Hi Andy, Yes if you use the keys on the ipod you have to tap twice. David Westpm. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Shipp To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store Hi Andy I wasn't to sure about the keypad haven't quite got the idea of how it works properly yet. going back to see the chap on Thursday unless you can answer the question for me. when using the touch screen for the letters do you tap each letter twice to get that in the text message? this is the only part I'm not to sure of. ----- Original Message ----- From: ANDY COLLINS To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:31 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store Hi Andy - I was already pretty sure I'd be ok with a touch screen, so went along to check volume capability more than anything, as I didn't want to be disappointed. I did have a little play with the touch screen, and was happy enough with it, and don't see it as too difficult to come to terms with. All in all, I'm positive enough and think I'll be going for it, just having a lingering thought on if to go for the I phone instead, as my N82 is coming up to 3 years old now, and won't have gps for much longer [not that I use it very much, but handy to have...] Being honest about it all, I don't want to keep buying gadget after gadget every 12 months, and given the uncertainty in the Nokia/Talks/GPS world, wonder if an all-in-one, still with good storage capacity [in not as good as the Touch in this area] might be worth considering. Still scratching my head a bit - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Shipp To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store Hi Andy, thanks for this the music side was one that I didn't look at myself. how did you find the keyboard? Andy S ----- Original Message ----- From: ANDY COLLINS To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 4:20 PM Subject: [access-uk] My experience with the Touch at the Apple store Hi Debbie and all - Spent some time in my Apple store in Exeter today. My experience with the IPod Touch was varied, bear in mind that sometimes I use hearing aids, and sometimes not, and that my hearing loss is in the higher frequencies. I found the female voice on the touch to be rather thin and tinny in sound, not sure if the tone can be changed, and in quite a noisy environment such as the store, it was quite difficult to hear using my hearing aids. When I tried headphones [I had taken along a pair of in-ear Sennheisers, and another pair of over the ear noise cancelling headphones] I found the voice was clear enough [no hearing aid for this test] but was disappointed by the level of music volume for both pairs of headphones, it was ok, but given that my hearing loss is in the high end, I need additional volume to fully appreciate those frequencies, and I like music loud anyway, to get fully absorbed in it. I noticed that the voice over voice did appear to be capable of greater volume than was available for music, and have wondered since getting home, if this could have been because I tried to increase the music volume while voice over was still talking, and thus increased the latter and not the former. This makes my finding inconclusive. What I would say is, that I think if the Touch was put through another system, say a docking system, or home stereo, or even headphones with individual volume control, then there will be enough umph, but maybe by themselves, just with standard headphones, they may well pack less of a punch, but like I said, the voice over was definitely loud and clear enough for me through headphones. I didn't try the ones that come with the Touch, as I find included headphones are usually inferior things anyway, so wanted my own pretty good quality ones. For those familiar with the N82 mobile, I'd say that voice over and music on the Touch, is similar in power to TALKS and music on the N82. For those that haven't had hands on, the Touch is very thin and flat, but bigger than I expected, being larger than the average mobile phones. While there, I took a quick look at the Iphone too, and have to say I didn't really like the feel of it in the hand, this is larger still than the Touch, and heavier too than many modern mobiles. I didn't feel it felt very natural holding it to the era because of it's broadness in width. In terms of build, it felt like a backwards step to me, basically a rectangular frame around a piece of glass, that felt a bit too long, and a bit too wide in the hand when used as a phone, probably fine for texting etc. All just my opinion and experience today, and not meant to encourage or dissuade. Hope it helps in some way - Andy __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5873 (20110214) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5874 (20110214) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com