If you are specifically talking about the Motorola's, some have physical keyboards with arrow keys. The arrow keys can be used to go through the icons on the screen. However I switched to the IPhone because they did ann update which made it difficult to dial a number. For people who cannot see the IPhone is definitely easier to use. However for sighted people it's totally a matter of preference.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Mannion Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 11:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: verizon and IPhone 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>> On Behalf Of paul and paula jordan >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 6:08 AM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>> On Behalf Of dan thompson >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:53 AM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: verizon and IPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi All, I thought verizon >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> supported the IPhone. However, locally I am hearing not. 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