You can still do email on it twitter etc On 8 May 2011, at 20:16, Colin Phelan wrote: > Hi Jackie, > Am I missing something, for what reason would you want to type on the I pod > touch if it is not a phone? > Thanks > Colin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Jackie Cairns > Sent: 08 May 2011 13:44 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: No more iPhone! > > > Hi Chris > > I do love the iPod Touch. It suits my needs perfectly. I can listen to > Internet stations, download apps from the App Store if I choose, and have a > Bluetooth keyboard to type on it when required. There is nothing about the > iPhone I would miss though, the iPod Touch is ideal, but that's just my > perspective. And the storage on it means I can put lots of music on there. > VoiceOver is also great, I do like the way Apple is going with its > accessibility. > > Good luck if you go down that route, or any for that matter. > > > Kind Regards, > > Jackie Cairns > J&M Work-Ability > > jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > www.work-ability.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > chris hallsworth > Sent: 08 May 2011 12:53 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: No more iPhone! > > Hi all. > I do not plan to get an iPhone but an iPod Touch instead. I also plan to get > a bluetooth keyboard. This is all thanks to recommendations, podcasts and > even events held on the TAFN (www.tafn.org.uk) that is leading me towards > this. The event that took place was using an iPhone but when she was texting > she demonstrated both with the iPhone itself and the bluetooth keyboard. I > find the latter to be more productive than the former. You can find the > event on the members area of the website for those who are interested. Take > care. > > > Chris Hallsworth > > On 08/05/2011 12:29, Jackie Cairns wrote: >> All, >> >> I am happy and relieved to say that I no longer have an iPhone, just >> my iPod Touch 64GB and fifth generation Nano. I just could not get on >> with the phone side of the device. I found it hard to text, which >> took me so much longer than doing so on a regular keypad that I could >> feel. And I get a lot of texts, so it became time-consuming, laborious > and very frustrating. >> There were just things I disliked enormously about the iPhone as a >> phone, including its bulkiness. So I asked O2 if they would downgrade >> me on my Simplicity contract to where I was before, and port my mobile >> number to a regular SIM card. They did this straight away. In fact, >> the iPhone was off within 20 minutes to half an hour. >> >> Happily for me, my SIM that they sent out in the post works not only >> on my N86, but also on my beloved N91 handset, so I am as happy as >> Larry to be back to Talks. Those of you with the iPhone will >> doubtless feel I've thrown the towel in and given up. Dead right! I >> love my iPod Touch, and finding apps to try out, but I just did not >> like the iPhone, and as my son's third gen device came to a sticky end >> recently, he has become the beneficiary of my beast. >> >> So, in conclusion, it's not for everyone, including me! 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