Yes, unfortunately, this sort of issue is true with many of the newer high-tech gizmos. Another one that I can think of off the top of my head is that people with Parkinson's can't use a Pre or iPhone very well. I don't suffer from that, but my hands have always been a little shaky and I've wondered how I'd manage if it got worse as I got older.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael M. Rye Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] 3D Pre some day? I think 3D is cool, but there is a downside. What about people that have visual impairments? My fiance' is blind in one eye. 3D does her no good at all. -- Michael ...... Original Message ....... On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:08:44 -0700 "George Kontos" <[email protected]> wrote: >For the past week or so all I've been seeing in the news is about the new 3D >TVs that are coming out this summer. > >I was wondering if the 3D technology will eventually filter down to devices >like the Pre. That might be cool. Maybe in the upcoming webOS update? >;-) > >I was surprised to learn that the new TVs *will* require you to wear special >glasses to see the 3D effects. (I was under the impression that they'd done >away with the need for the glasses.) As such, I wonder how well they'll >sell. I read that most TVs will come with just one or two pairs of glasses, >then you have to buy additional ones for others to use, and they'll be >expensive. They're not the old stupid cardboard type like we used to get at >the movies (pre-Avatar). They're high tech electronic ones that have LCD >shutters that blink on and off many times per second, alternating eyes. I'm >getting dizzy just typing about this! :-D > >George > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
