Sounds like you might benefit by getting an iPod touch
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On 6/3/2012 7:25 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
Being that I have no family, I would have to get it as an
individual.When including the data plan, the cheapest I have found is a
little over $80 a month from Sprint, and would be the 450 minute plan.
Right now, I use a prepaid cell phone, and my wired phone. My prepaid
cell phone is 20 cents a minute, which is a bad deal if one talks much,
but for what I do with it, it costs about $10 a month. I qualify for
lifeline, so my wired phone is $20 a month. I would not be getting the
IPhone so much for the phone, I do not spend a lot of time on a
telephone any more, but for the texting, the apps, email and the web,
and streaming music and radio. Naturally, I would discontinue both my
current phones if I get the IPhone, which would make its real cost to me
between 50 to 60 dollars a month. We'll see what I eventually do.
Arnold Schmidt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: new to the group and some questions
I don't think an iPhone costs $100 a month, and it definitely doesn't
cost $100 a month more than other cell phones. I'm on a family plan, so
I can't toss numbers off the top of my head, but I'd suggest checking
different plan options with your carrier.
On 03/06/12 05:30, Arnold Schmidt wrote:
I am even newer than you, in that my subscription was approved only
hours ago. Also, I do not have an IPhone yet. The idea of getting one
greatly appeals to me, but if I do not, it will be for the same reason
that I have not gotten one so far, I am too cheap to want to pay that
hundred dollars a month after month, after month after month to the
phone carrier. However, I know I would love my IPhone and would
probably not mind that charge too much, considering the benefits to me.
One thing that has me excited again about getting one is the book,
published by National Braille Press. Getting Started with the iPhone and
iOs5 for Blind Users, by
Anna Dresner with Dean Martineau. I have purchased this book, and am
reading through it. I do recommend this book for new users. According
to it, one can set up their IPhone independently, so long as they have
ITunes on their computer, with One caveat. There are some things one
has to enter onto their phone itself, so one will have to type on it
very early in the game, as it were. As long as one feels confident to
do this typing, it can be set up independently.
The link to the aforementioned book is
http://www.nap.org/ic/nap/IPHONE-IOS5.html
It is $22, and can be had in hardcopy braille, as a brf file, or as a
daisy audio file, read by a pretty good synthesizer, I do not know which
one.
Arnold Schmidt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Ilniski"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 3:31 AM
Subject: new to the group and some questions
Hi all. I'm new to the group and have some questions. I'm going to
be upgrading on 5/5/12. I have some questions and will post them here.
1. I have decided to get the iphone 4s and will be ordering that on
Tuesday. First question did you get your i phone online or at the
apple store? I can go to verizon and get it but wonder if they will
be more helpful at apple and can they help with things like porting
your number over from the old phone to the new? Did you order yours
online or go to the store? if you ordered it directly from your cell
provider can you set it up independently or did you have to go to the
store to get help?
2. Do you use a bluetooth keyboard with yours or just the i phone?
3. What podcasts are out there for the iphone 4s? Is there a good
resource for learning the gestures and using the flat screen?
4. How many gigs would you recommend? I don't plan to watch a lot of
movies, download videos and mainly want to use my phone for calls,
facebooking, and twitters? Maybe here or there a video but I don't
plan to go overboard. I have wifi here at home and plan to use that.
When I'm away is it easy to use your data plan if there aren't any
wifi connections available especially if i"m on a bus or something?
Thanks for answering all of my questions. I'm sure I will have more
as I go along.
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