Hello Everyone,
Just so you know, I am cross-posting this email.
I've been downloading games, both paid and free, from the Apple App Store
since 2008. In all that time, I have found only one, Aurify, that even
remotely held my interest. Unfortunately, that remarkable audio game only
worked, p
Hi Rajmund. Are your iPad and iPhone connected to the same Apple ID? If so,
then you should also see those messages on your iPhone as well, which means
that those messages are synched to both devices. If you backed up with iCloud,
I'd think they'd remain with you.
Shawn
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No difference, it’s the same thing, you can tap on either one label to add a
phone number.
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Fazil
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 7:47 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Differennce Between Add Phone VS Insert Add Phon
Hi, list.
When we add a new contact, in phone number we have 2 options, Insert Add
Phone and Add Phone, what is the difference between these two options?
Thanks!
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Hello all,
I was wondering if anyone could recommend any quality bands for the Apple watch
other than those by Apple. I want a nice band, but do not want to spend over
$200 for a nice one. I know Amazon has some, but I’m just not sure of a good
brand at this point. thanks.
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Hello everyone,
Apparently, I accidently deleted a contact from my iPhone 6. Is their any way
that I can retreve it? I use back up assistant because I have Verizon, but, I
can't find anything accessible with it or verizon cloud. Is their a way to do
it with iCloud? If so, please give specifi
hi,
Other papers are having no issue.
I just got through reading the Los Angeles times for today as it was updated as
well or all of my other favorites
Hope that helps
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> On May 30, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Michelle Bernstein
> wrote:
>
> To update for today, there was no content
Well, I don't have that behavior on my Nexus tablet, so I don't think
what you're experiencing is typical behavior for Android. You may want
to ask about this on an Android list to get help getting it resolved.
On 30/05/16 19:41, Mary Otten wrote:
I believe you're wrong about the default apps.
Beats had a music streaming service and an Android app, so when Apple
bought Beats, they acquired an Android app with it's own set of music
subscribers on Android. Apple Music is the only user interface app Apple
has on Android. My only point was that, given Apple's history of not
providing the
I believe you're wrong about the default apps. When I tell Google to launch
settings, I get this dialogue asking me do I want to launch settings. There is
only one settings app on my phone. That is just the latest example. But this is
an iOS list, so this discussion is off-topic.
Mary
Sent fro
Since Apple bought beats before Apple Music came out, I'm not sure what what
you're getting at there. When Apple music was announced, if I'm not mistaken,
they said they would be coming to android. It took them a few months to get
that done, but eventually they did. It's all about making money.
OK Google does have a set of music commands. Check out
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/complete-list-of-ok-google-commands/
Also, you shouldn't always be getting a dialog asking if you indeed want
to run an app. I suspect this is because you have multiple apps on your
phone which can all do the sam
Then you can set it to voice and it will announce the time instead of making
a noise.
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From: Dave
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 5:19 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Qoo
hi, No, i have tryed it. it just cuckoos twice on each hour, but there is no
indication,
Well, I think this should be tempered a bit. The number of subscribers
on Android would have to justify the development and maintenance of
their Android app. Apple would also have to take into account how many
additional iPhones they might sell if Apple Music was only available on
Apple devices
Well, I am not subscribed to Google play music. I know you can get some of it
for free. But I don't think you can ask Google assistant to play such and such
a song from Google music, can you? I have a hard enough time getting google to
just open an app without presenting me with some stupid scre
Hello,
When I was checking out a few things about Amazon Echo during the recent
discussion about it and Apple Music, I found an article which hints at some
intriquing possibilities. Combine that with the fact that next year is the 10th
anniversary of the iPhone and maybe Apple will finally make
Portable routers may allow you to connect to a hotel's Wi-Fi or other Wi-Fi
hotspot which may only allow one device to be connected. You would therefore
connect your router and then you could use your iPhone, iPad and laptop if you
had all of those whereas otherwise you may only be able to use o
OK, let me rephrase that. I should be able to pick up an android device that
has Apple Music installed, and ask Google's assistant to play something from
the Apple Music catalog, since I'm signed into that service via the Apple Music
app. For them not to have that type of integration seems very
Exactly, music services obviously want to make sure they achieve the maximum
number of subscribers possible hence it is in Apple's interest to be available
on as many platforms as possible. I don't think you can compare Apple's "walled
garden" concept which they have for iOS and apps with their
I also would like to know.
_
From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 9:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: [Bulk] Re: Roomba 980 with an app!
Hey you too!
If you decide to have a private conversation on this, would you
hi, No, i have tryed it. it just cuckoos twice on each hour, but there is no
indication, without phisicaly taking a look.
Dave.
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From: Deidre Muccio
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 7:25 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Qoo
It might happen automatically becaus
Hi,
That's where I tried, even tried youTube, google gave all sorts of things,
whereas youTube just came up with rubbish. I suspect, if anything, apple
support communities will have the answer, so I'll have a look at those later,
but, please, please, if anyone knows, just the slightest thing,
Hi,
Yes. I have the same problem. Some0one needs to do something to the
develloper. LOL! I started playing with kinddoms a it wwoorks fine.
Matthew
On Mon, 30 May 2016, Jim Ruby wrote:
I did purchase the app and now have removed it, I just had more time navigating
then playing so was n
I am really not sure, but I would hope that would be the case. I suggest you
google it if nobody comes up with an answer! :-)
Carol P
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On 30 May 2016, at 19:19, Rajmund wrote:
Hi Carol,
Its OK, its an air, and I didn't really like it. Too big for a start. I
I did purchase the app and now have removed it, I just had more time navigating
then playing so was no longer enjoyable for me.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Kevin Thompson
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:30 AM
To: vipho
Well I use mine when I'm in a hotel and want to connect more devices
without paying more fees. I can't imagine traveling without one.
On 5/30/16, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> A portable router is nice when you go somewhere that offers an Ethernet
> connection but doesn't have wifi. You can plug
A portable router is nice when you go somewhere that offers an Ethernet
connection but doesn't have wifi. You can plug your portable router in
and have wifi. I've had to do this a few times, such as when renting a
condo at the beach. I suspect it's getting less and less necessary though.
On 30
For whatever it's worth, the Echo does integrate with Pandora, as far as other
music services go. It also plays content readily available on TuneIn.
Joe--
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailt
I don't think you can set it to do both.
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From: Dave
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 12:21 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Qoo
Hi, i have just purchased the Qoo app.
I have it set to Cuckoo on the hour.
is there away, that i can get it to speak the hour at t
I believe the developer is National Spork LLC and it is still in the US App
Store. It is showing as $.99 or you can pay $2.99 for a bundle which
includes Clock Chimes.
-Original Message-
From: Alan Paganelli
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 11:08 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re:
I've been researching additional storage for a iPhone 5s and I notice some
external storage come with a router. I under stand that routers connect
computers but I don't understand why I would want a portable router when
traveling.
So, 2 things, if someone could help me understand why I'd want
It might happen automatically because with the other clock that I install the
one we talked about the other day voiceover just automatically says the time
along with the battalion speech or pronouncement of the time which I have such
a go off on the hour. Try it out see what happens see if it se
Hi Carol,
Its OK, its an air, and I didn't really like it. Too big for a start. I have
considered that myself, but honestly, 5 weeks worth of messages, at least, 60
or 70 odd messages daily, maybe less, maybe more, its a good enough average, I
think pasting it might be a bit tedious, but thanks
I agree it would be nice for users if every service was supported
equally across all platforms, but remember, you're talking about
companies who are offering competing services and products. They aren't
going to support their service on a competitors platform unless they
think the income from t
Sorry Carol, not quite sure, what you mean?
Dave.
From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 6:27 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Qoo
Hi there,
I very much like that tip. It's quicker than setting a timer for a minute!
Carol P
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Thanks very much, Michelle.
It appears that all current local, state, and national newspapers I usually
read are readily available under Publications, but nothing is available in any
of my usual via the Favorites.
Thanks again. Time to catch up on my Sunday newspaper reading. Glad it's a
holid
Hi there,
I very much like that tip. It's quicker than setting a timer for a minute!
Carol P
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On 30 May 2016, at 17:21, Dave wrote:
Hi, i have just purchased the Qoo app.
I have it set to Cuckoo on the hour.
is there away, that i can get it to speak the ho
What is missing on the android side for Apple Music experience? Now from an
excess ability point of view, there are some things missing, since there are
some unlabeled buttons there that are not on the iPhone side. So, sloppy
programming by somebody at Apple. And, since, at least from my point
Hi Rajmund,
Yes, you can. I think, all you do, is just to go to the message you want to
save and then copy as you'll be given the option copy and then you can paste it
where you want it. However, I have noticed that the date is changed to the date
that you you make a file to put it into, so you
Once again, I disagree Mary. Apple needs to loosen up and let Apple Music and
agree with Amazons Alexa, as well as Google's assistant. Just because the app
is on android doesn't mean that it's the same experience, and it should be
across all platforms.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> On May 30,
You really don't need to mess with the iPhone app to change user profiles. If
you have two different people in your household, both of whom have Amazon
accounts, each can have a profile on your echo. To change profiles, you simply
tell the echo to change from person A to person be profile. The a
Apple Music is also on android. So I would be disinclined to blame Apple
entirely for this lack of full inter-operability with the echo.
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 30, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> I am not so sure if in the case of the Amazon Echo this is onl
I can see how they might have their uses, but I think for the time being I will
stick to my central vac system which I find is quite convenient. Something like
that latest Roomba model here in Canada is around $1,200 and I definitely have
other projects for which I can use this much money. When
Does it clean tile? If so, how is it on that surface? We have a large area rug
on top of our carpet in a portion of the living room. Can it possibly make its
way onto and off of that?
Thanks, Keith
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Peter Logan
Sent:
Sieghard,
I can see you are wavering here!? Just to explain a little more: Re falling
downstairs, I cannot speak for the Neato vacs, as I haven't seen one, but all
of the Roombas have been equipped with a drop off sensor. I would like one on
the toe of my shoes!! I have, just about never ha
Hi, i have just purchased the Qoo app.
I have it set to Cuckoo on the hour.
is there away, that i can get it to speak the hour at the same time, without
opening the app?
cheers,
Dave.
-Original Message-
From: MamaPeach
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 2:29 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.co
Hi. I think it's both companies fault. I wish all of these companies could get
along nicely and let everything integrate with each other. It just shows you
how honestly Apple is more closed off than any of the others, which is slightly
annoying to me.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> On May 30, 2
Hi Daniel,
I am not so sure if in the case of the Amazon Echo this is only Apple's fault.
They are, after all, available on Sonos and I wonder if Amazon wouldn't
consider it counter to promoting their own music service. As far as I know
Amazon Echo also doesn't integrate with other popular serv
Unfortunately, it will not. Those requests only go to Alexa. I wish Apple would
get their heads out of their asses, and loosen up a bit as far as letting other
platforms integrate with Apple Music, but that probably won't happen when we
are alive.
Sent from my iPhone 6S Plus
> On May 30, 2016,
I'm not sure about needing to be connected to the net at all times. I can
test that out at some point to see what happens if connectivity is lost.
As with the camera, I haven't read anything about it sending that anywhere,
my understanding is that it uses that to map out the environment and he
Well, it may not do as good a job as a sighted person .. but I’m positive it
does a better job than I do. I was skeptical before getting it .. and well, no
longer. I am amazed at the job that it does. The one place I have noticed
that it has a problem is where the carpet meets the tile. I’m
Hi all. I have a simple little app called chime. I believe it was free. You
can set it to announce every 15,30 or 60 minutes and set it for when to start
and stop. You can have male or female voice, beeps or other sounds. It’s
voice over accessible. It works on the locked screen with the app
To update for today, there was no content in the New York Times if I tried to
access the issue in my favorites list. However, when I found today's New York
Times with a different search category such as New York publications, there is
content in today's issue. I emailed nfb newsline about this
As far as I know these type of requests to Alexa only work if you are using the
Amazon Music echo system, I don't think they work with music actually on your
iOS device or with music in the Apple Music ecosystem.
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From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegro
Hi All,
OK, let me try and explain this, somehow.
First of all, the reason I'm going through this, well, the most tedious thing
ever is for one reason, no access to a PC, whether that be a Mac or a Windows.
Now, here's what I'm after. So, I got iMessages on my iPad, back as of
December, and iM
If they offered an unconditional 30-day money back guaranty (no questions
asked) I would maybe give one of these things a try. Apart from that I would
share Gordan’s concern about how well something this small works. I have no
carpets in my house any more, all hardwood (living room and hallway),
If you leave the focus on the clock app, it will announce the time every
minute. Of course if you take focus away then it won't announce the time every
minute. However, it is useful for taking your pulse or any other use which
requires a minute announcement and, it's already there on your iDev
There was an app called clock chimes. You could select clock chimes and it
gave you 3 choices of clocks or you could select announce only and you could
set it to announce the time every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes, or the top of
the hour. The problem is, I've had the app so long, I don't reme
Anybody who agrees should request this via apple.com/feedback. This wouldn't be
an item for Apple Accessibility as it would be a feature of iOS which is not
restricted to accessibility.
I wonder how many sighted people would find this useful. Might be something to
pitch to Rob from the Today in
Hi all, hope this question is appropriate for this list, because it has to do
with the iPhone native music app.
For those of you that have an Amazon Echo, what is the experience like
listening to your music on your iPhone? The only thing I know for sure is you
can use Echo as a bluetooth speake
Hi Sandy,
Please send me your e-mail address.
Mine is: lbutterfield...@gmail.com.
Take care,
Lois
From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 9:07 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Roomba 980 with an app!
Hey you too!
If you decide to have a private conversation
I'm glad to know this is fixed! It is why I stopped using the app. I make a
back to it. I have been using cuckoo. It is difficult to set up on occasion,
one set up though, it cuckoos on the hour, and half hour. You can set it to
turn off and things, though the instructions are difficult to read,
I didn't do anything, I guess they released an update that fixed the issues
because it works exactly like it should now. Every hour and half hour, it
alerts me as that is how I have my preferences set in the app.
-Original Message-
From: christopher hallsworth
Sent: Monday, May 30, 20
Hey you too!
If you decide to have a private conversation on this, would you cc me into it
please? I don't see at all, either, and so would need to know if I could
actually use the neato. Plus, with the new connected version, that's it would
be doable from the app itself!
Thanks, Sandy
Sent fr
Hi Lois.
I have had both a roomba and a neato. The neato was a much more
powerful andeffective vacuum but was almost impossible to operate
reliably if you couldn't see the display.
I spoke with them about this and offered to beta test when they get
around to working on accessibility.
The
I'm wondering if anyone has tried any of the apps that allow you to
rename photographs immediately you've taken them and which ones you've
found have worked well and which are not worth the money?
I notice there are a few free ones but some seem not to have been
updated for at least three
The New York Times published an article a few weeks ago describing the
indoor navigation features of the American Airlines app. The airline
has installed equipment at several of its major airports, such as in
Dallas and Chicago, to guide passengers around its terminals. Has
anyone used this app a
Hi Sandy,
I have the Neato, and I didn’t know there was one that would work with an app.
I found that the Roomba gears got clogged with my cats fur. She is very
fluffy. The Neato doesn’t have that problem.
I’m off to investigate. Thanks for the tip.
Take care,
Lois
From: 'Sandratomkins'
Hi all,
I have a vacuuming robot, and I love it. It keeps up with the fur from my dog
and cat. It does not; however, take the place of a regular type vacuum. It
still needs to be used periodically.
I’m guessing the app makes you able to set up the schedule and so forth. That
would be nice
Hi Gordon and all who have been talking/asking about these useful toys,
Gordon, when you say that the battery powered hoovers are not as powerful
as the corded ones, you are, of course right, but there is a caveat: because
you have the pleasure of not having to actually do the hoovering your
Hallo Peter,
Congrats on your new Roomba! I wonder if you can assist a little more with
some info for me? It appears that the machine works with different sensors, one
of which is the camera, which looks, primarily, at the ceiling, to locate
itself. It seems to me, from my reading about the
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