Josh,
I may complain about the keyboard but overall this phone is great. I am more productive with this phone and able to do so much more than I could with my Samsung Blackjack II, even with its quarty keyboard. And, I had terrible luck finding applications for that phone that were accessible. I have pages of apps on my iPhone that I use all the time. What frustrates me about Jonathan's article/email is that he wrote this before ever touching the iPhone and his position is quite clear about how he feels. And, like it or not, he's a "leader" if you want to call him that, in the access technology world. I don't mean leader in the traditional sense; I mean it in that he's a vice president at one of the largest blindness technology providers in the world and with that role comes some responsibility. Responsibility to not jump to conclusions and to speak rashly about products from competitors lest you take the appearance of being self promoting and carrying the company line. I'd love the opportunity to set down with Mr. Mosen and to show him just how productive I am on my iPhone. No, it doesn't run the KNFB reader and it doesn't have an advanced camera like some other phones in the world but it works a hell of a lot better than Mosen makes it sound in this article. I wonder if he would be willing to sit down and write out his observations after the iPhone has been in the marketplace for almost a month now. But, I bet he's never even held one in his hand so, as with his initial observations, any response he might give now would be baseless. _____ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh de Lioncourt Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:19 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Article Slamming the iPhone What I'd like to ask all these folks saying the iPhone is so inefficient is: How efficient were you three weeks after the first time you ever touched a QWERTY keyboard? It's a whole new model for human interface interaction. After three weeks, I have no problems just touching the battery status, or really much of anything else. Things are not hard to find. They do not move around, and the flick method of navigation is great when you are having trouble with a brand-new and unfamiliar screen. Sitting with an iPhone for an hour and then declaring it slow, inefficient, and difficult to navigate is just silly. :) The ever growing number of VI iPhone users will tell you the same. Sure, it takes time to be comfortable. Once you are, it's fantastic. :) Josh de Lioncourt .my other mail provider is an owl. Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt Music: http://stage19music.com Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com Blog: http://lioncourtsmusings.blogspot.com GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/Lioncourt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
