Just doing the calculation in my head, I've had Talks on a cell phone since 2003, and I know I've spent way less than it would have cost to be on an iPhone that whole time. I don't see how owning an iPhone would end up costing less in the long run.
On 06/10/11 16:33, kim kelly wrote: > I agree with you. > It is a little harder to get use to the Iphone, but, I feel that this is > the way to go. > I just got an iphone and I do like it much better than a smart phone or > simbian or windows mobile phone. > Besides, Voice/over is in the phone already and it is cheaper in the > long run. > > Kim Kelly > Skype: > richies12 > > Email and Facebook: > > kim...@cableone.net > > Visit my website and also read my blog: > > www.samobile.net/users/kimk59 > > Have a grate day. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex wallis" > <alexwallis...@googlemail.com> > To: <talks@talksusers.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Talks] assistance celling nokia e7 > > > Hi list. > sorry for late reply, but I get my talks e mails as digests, so don't > see the messages til the digest turns up. > now, first off thanks for the response to my thread, and the list > recommendations. > second, I have several reasons for selling the e7, > firstly, I just couldn't get along with its touch interface, just > sliding my finger round the screen hunting for items I didn't find it > very easy, the way the iPhone does things seems much more efficient to me. > second, I couldn't figure out at all dialing numbers on a call to > interact with a phone menu system, I tried but every time you start a > call you first of all have to bring up the virtual keypad so you waste > time hunting for the button to do that, they really should make it > display on screen during a call automatically, or give that option in > the settings. > > my third reason for selling the phone, is the qwerty keyboard, the keys > are nicely shaped, but I find them quite stiff, and in the case of the > home row featuring the f and j, really squashed up against the bottom of > the touch screen, making it very easy to trigger opening of menus and > settings. though it has to be said when using mobile speak accidentally > touching bits of the screen and doing things I didn't want wasn't a > problem, due to the way mobile speak takes over the screen, it did help > with accessibility, but the physical way the home row is squashed up > didn't make for comfortable or fast typing. > > the fourth reason for selling the phone though, is more fundamental, > technology is changing, and changing rapidly, to put it totally bluntly, > I don't see talks having a long term future, because nokia is moving to > windows phone 7, which is currently inaccessible, so in a few years, > phones will no longer run symbian, and who knows if or when windows > phone 7 will be accessible, yes microsoft have said it will be, but who > knows to what extent. Also, windows mobile the other OS that talks runs > on is now basically no longer under development in favour of windows > phone 7. > the way I see it, is talks has to adapt to support windows phone 7, if > it is made accessible. > more importantly, it needs to be adapted to work on android devices, > which at the moment it is true are usably accessible, but at the moment > google do need to do a lot on there side to improve things. > so this leads in to my fifth reason, based on the research I have done, > and my views about the future viability of talks and symbian, I think > for the moment the iPhone offers better accessibility than talks on a > symbian device, I think with touch screens like it or not, adaptation is > needed to make navigating the screen easier, and the iPhone has > accessibility built into its core with voice over. > I also think there are far more apps out there for iPhone than symbian > 3, anna or fifth edition, and the nice thing with apple is that they try > to force developers to make apps voice over accessible which is not the > case with talks. > I would much rather have an android phone due to the level of > customisation, but I think google just isn't taking accessibility > seriously enough for me to even consider adopting it, I want access to > the native apps on the phone rather than a shell where I am in a taylor > made accessible application that is not what my sighted peers use. > at least with iPhone I will be on a level playing field. > as for how much I am selling the e7 for, I was looking for around £350, > but am very happy to discuss terms with anyone who is interested, and I > am very negociable, so just try me if you are interested, make an offer. > I live in the UK. > Thanks for reading, > Alex. > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Talks mailing list > Talks@talksusers.com > http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks > > Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: > eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ > and > Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/ -- Christopher (CJ) chalt...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Talks mailing list Talks@talksusers.com http://lists.talksusers.com/mailman/listinfo/talks Hosting of this list provided courtesy of: eHosting Limited: http://www.ehosting.com/ and Talknav Inc. http://www.talknav.net/
