Actually, when I wrote this, it was yesterday. But for some reason it never got sent until today. So I have to go hide my head with embarrassment. Apple released the very first iPhone on 29 June 2007. It was indeed a business disaster, at least the business model was. Until the 3GS there was no accessibility. But since that time, things have gone from good, to great, to wonderful, to terrific, to amazing, to excellent, to incredible, to WOW!!!!! I’m out of descriptive terms. And I don’t think anybody could possibly dispute the role that Apple has played in not only mobile accessibility, but assistive accessibility in general. Just look at the changes in the Windows world since Tiger, the very first accessible Apple operating system. It has impacted on everybody, whether or not they use Apple’s equipment. Yes, Windows users, you may not like the sound of that, nevertheless it is true.
The late Steve Jobs deserves a great deal of credit for inspiring his team to achieve such dizzy heights. Even after he was gone, his legacy lives on and continues to flourish. ================================================= My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons Contact: • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 ———————————————————— —— > On 30 Jun 2017, at 16:49, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes indeed, Happy Birthday IOS! > The first iPhone was available in 3 flavours, 4, 8 and 16GB storage capacity. > Apple introduced the “Apps Store” a year later but - up until that point - > the iPhone was a business disaster. > The iPhone without a doubt revolutionised hand-held devices and from that > Android and Windows Phone were born. > I joined the party with an Apple 3GS in late 2009 and positively marvelled at > how a blind person could use and read a Touch Screen, if anyone had told me > up until that point that a blind person could use a Touch Screen efficiently > then I would have laughed quite literally in their face. > The iPhone reminds me of a Braille Note Taker in some ways, some people think > an iPhone - like a Note Taker - is God’s gift to the blind. And thus exclude > other technology’s or other equipment that may be more practical, there is a > big wide world out there. > >> On 1 Jul 2017, at 1:20 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Good day to you all. >> >> I’m not starting another Apple thread here, it’s more of a generic >> observation. >> >> It was exactly 10 years ago today that Apple released the first iPhone. What >> a lot has changed in those ensuing years, and quite a bit has not changed. >> iOS in its nappy-wetting days was very very basic. I joined the party with >> the release of the 3GS and it’s continued from there. >> >> The word is that Apple plans to release the first public beta of iOS11 later >> today, so that should be interesting. >> >> Anyway, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear >> iPhone, happy birthday to you! >> >> Ten candles on the cake already. >> >> ================================================= >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. >> >> This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons >> >> Contact: >> >> • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 >> • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0) 7907 823971 >> • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 >> • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 >> >> • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 >> >> ———————————————————— >> —— >> >> >> >> >
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