Hi Jonathan,
As always a well written and complete overview. I am also still on a 4S
and
feel much the same as you. There may yet be few uses of NFC here in North
America, but they are slowly increasing and once Apple puts a NFC chip in
the iPhone this could give the technology a bit of a boost although I
also
feel there are still security volnerabilities which need to be addressed
before I’d trust it completely.
It is interesting how Apple often introduces something new and how then
said
feature or technological advance is played down by the media. Then within
a
year or so Android and others quietly come out with their version of same
feature/technology. I think SIRI was a good example for this and I would
be
very surprised if we didn’t see high-end Android phones suddenly having
fingerprint sensors very soon. Just as SIRI was a big incentive for me to
upgrade, Touch ID is probably at the top of the list for me this time
along
with the faster performance.
I believe the iPhone 5C and 5S will be extremely successful for Apple
once
again just as the 5 was which nobody really thought. With the 4S Apple
put
out a true world phone and I feel that this is more true for the 5C and
5S
again as it was for the iPhone 5 last year. Furthermore, there are a lot
of
iPhone 4 and 4S and even some 3GS users out there who I think will most
definitely upgrade. These people especially if they come from the 3GS or
4
will be extremely happy with how fast the iPhone will be and with the
quality of the pictures.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 may have a 41 Megapixel camera and by a few might be
touted as the gold standard in camera phones, but it would be interesting
to
read an objective review and comparison of the 2 in terms of picture
quality
and camera features.
After everything is said and done I will most likely upgrade although it
is
a bit disappointing that I will have to wait for the initial in-store
release to order my shiny new 5S since Apple is not offering 5S preorders
and I live in a very small and remote community where the closest Apple
Store is in Vancouver which by road is a 12-hour drive or a 1.5 hour
flight
and I don’t want it bad enough to fly to Vancouver to stand in line on
Friday morning next week!
Regards,
Sieghard
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Jonathan Mosen
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 4:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Features of the 5S and 5C
The iPhone 5s now has jitter protection, Apple specifically mentions this
on
its site, saying that it helps people with unsteady hands when taking
pictures. The bunch of camera features taken together really sound like
they
could represent an improvement.
Here's my blog post talking about the new phones and features as well as
my
thoughts on whether I'll upgrade.
http://mosen.org/index.php/will-i-upgrade-to-iphone-5s-im-undecided/
Jonathan Mosen
Mosen Consulting
Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
http://Mosen.org
On 11/09/2013, at 11:02 PM, David Chittenden <[email protected]>
wrote:
So long as one uses good technique for capturing the image, I expect OCR
recognition to significantly improve for two reasons: the additional led
will give better lighting for the camera, and the wide-angle aperture
will
give greater area coverage at the same distance. The A7 64 bit processor
will increase OCR processing speed.
All that said, it will still be necessary that one has a steady and still
hand when taking the picture, and that the page be as close to 90 degrees
as
possible. Jitter (camera shaking), skew (text at angle off true
vertical),
and shading (shadows cast by light / not enough light / too much direct
light, are the factors which cause difficulty for blind people to capture
images which are clear enough for OCR.
I use my iPhone 5 for OCR daily to very good effect. when I am able to
combine it with the StandScan Pro, my OCR is almost always just about
perfect.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
Sent from my iPhone
On 11/09/2013, at 20:54, Mario Barbuto <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Annie and everybody,
I'm a little skeptical about the new iphone 5S performances on this
respect.
In fact, its Braille low speed and poor efficiency derive mainly from the
VoiceOver software and its way of bluetooth managing.
As well, I don't believe the most improved camera will be able to
dramatically increase text recognition capabilities. Talking of simple
black
& white text recognition it especially depends on the picture clearness
and
understandability rather than on the higher megapixels resolution.
We will see!
Warmly,
Mario.
At 00:12 11/09/2013, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote:
Hi.
The new IPhone could have some advantages for braille users, because it
is
faster. I do not think there is much use of it, if you only use speech,
but
braille speed e.g. in kindle could possibly be improved.
Best regards Annie.
Den Sep 10, 2013 kl. 10:20 PM skrev Anthony Vece <[email protected]>:
Hi Karen;
I think that's about it.
I'll wait and see what the 6 has to offer.
Anthony
Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5!
On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:16 PM, "Karen Poulakos" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Will it be the same phone as the 5 is now? or will new features be
added?
What are the new features of the 5S, other than the security features
i've
seen mentioned here?
Karen P
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Olver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Features of the 5S and 5C
Karen, the 5C will replace the 5. It will be offered in 16 and 32 GB
models.
Fred Olver
Author of Dealing with Vision Loss
have a look it just makes sense.
http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Poulakos"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 2:52 PM
Subject: Features of the 5S and 5C
I've seen lots of posts about the purchase of these phones, but haven't
seen
any posts about the features offered. What is the difference between the
two? I now have the 4S, and was planning on upgrading to the 5, with the
hopes that one would be offered at a less expensive price. Someone
mentioned
the 5 will be no longer available?
Karen P
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