Dear Christofer, Can you please post your experience with the iPhone so far. In particular the way you use the touch screen for input of text messages and email . How do you use the QWERTY keypad? Thanks. -original message- Subject: [Talks] I just bought an iPhone From: Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> Date: 18/03/2012 7:28 PM
Well, after being a happy Symbian and Talks user for almost exactly 9 years, I finally decided to get a new smart phone, and this time I went with an iPhone. Not that why I did so is important to anyone, but I'll include some of my thoughts below, as well as how much I appreciate Talks and the Symbian platform. I started using Talks while it was still in beta back at the end of 2002. I got a Nokia 9290 communicator, and I think this, in conjunction with Talks, was the first fully accessible smart phone available to the blind. I've had 2 Symbian phones since then, the Nokia N75 and the AT&T Nokia E71X. Each phone had it's strengths and weaknesses, but in general, I've never been disappointed with Symbian or Talks. My decision to go with an iPhone was a tough one, although that was as much philosophical as anything else. I type on my E71X much less than I used to, so the thought of going with a touch only device became less of a concern for me. I was kind of waiting for the Droid 4 (which will have a keyboard), but I wasn't sure when or if AT&T would ever carry the Droid 4, and after reading multiple reviews of Android and Ice Cream Sandwich, it seemed like I'd be waiting quite a while for Android to catch up with the iPhone with respect to accessibility. The closed nature of the iPhone also concerned me when comparing it to an Android, or even a Symbian, phone, but I use the cloud more and more, and I eventually decided that I could leverage the cloud enough to minimize my need to use Windows or iTunes. I also started finding myself needing an IOS or Android device for work and wanting one for personal use, e.g. the apps I needed for work or wanted to use personally were only available on the IOS or Android platforms. Although there isn't anything wrong with my E71X, it is starting to show it's age, and once I decided Android would be playing catch up with the iPhone with respect to accessibility for quite some time to come, even given Ice Cream Sandwich. I decided there was no longer any reason to wait. I just want to say that I never slammed the iPhone, so I don't think I'm being hypocritical at all. I still feel the Symbian device and Talks are perfectly adequate solutions for the right situation, and I don't think anyone needs to feel like they're being left behind if they choose to continue to use a Symbian device for another handset or two. It's all about what you want and what gets the job done. I just want to conclude by letting the Talks developers and this list know how much I appreciated the technological advances made by the Talks developers. They were truly visionaries. I also want this list to know how much I appreciated the support I got from this list and it's members. I'm convinced that without Symbian, Talks and this list, I would not have been a satisfied blind smart phone user these past nine years. I'll hang out on this list for a bit, and I'm sure I'll see some of you on more generic lists, but eventually I'll have to unsubscribe from this list, unless of course, I can't stand the iPhone and come back to Talks! Wow, this all seems a bit melodramatic, but Talks and this list have actually been a big part of my life for most of a decade, so I hope y'all will forgive my drama! Good luck everyone in that quest for the perfect smart phone for your own situation! -- 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
