Hello,
I totally agree with Joanne, the iPad Mini or iPad Air certainly do
have their advantages since the larger screen size can be good as
well as bad. I think this is totally subjective of course because
those who find they have problems with orientation and spacial
awareness the iPad probably is not a good choice.
However, I also think of those times where I am going somewhere and
I want to show sighted friends pictures maybe of a holiday or
something else. Right now I usually bring my laptop because a 4 inch
iPhone screen definitely is not great if 3 or 4 people are trying to
see that picture of me on the ground with my arm draped across the
back of a 450 pound tiger or my girl-friend and me riding on an
elephant (I can tell you where you have to go in Thailand to do
these things) *smile*.
My Mom has an iPad 2 which is over 2 years old and the battery life
still amazes me. Of course the battery life on an iPhone is also
awesome if you turn on Airplane mode even if you then go back and
turn WiFi back on, but maintaining constant contact with cell towers
really sucks up the juice.
Lastly, I could totally see how even on an iPad Mini one could learn
how to type with both hands and all fingers with the iPad in lands
ape mode.
Regards,
Sieghard
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Terrie Terlau
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 7:02 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Ipad
Hello!
I learned Voice Over gestures on an iPad 1 that was purchased by my
employer; we had to learn how to use Voice Over so that we would
have better ideas for our work. Anyway, I found it to be one of the
hardest things I have done in my working life. There is so much on a
screen that it was very easy to get into trouble. Buttons were
farther apart, and it was also very easy to go across a border into
another app that was on the screen. I learned, but I have a lot more
gray hairs to show it. When I used my X's iPhone after learning, I
was astonished at how much easier it was. I had resisted touch
screens for several years; but after going through the very steep
learning curve of the iPad, I found the iPhone so much easier to use
that I bought one and have been hooked ever since.
This is all to say that I found that an iPad is harder to use
because of the space between icons and the large amount of material
on the screen. I don't know about the iPad mini, not having tried or
seen one. I like the cases for iPhones with the battery in them;
this extends battery life. There are probably a few things that the
iPad does that the iPhone can't, but overall, with a battery case
and an iPhone, you can do most everything and save yourself some of
the headache.
On the other hand, there are plenty of blind people who love iPads.
So the
best thing to do is to try one and see what you think.
Terrie
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 6:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Ipad
Hi there,
I would love to have a full size IPad because it is easier to type
on it than it is on the internal keyboard of an IPhone, but on the
other hand, the IPad has such a big screen that it more often than
not misinterprets my gestures especially when i try swiping to the
left. Maybe people don't use the swiping gestures at all on the
IPad, or how do people go about with that? That was in any case why
i sold my ipads. I don't want to get an IPad mini if the performance
isn't as good as a full sized one, if the processor is slower for
example.
I also don't know what screen orientation to use. This is probably a
matter of preference, but i seem to remember that people said to use
the landscape mode, because it was better on an ipad for some
reason, well that didn't work so good for me but since i was under
the impression that Landscape was the preferred screen orientation i
tried as best i could with it.
/Krister
2 nov 2013 kl. 10:00 skrev RobH. <[email protected]>:
This is about the norm, certainly how I used it at the time. I
swapped it for a second phone, now notice the battery life.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris H" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2013 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Ipad
My plan if I get one is to use the iPad at home or at a family or
friend's house and use the iPhone when out and about and obviously
for cellular calls and sms messages. Thoughts?
E-mail Facebook and iMessage
[email protected]
On 02/11/2013 02:57, Billy Maynard wrote:
hi,
I have thought about getting an IPad but, is there any reason
since I have an iPhone and it'll do most of the same things or is
there a big difference in the two divices beyond a larger screen?
given the latest stuff I'm not sure if IPads are still produced or
if iPad mini and iPad air I'm not sure what the differences are.
or would the pads be any use to a blind person since I can't
really use the larger display?
Thanks for any and all input on this question.
Sincerely,
Billy Maynard
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