Hello, That's exactly what they are afraid of. On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Larry Wanger wrote:
> Who cares if we win them over. We talk with our pocket books and, if > enough of us stop paying thousands for their products and hundreds > more each year in SMA agreements it will get their attention. It’s > like any other product and the markets they compete in. > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > ] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 12:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Article Slamming the iPhone > > You know I truly am not into slamming people, but in Mr. Mosen's > case, I have heard his previous show/podcast and just based on > observations from that and things he has said/written, I seriously > doubt he would sit down with you or an iPhone and certainly not to > be objective about his findings. I think he would be quite > argumentative and take a hardline on his position regardless of > whether he is proven right or wrong. In other words, you'd > accomplish nothing more than wasting your time and giving yourself a > headache. I'll not name names or so forth, but a conversation I had > with a particular adaptive technology developer ran along the lines > of me expressing my enthusiasm about the Mac and VO and how it was > nice to see their product could be used under a VM. Of course that > met with a very much "I don't care" attitude. I think I was looked > upon as being at the very least miledly daft and why in hell would > you want to use a stupid Mac when you have a great solution and a > good os at your disposal. :) So, the market being what it is, I > don't think you'll ever win him or most of these folks over. I guess > I sort of understand considering that Apple is truly a competitor > now and any competition is a threat. > On Jul 13, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Larry Wanger wrote: > > > 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:macvisionaries@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. 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