
Siri never seems to put the correct title of the appointment. It gets the
time and date right, so I must be saying something wrong. Any help would
I always say to Siri, remind me that I have a board of directors meeting on
July seventh at 8 PM, on June fifteenth. Siri comes back and says ok, I'll
remind that and repeates the above information. My default reminder is 9 AM
the morning before the date.
Alan
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On May
Hi all,
For those of you using blind square I was wondering how important it is to be a
foursquare member. I am not realy interested in joining an other social
network. But if any of you would like to share how foursquare might be useful
I'd be greatful.
Thanks for any info.
Best,
Ioana
Hi.
The only reason I'd consider joining it is it gives you the ability
to ad places that aren't in the foursquare network. I've already found
two such places.
Julia On 16/05/2014 9:11 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
Hi all,
For those of you using blind square I was wondering how important it
Hello Everyone,
In my previous post regarding VoiceOver accessible free collegiate
dictionaries, I provided the wrong URL.
The correct URL for the Merriam-Webster's iWord dictionary is
http://i.word.com
Sorry for any confusion.
Mark
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From: M. Taylor
You don't really need to be a member unless you want to use the social
networking features.
BlindSquare uses their data whether you are a member or not.
You may find a few things I suppose through someone else on Four Square, but
I've not joined and see no lack of information.
Richard
How is the data in blind square compaired to let's say yellow pages?
Could it substitute an app like around-me?
Thanks for your answers.
Best,
Ioana
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On May 16, 2014, at 9:27 PM, Richard Turner rich...@turner42.com wrote:
You don't really need to be a member unless
Hi,
It's all a matter of how much you travel. If you're mostly in your local area,
you can skip the area code. If you're mostly in your home country, you can skip
the country code.
Best,
Anna
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gracewelln...@atlanticbb.net wrote:
I
Thanks Thom, that's what I thought, but I thought I would ask for laughs.
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Of
Tom is correct, apps on the iPhone are very limited as to how they can
access data and it is not possible to put music onto your iPhone via Dropbox
yet have it outside the Dropbox folder structure.
I would recommend that you add the music to your iTunes music library and
you can of course move it
I'd just say something like:
Make appointment titled such and such for date and time. Have not found a way
to change default alarm for the appointment.
Hth,
Ioana
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wrote:
I always say to Siri,
Hi Keith,
Unfortunately you can only delete individual songs on the iPhone, it is one
feature where I really don't understand why Apple got rid of it. Anyhow, you
can delete songs just like emails in your Inbox, swipe down or up to put the
action rotor on Delete and then double tap. If it's
Hi All,
I kinda hate using iTunes so I take a zipped archive of music I have placed
on Dropbox, and I then launch Voice Dream Reader and use the Add button to
import my music from Dropbox.
I then go back into my Dropbox folder and Delete the music folder since it
is already on my device
Hi Woody,
I would be careful about saying this, as there are some cities where just
dialling the phone number won't work, and you need to have the area code
dialled before the seven digit telephone number, at least, that's how it is
here in Toronto.
In fact, if you simply dial just the
10-digit dialing is the standard everywhere in Canada even in the smallest
little town.
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Subject: Re: Question
I personally almost never use Around me any more so I can't compare them.
However, the Yellow Pages is always going to have pretty much everything, so
unless an app is using their API, I don't think you are going to find one
that has all that.
BlindSquare provides most of the business info I want.
Hi Christina,
That would mean that they fixed it. It should never have defaulted to a
number. What you should do is tell it right off the bat which number to
call. You should say: call mom at home or call mom mobile. If you don't
word it like that, it shouldn't default to anything. It should
Hi,
I don't understand why you should say that it should default to anything at
all. It shouldn't assume anything. How would it know what number you want
to call? What if it assumes you want to call the iPhone but you really want
to call your brother at home? It should ask you what number you
Hi,
I don't think that's right. I had all my numbers listed as mobiles and my
text went as iMessages if my friends had an iPhone but I paid only if they
used an Android or other phone.
Ron Danvers
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On
I never meant to imply that Siri asking me which number to call was a bug or a
problem. It's just a change that I've noticed lately. I used to always wonder
why Siri would just place the call without confirming which number to call.
Cheers,
Christina
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I am a little into playing the game, but also I have found it to be
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Andy
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On the subject of weather apps - I am in South Africa, and downloaded overcast
the
other day. It is straight forward, as mentioned by someone, but I have a
question:
although there is a button stating current conditions I have noticed that it
does
not really give the current conditions. I
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