I own both, and what I use depends on what I'm doing. I still gravitate to my iPhone because it's small enough and I can hold it in my hand. That being said, I love typing on the iPad over the phone because of the bigger keyboard. So it's great for couch surfing. LOL It's lighter than any netbook or laptop, (at least the ones that I've owned,) so when I've gone out of town, I take the iPad, my phone, and a bluetooth keyboard; because if you're having lengthy email or IM conversations, it's easier still to do all that typing on a keyboard to save time on occasion. The iPad speaker is better for streaming. iBooks on the iPad is a beautiful experience, and some of the native iPad apps for recipes are made even better by the bigger screen. But really, despite all that, I'm not sure I'd own one as a blind person were it not necessary in order to properly test out our screen protectors; unless I were a college student. Then, I would be on Rehab's bureaucratic butt to buy me one, since it's cheaper in the long run than the over priced note takers.
I'm not really sure why if you cannot see the screen beyond wanting a note taking/ebook reading solution for school, people tend to own both unless they just love techy toys. The visual appeal of all that screen real estate and having their apps in HD, is not something that the average person who is sight impaired can benefit from unless they have quite a bit of sight. Just, my two cents; or more accurately, it's probably only worth about one. :D Amy Billman Check out my company for your screen protector and phone accessory needs! SpeedDots: the makers of the tactile screen protector http://www.SpeedDots.com Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SpeedDots Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpeedDots -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Harris Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 12:28 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Why get iPhone and iPad? Bigger screen means bigger keyboard, mrs is sighted and does the pad on her lap in the arm chair; the phone goes out and about. She's into jigsaw puzzles and there's tons for the pad; could be vGood for other games too; but phone is still the everywhere work horse. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 7:01 PM Subject: Why get iPhone and iPad? Hi, I've heard of folks getting both, but I'm not sure why. Does the iPad offer somethings more or different? I can perhaps understand low vision folks benefitting from the larger screen for more or larger text. I'm just curious; I'm certainly open to getting an iPad, too, if it provides something additional or different from iPhone. Thanks. Keith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7284 (20120709) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7284 (20120709) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
