I realize Android accessibility isn't up to snuff with respect to the iPhone, which is why I have an iPhone. I just thought that when someone said the iPhone could do things that Android could not, they were talking about functionality and not accessibility. When I think of being able to use a memory card on an Android phone or being able to access it like a drive when attached to my PC instead of using iTunes I think of what you can do with an Android phone that you can't do with an iPhone.
IMHO, there's plenty of bashing on both sides. I've seen iPhone and Mac users bash Android and Windows users and make equally outrageous claims about VoiceOver and the IOS/OSX platform in general. IMHO, I think some people just need to defend what they're using and the choices they've made. I like to think that I'm anti-bashing. I use Ubuntu and an iPhone, but I don't make a religion out of either, and I don't think I've ever run down Symbian, Windows, Macs or any other technology. To each his own and the more accessible options the better! BTW, the Droid is a line of smart phones from Motorola. I assume you're referring to Android phones in general. On 03/07/12 22:02, James Mannion wrote: > That's for sure. The droid accessibility is just not near as complete. > It will not let you examine anything by word or by character unless > you are in an edit field and are using a keyboard and only certain > ones of the onscreen keyboards from what I understand. It will not let > you navigate by items. This is all in explore by touch which you can't > even get a new enough version of Android on most phones yet to even > have. Explore by touch limits you to moving your finger around the > screen to find things and if you miss it, oh well. No other way to > navigate to it. You are also limited to activating things by lifting > your finger after you find it and then a single tap on what you want > to activate. Sure the single tap could be convenient, but you have to > be exactly on what it is you want to activate. So if it's really > small, you better be good at that. I have heard the fans go on and on > about how much better this is because it is like the sighted world > does it. Sure, but their eyes can direct their finger with little > error possibility. I wish the droid world were equally as accessible. > The fans seem to see it through rose colored glasses and boy they love > to bash and put down the IPhone. I think they find the IPhone a threat > to their world over there or something. Listen to That Android Show > and count the number of negative comment opportunities they create and > jump on those that they otherwise find. That is the one thing that > particularly ticks me off about that podcast. They are so, so, so > outwardly expressively anti-IPhone. Don't bother askingthose fans for > their answer to the droid accessibility shortcomings and therefore > concerns. If they are not in favor of the comment, my experience is > they ignore it. > > Jim > > > On 7/3/12, Anthony Vece <ajv...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The Droids are just not as accessible as the iPhone. >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon iPhone! >> >> On Jul 3, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Other than not all phones getting updates to Android, what does the >>> iPhone do that the Android doesn't do? I'm sure there's a bunch of >>> things out there, but what comes to mind are the things you can do with >>> an Android that you can't do with an iPhone. >>> >>> BTW, when you say Droid, I assume you mean Android phones in general and >>> not just Motorola's line of Android phones. >>> >>> On 03/07/12 17:28, Anthony Vece wrote: >>>> If they made a droid that would do everything the iPhone does, I would >>>> think about. >>>> But, not all the Droids can be updated. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my Verizon iPhone! >>>> >>>> On Jul 3, 2012, at 6:16 PM, James Mannion <mannion...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Verizon definitely has the IPhone still, but the only thing that makes >>>>> any sense to me about this confusion is that they do make it a bit >>>>> obvious at times they don't want to offer the IPhone these days. They >>>>> try very hard at times to push people over to Android instead. I have >>>>> heard two reasons for that. One of them Verizon actually admitted to >>>>> when I was in the store recently. The one they will tell you more or >>>>> less is that they very much want people on 4G and not 3G. They can >>>>> manage many more customers on their 4G network at less cost to them. >>>>> The other reason I have heard elsewhere is that carriers are becoming >>>>> discontent with the fact they can't have the kind of control with >>>>> putting bloteware at all on the IPhone like they obviously can with >>>>> Android. Apple has a heavy hand in telling the carriers what they will >>>>> and will not do with the IPhone. I feel absolutely no sympathy for the >>>>> carriers on that one. >>>>> >>>>> On 7/3/12, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> True, but I find it hard to believe that Verizon would offer the >>>>>> iPhone >>>>>> in some locations but not others. Technically, there's no reason it >>>>>> won't work wherever Verizon has coverage, and I'm sure it's one of >>>>>> their >>>>>> most popular phones. It was a big deal when AT&T lost their >>>>>> exclusivity >>>>>> to the iPhone and Verizon started to also carry the iPhone. Again, as >>>>>> I >>>>>> suggested earlier, I'd check out some national resources, like >>>>>> Verizon's >>>>>> web site or an 800 number. I guess you could always order an iPhone >>>>>> from >>>>>> Verizon on line if your local Verizon retailer won't sell you one for >>>>>> some reason. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 03/07/12 14:41, Dianne B. Phelps wrote: >>>>>>> There always seems to be a disclaimer in case certain features are >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> available in certain areas. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dianne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>>>> Behalf >>>>>>> Of paul and paula jordan >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:08 AM >>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> Subject: RE: verizon and IPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have my iPhone through Verizon and I'm in Cincinnati, Ohio. I've >>>>>>> heard >>>>>>> other people say vVerizon in their area doesn't support iPhones. >>>>>>> Very >>>>>>> curious! >>>>>>> God bless! >>>>>>> Paula and Babe >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>>>>>> Behalf >>>>>>> Of dan thompson >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:53 AM >>>>>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> Subject: verizon and IPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi All, I thought verizon >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> supported the IPhone. However, locally I am hearing not. 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