Hi, I am a huge iPhone lover and was rather slow to really come to love the iPad.
I am totally blind and like others have said, I spent a lot of time wondering whether or not the larger screen really offered the VoiceOver user any advantage. Last year, my employer purchased the iPad 3 for everyone in my department who wanted one. I got one and gradually installed some of my favorite apps. I discovered that I really enjoyed working with email and safari on the larger screen. In mail, for example, all of the mailboxes are listed along the left side of the screen. You can simply run your finger down the mailbox column and double-tap on the mailbox that you want to open. Of course, I can work fine with email on my iPhone but this layout on the iPad is nice for both sighted and blind users. I also found that listening to audio on the ipad's built-in speakers was nicer than the iPhone's speaker. Again, I can hear audio just fine on the iPhone but given a choice of listening to a book or sports broadcast on either, I would choose the iPad. Also, it is really nice to have two iOS devices so that when the battery runs low on one, you can grab the other device and keep on working. I ended up liking the iPad enough that when the new much faster and thinner iPad Air came out, I gave the iPad 3 back to my department and purchased the iPad Air. I do agree that having both an iPhone and an iPad is a luxury. If I could only afford one, I would choose the iPhone. Having them both is certainly the best of all for me. Robert Carter Sent from my iPad > On Dec 21, 2013, at 1:55 AM, "RobH." <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have one of the newer Mini Gen2 models; and battery seems to be in the > negative, shorter charge time means smaller charge; certainly not as good > as before. So a bit of a trade-off between charge time and duration of > useage. She still likes it though. > > Agree about use of mBraille on it, though I sold my 1st gen Mini in favour > of a second 4S phone. I can't see enough for the bigger screen to have > offered anything useful, so let itgo. > > Rh. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 11:26 PM > Subject: Re: utility of an iPad as a productivity tool > > > Personally, I don't think the iPad offers anything the iPhone does not in > terms of apps. It has a better battery life, and some people prefer the > interface that some apps (like Mailor Safari) offer, but that's it. Oh, if > you use Mbraille, you can type with your fingers straight across the screen. > Low vision users often like the larger screen for viewing magnified images > or other low-vision apps, but for a blind person that does not matter. >> On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Aruni Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello listers, This is Aruni Sharma from the southern part of the globe. I >> am teaching in a PG college here in lucknow, India. >> I have a question regarding the utility of an Ipad. is it really worth >> investing in a ipad if one already has iPhone. In other words, does the >> iPad offer any extra benefit as a productive tool over an iphone? >> >> Thanks and regards >> Aruni SharmaAsst. prof. 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