How is Android security versus iOS? Is there an iTunes equivalent in Android one must use to manage / synck with your phone?
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple iPhone versus android software Well, that is good news! How about games? Kings corner, card games, word games, etc.? Did you mention dropbox? How about Pandora? :) Traci On May 22, 2013, at 9:43 AM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com<mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: Yes, you would be quite pleased. A lot of the apps you are used to on your IPhone are usable on android. Skype, tunein radio, ebay, paypal, redlaser. transit apps, gps apps, and more. Often i Read about apps on Viphone and go looking for android equivilants with good results. Then there are some that are only built for android, such as the Emusic app, the myglugohealth app, the near-by explorer gps for the blind and so on. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com<http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/> On 2013-05-22, at 12:37 PM, Traci <our4p...@gmail.com<mailto:our4p...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all, being a techy myself, Android always interests me. The question I have is, how about the amount of accessible apps on Android? My iPhone has dozens upon dozens of apps for radio streaming, games, productivity, etc. Would I find that level of usability on Android at this point? I often read how far Android has come in accessibility, but I have not red much in terms of all the android apps a blind user may have. Thanks, Traci On May 19, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com<mailto:rwalker...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi, IDK, they are adding new feature but, most of them IOS had from the start. For example, navigating web pages by links, headings, etc. I think there comes a point where you don't really need to add more accessibility features, you just refine the ones you have. This in my opinion is where Apple is while, Android is still adding some essential accessibility features. And even then, not all devices running Android will have them. This makes more work for the blind consumer. This is actually one of my biggest gripes with the platform. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info<mailto:rica...@appletothecore.info> Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info<http://www.appletothecore.info> On May 19, 2013, at 12:53 PM, erik burggraaf <e...@erik-burggraaf.com<mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com>> wrote: Hi, I teach both, and prefer android. Apple accessibility is definitely more seamless than androids. Android's commitment to accessibility is firm, but it is more fragmented as some one else said, and they haven't had nearly as long to get it right as apple has. On the other hand, accessibility has somewhat stagnated on the I platform. There's nothing new and exciting. Where-as android is still adding new features and supports. For a lot of my clients, IOS is still the way to go, but there's nothing I personally want to do on IOS that I can't do on android. Mail, calendar, contacts, sms, skype, tunin radio. In fact there are some things that android has which IOS currently doesn't, such as an accessible diabetes management system with sugar monitoring hardware, and a full featured onboard GPS for the blind. Android devices can be had cheeper or more expensive depending on what you want and your carrier. Android peripherals are cheaper overall, or you can get a phone with the hardware you want built in, such as qwerty keyboards and FM receivers. Android plans tend to be cheaper than IPhone plans even without an agreement/term/bulloni-contract nonsense. ANdroid gives you flexibility over system voices and input methods and other system tweaks that can be very important to blind people without jailbreaking and voiding your warrantee. So, there are benefits, and I have clients who choose either or depending on what their needs ar.e I think they ar both good options at this point and I appreciate having the choice. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2013-05-19, at 8:04 AM, James Lockwood <lockwoo...@gmail.com<mailto:lockwoo...@gmail.com>> wrote: It has been a year or so since I attempted to use an android phone. Is it other peoples experience that the android software is relatively inaccessible to completely blind users? Is that still the case? -- 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<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. 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