Hi Jackie and listers, I'm glad you pointed out the bulkiness of Iphone; I've only had a brief try on my daughter's, and I think I might get rather frustrated with it. However, I wonder what the future holds for we phone users who require accessible technology. I'm sure a Bluetooth keyboard would make the phone much more usable, but that would make the phone rather cumbersome for quick calls and the like. I might think about a Touch in the future though. Cheers, Mike -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 08 May 2011 13:50 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: No more iPhone! Hi Janet When my son came to visit earlier this year, he saw the frustration on my face when I was forwarding texts, trying to answer and hang up the phone, trying to get it off speaker and back to my ear ... Grrrrrr!! Ian said then that he thought I would end up throwing it out of the window. I carried my N86 everywhere when I went out with the iPhone in case I needed to cheat, it got to me that much. In the end, I just thought it was stupid to dread it ringing or a text coming through to have to forward to my circle of jokers etc. So I took the plunge and went back, and I'm less stressed for having done it I can tell you. All the apps I purchased work on both the iPod Touch and iPhone, so I haven't lost anything at all. I hope you get on with it better than I did and manage to use it as you would your N86. 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 Janet Tuggey Sent: 08 May 2011 13:36 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: No more iPhone! Hi Jackie, I don't think you've thrown the towel at all. You've got what you like best in the end. And you've still got the iPod Touch which can be used with loads of the apps anyway. I've been using my iPhone for 3 weeks now and yes it is more laborious to send texts with and I'm still getting my head around it, but I still have my N86 as a back up. There are days when I feel like throwing my iPhone at the nearest dustbin, but I don't have the iPod Touch to use for the apps so I'll stick at it. If we all liked the same thing what a dreadfully boring world it would be (smile) Janet & Wheat, the silly Shepherd cross -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie Cairns Sent: 08 May 2011 12:30 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] No more iPhone! 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! (smile). 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