How is Android security versus iOS?
Is there an iTunes equivalent in Android one must use to manage / synck
with your phone?
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *Traci
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:02 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*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 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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.
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On 2013-05-22, at 12:37 PM, Traci <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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
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Twitter:@apple2thecore
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On May 19, 2013, at 12:53 PM, erik burggraaf <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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
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the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog
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On 2013-05-19, at 8:04 AM, James Lockwood <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> 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?
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