I'm late to this thread, so sorry if this has been covered. Has this guy never heard of a bluetooth keyboard, Fleksy, iOS8's global third-party keyboard support, a braille display, tactile screen protectors, a two-finger double tap... I understand that no single person can know everything. Still, before pointing out negatives that can easily be overcome, do your research, particularly before putting something like this in such a major publication! No, the iPhone is not right for everyone, of course, but it is right for more people than the article claims. Okay, rant over. Does anyone have this guy's contact information? Comments don't seem to be allowed on the article, so contacting the writer is the next best thing. On Jun 5, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Christopher J Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I read the article when I first saw the URL show up on various lists. I > didn't save the URL, but it was easy enough to find with Google. BTW, he does > include an even longer list of the good things about the iPhone. > > The URL to the article is at > https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1406/bm140608.htm > > On 6/5/2014 7:57 AM, Paul Ferrara wrote: >> David, I understand your concern; if the article is as poor as you say, it >> is disturbing. However, there are plenty of positive things out there, word >> of mouth, etc. So hopefully most people who are interested will find much >> more positive things to counteract the negatives in this article. By the >> way, if anyone has the link to the article, post it please so we all can >> read it and perhaps comment if the magazine allows for comments. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Paul >> >> -----Original Message----- From: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone >> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:52 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone >> >> Has anyone read the June Braille Monitor? there is an article covering >> the supposed pros and cons of the iPhone. I have to admit that it would >> be very difficult for me to come up with a list of ten things which are >> "not good" about the iPhone but this article supposedly did just that. >> I plan to write a detailed blog post in the coming week with my >> responses to the ten objections but I'll just say that it's one of the >> most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've ever read from that >> magazine. Please, understand that this is not meant as a bash about the >> NFB vs any other organization or even a criticism of the Monitor. >> However, the piece infuriated me because the NFB is a highly influential >> organization and many of its members and readers of the Monitor will >> take the article seriously just because it comes from a nationally >> recognized blindness organization. My fear is that many people may read >> this article and will be convinced to not buy an iPhone due to things >> which the article claims are "not good" about the device. > > -- > -- > Christopher (CJ) > Chaltain at Gmail > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
