As far as the 5C colour is concern, beside Pink, i don't think there is any special girly girl colour on it. In fact, the Green and Blue will suggest it different from what Joseph F been claim. So, the suggestion of being a girly girl market is rather sexism and distaste. :)
Joanne Chua The flip side of Inclusion is Exclusion. Leaders For Tomorrow 2013 Candidate Send from my iPad > On 1 Oct 2013, at 13:30, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sir Jonathan Ives is quite definitely male, and he's the person now in charge > of iOS and its appearance. > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 1/10/2013, at 4:03 PM, Joseph FreeTech <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Actually, I think they were targeting the female population with the new >> interface's colors. The person Apple put in charge of the appearance of the >> new interface is a woman. Just by the way they described the colors and >> overall appearance it right away seemed to me like they were going after new >> female iPhone users. The teenagers are probably Android users as young males >> are more likely to want to tinker with the OS and hardware. ...At some point >> the user of electronics matures and grows out of the curiosity and simply >> wants something that works--this is where Apple steps in. >> >> Joseph >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ron Pelletier" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:52 PM >> Subject: RE: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 >> holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. >> >> >> Hi Cara, >> >> >> >> Funny you should say that. I was told The very same thing a couple of days >> ago. My friend told me he is almost ashamed to be seen with his phone. He >> says it looks like a toy that was designed for a kid. We know that Apple >> was going for a look that would please the younger generation but it seems >> like they don't even like it. I was told that the contrast is horrible and >> the font is just as bad. >> >> >> >> I am total so I don't really care but I have to say that this is not what I >> was expecting from Apple. >> >> >> >> Ron & Danvers >> >> >> >> >> >> Falling down is part of LIFE... >> >> Getting back up is LIVING... >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Cara Quinn >> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 1:51 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: About iOS 7, is it really so bad? was: Apple now forcing iOS 6 >> holdouts to upgrade to iOS 7. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, I must agree with the assertion that 7 is just plain ugly. >> >> >> >> A number of sighted friends have described the 'new' look, each in their own >> way, (as well as their difficulties with using it) and it just seems to me >> that for whatever reason, Apple just essentially abandoned all the upscale >> chic look and feel of iOS for what I can only describe as a thrown together >> gaudy amateurish look. >> >> >> >> For as much polish as the parallax effect has, the rest of the OS is so >> overly scaled down as to be just plain ugly. >> >> >> >> Just to illustrate one basic example, now what are being read by VO as >> buttons, in some cases, are simply a very light grey word on a white >> background. There are no borders making this look like a button, no >> indication that this item should be tapped to be activated and no really >> definite way to tell if the button is active or not. The font is so thin as >> to make it difficult to read and as I said, pretty much impossible to >> distinguish between being active or inactive. >> >> >> >> This is absolutely awful and inconsiderate for people with any kind of >> visual difficulties at all. Not to mention just the major change in user >> interface paradigm. >> >> >> >> I have absolutely no idea what Apple was thinking with this one and quite >> frankly, it makes me ashamed. >> >> >> >> This is just not cool and I really hope reason once again prevails here. >> >> >> >> apple, please do live up to your excellent standards and turn this one >> around right away so that everyone can enjoy this OS rather than need to >> suffer through it. >> >> >> >> At the very least, please consider bringing back at least some classic mode >> of visual interface (as you have done by keeping original ringtones) for >> those who can see, but whose vision might not be perfect. At the very least, >> consider bringing back an option for an homage to the classic look and feel. >> This would make worlds of difference for many people. >> >> >> >> This would go a long way to really showing that Apple inclusiveness. this is >> not just a matter of a new cool look. This is a matter of a whole lot of >> difficulty for many users whom may not even technically have vision problems >> but for whom this OS is just plain difficult to work with. >> >> >> >> These are just a few of my thoughts. Thanks so much for reading! >> >> >> >> Smiles, >> >> >> >> Cara :) >> >> On Sep 27, 2013, at 10:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> You wrote: >> "In short I feel that there is absolutely no reason why somebody who >> has an iPhone 4, 4S or 5 shouldn't upgrade." >> >> My reply: >> I find IOS7 to be ugly and hard to read. 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