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>
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