I agree and completely understand the iPhone isn't for everyone. But it
seems more and more are switching to it, some of us reluctantly unless
they have been reassured time and time again.
Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
On 06/06/2014 22:12, Andy Baracco wrote:
I have a friend who got an iPhone and returned it after less than a
week. He mistakenly thought that Siri could do everything. he said that
he got it primarily to listen to internet radio. I suggested that he get
a Victor Reader stream for internet radio, and keep his old phone for
making and receiving calls.
Andy
-----Original Message----- From: Arnold Schmidt
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 12:51 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
And he does say he uses an iPhone every day. I don't get the impression he
is against them at all, he just wants to convey the fact that they aren't
for everybody. I would have worded some of his con comments differently,
they may give the impression things are harder than they are, but I didn't
think the article was as negative toward the iPhone as some comments on
this
list implied. I have two coworkers who got iPhones, who want Searie to do
everything for them. They, especially one of them, have never mastered the
touch screen at all, I don't think they are all that interested in doing
so.
And if all one is going to do with their iPhone is make calls and send
texts, it definitely is a waste of money. Personally, I consider it to be
the most life changing piece of electronics I have purchased since my first
computer in 1993. Even though I am 59, I do believe that younger people
adapt to the touch screen devices more easily than do some older people.
Also, the more computer skills one has before getting an iPhone make a big
difference, although the ways to use those computer skills will be very
different from a regular computer. Both these aforementioned coworkers had
very few computer skills before getting their iPhones.
Arnold Schmidt
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher J Chaltain"
<chalt...@gmail.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: NFB June Braille Monitor/Article on the iPhone
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.
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