Hi Rose and Sieghard, The case you mentioned Sieghard sounds ereally interesting. I'm not sure we really have anything like it in the UK though at the moment which is frustrating. I have used a waterproof bag which can go down to 20 metres to pass my underwater test. The bag is made of material and has 3 seals. I tested it a few times first with paper prior to putting gmy IPhone into it. There is no headphone jack, I didn't realise you can get waterproof headphones. I used the case with the body compass app. I set the direction I wanted above water and then when under water it vibrated when I was swimming in that direction, it also made an audible sound. Once this was set I didn't need to press any buttons which was useful as the phone would not work under water. As I think the screen is heat sensitive I'm guessing it would be very difficult to have a case where teh phone could work. The couple of scuba diving cases I have seen have some buttons on them which activate the touch screen. But the apps which go with them aren't accessible. More sighted divers are taking their phones underwater to use the camera as well as applications which turn their device into a dive computer.
With regards to the debate regarding whether developers will make aps accessible. I appreciate we are a relatively small market but there is no harm in asking them and hoping they want to get involved. Louise. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: 22 December 2012 12:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Scuba diving and accessible dive logs Hi Rose, You can take an iPhone underwater if you use a case that is made for scuba diving. Pelican makes a waterproof and crush proof hard case, but of course you can't "use" the iPhone as you can't access the touch screen when it is in the case. The case does have an external headphone plug-in, but that's about it. I bought another case at the dive shop on Maui where I did my last dives, but unfortunately only found out about it at the end so I couldn't try it any more. This one allows you to take the phone I believe as deep as 100 feet which typically is more than enough for most dives. I know 100 feet doesn't sound much when you walk it, but going straight down in the ocean it is a lot and even with an Advanced Open water certificate you typically don't go deeper than 130 feet, anything beyond that becomes technical diving and requires you to calculate decompression stops and so on. Normal recreational diving does not require decompression stops if you observe the maximum bottom time. You typically do what is called a safety stop at 15 feet for 3 minutes, but strictly speaking it's not required and in an emergency you could surface from 100 feet down in one go. The case I bought is made from heavy vinyl and it has a seal at the top where it closes. Inside the case is a cable which you plug into the headphone jack and it is connected to a swiveling headphone arm on the outside similar to that on the Pelican hard case. You can plug your headset in that and it is isolated from the inside, i.e. no water can push through. The case I have has a valve on the outside and it comes with a rubber ball which connects to the valve and as you compress the rubber ball it sucks the air out of the inside of the case and in essence you vacuum package your iPhone. This also makes the vinyl go perfectly smooth and tight across the touch screen so you can actually use your phone and I assume with an underwater headset you might even be able to hear something, but best would be one of the waterproof bone conducting headsets. Regards, Sieghard -- 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
