The iPhone needs to have contact with your skin. I wear my AirPods and they work just fine.
Sent from my Verizon iPhone X!!! > On Jan 5, 2019, at 10:25 AM, Carolyn Arnold <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > You know, speaking of phone in pocket, where mine spends a lot of it's life, > I can't answer mine by pushing the screen in my pocket, or if I'm wearing > gloves. I don't know if my gesture varies or of the phone has to have contact > with life, circulation, body warmth - just haven't figured that out. Another > thing, my daughter-in-law has the best aim for calling me while eating or > cleaning kitchen. If my fingers are the slightest damp, I can't make it > answer with the two-finber double tap. > > Best regards, > > Carolyn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Angie Nutt > Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2019 7:34 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen > Importance: High > > We sell it for £225.00 plus £10.00 shipping. > > We do know of people who have used it for navigating around their Twitter app > and have found it particularly useful for this. Also like you say, in a > pocket etc. I know of someone who has phone in pocket, bluetooth earpiece, > and does things with RIVO in his hand when out and about. I think people > would be less interested in stealing that than an iPhone to. > > All the best > Angie > >> On 4 Jan 2019, at 15:42, goshawk on horseback >> <goshawk_on_horseb...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> same here, if it had come out when I got my first iPhone, I probably >> would have gone for it. unfortunately, by the time the time that the >> first version came out, I had got fairly used to the touch screen. I >> can see another application for this device however, that is as a sort >> of remote, if one is in a situation when one doesn't want to take >> one's phone out, but may want to access it, such as whilst on horseback for >> example. >> so as I know you are in the UK, what price are you knocking it out for? >> >> Simon >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Angie Nutt" <an...@comproom.co.uk> >> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 2:11 PM >> Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen >> >> >> Yes we do sell RIVo 2, also sold the original. >> >> I don’t think the touch screen is the be all and end all either as a >> smart phone etc could obviously be made with or without buttons. It >> could have gone that way I suppose. >> >> When I started with iPhone there was nothing out there to help me; if >> there had been I wonder if I’d have taken advantage of it. I suspect I might >> have. >> But as things are I have no desire for the sort of thing this thread >> is about, nor for the Speed Dots as I feel they would take away the >> smooth interaction or dare I say, sensual, feel of the screen under my >> fingers. I do use a bluetooth keyboard if I want to type for any >> length of time. It is QUERTY as since learning to type as a teenager >> that’s my preferred method of input. >> >> All the best >> Angie >> >> >> >>> On 4 Jan 2019, at 10:06, 'RobH.' via VIPhone >>> <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I shouldn't ask probably, but does CRS sell anything like this? I'm >>> one of the unconvinced that touch screen is the b all and end all of >>> smart things. >>> But a kb has to be quite tactile, and that is the more so with aging >>> senses, including touch. >>> >>> Thanks, R. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Angie Nutt" <an...@comproom.co.uk> >>> To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2019 9:36 AM >>> Subject: Re: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen >>> >>> >>> In my job I come across plenty of people who have either tried and >>> don’t like the touch screen or have tried and just can’t get on with >>> it. While I personally use the touch screen most of the time I can >>> appreciate why buttons are useful as in making phone calls and I >>> would probably find it quicker but I don’t use my iPhone as an actual >>> phone that often. I am of course referring to numbers not in contacts >>> being quicker to type on a hardware keyboard. I also know quite a few >>> who really loved their original RIVo and those who have the RIVO 2 >>> seem to feel the same. Personally, I just couldn’t get my head round >>> it; it just isn’t for me. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 3 Jan 2019, at 16:09, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think I heard about this before and maybe this is a newer version, >>>> but for the most part I am amazed at how much trouble people go to >>>> and how much money they spend to take away the strength of the >>>> iPhone or, for that matter, other advanced smartphones. I understand >>>> that there might be a few cases where a person for whatever reason >>>> can't touch the phone, e.g. if they are quadriplegic, have no hands >>>> etc. Apple and now Google have put a lot of very smart people to >>>> work to come up with this incredible way to make touchscreen devices >>>> extremely accessible, apps like Flicktype make typing very efficient >>>> with a bit of practice yet some people still think they are better >>>> off trying to avoid touching that screen as much as possible. Maybe >>>> I miss something here, but I just don't get it. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sieghard >>>> >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf >>>> Of Russ Kiehne >>>> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 7:03 AM >>>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Using Your iPhone Without a Touchscreen >>>> >>>> I thought some of you might be interested in: Learn about the Rivo >>>> 2, the >>>> $299 add-on that lets you use your smart phone without a touch >>>> screen, on Audio Pizza: >>>> http://bit.ly/2LMApbp <http://bit.ly/2LMApbp> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V >>>> iPhone list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this >>>> list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please >>>> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the >>>> list itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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