[access-uk] Re: Android
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:24:59 +0100
Many thanks for your input as well. How easy is it to update a phone with
an older version of the operating software on it? What is it like for
texting, and are the gestures similar to the iPhone or a completely
different experience?
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Debbie Palmer
Sent: 17 July 2012 11:08
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Android
Hi
I am an android user and I am totally blind. Android is now very
accessible. I am currently using the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro which
has a qwerty keyboard and is currently running gingerbread, (android version
2.3) I am shortly due to upgrade my phone to Ice-Cream Sandwich which is
android 4.0 which is also accessible. I currently use my android phone with
no trouble at all. Accessibility in Android is coming along in leaps and
bounds.
Debbie
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Eleanor Burke
Sent: 17 July 2012 09:28
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Android
Ditto Jackie but maybe I am wrong, I think Android is like saying
Symbian
only a different software but then what of the manufacturer. Nokia
have
Symbian so who have Android, wondering if it is Sony Erickson. I am
totally
confused about these phones too otherwise I would have an interest
in them
if they are now said to be better than Nokia Symbian.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:20 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Android
> As I have become kind of interested in this thread, perhaps Steve
or
> someone
> with knowledge of Android phones could please tell me which of
them work
> with accessibility? I was chatting with my son last night, and he
says
> two
> of his friends have the Galaxy S3, whatever that is. It would
appear that
> Android Smartphones are cheaper than the iPhone, but do they all
work for
> blindies? The general threads from people on this list have
aroused my
> curiosity in Android. I gather, without wishing to sound
ignorant, that
> Android is the operating system, so what is the Ice Cream Sandwich
or
> Jellybean part of it then? And is Android something to do with
Google?
>
> Sorry to sound vague, but I am only just beginning to wake up to
the Apple
> alternative, (smile).
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jackie Cairns
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> Of
> ANDY COLLINS
> Sent: 16 July 2012 17:16
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Android
>
> So, if that is so, which phones does it work on? -
>
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Beasley <mailto:pjbeasley23@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:32 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> androyd is the operating system.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vince Thacker <mailto:vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:30 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Andy, Android, as I understand it, started off as its own
> company, but is now part of Google.
>
> Vince.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ANDY COLLINS <mailto:Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 3:11 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass, beware
>
> Hi Steve - I'm still with the N82 [I know I know
> <smile>] My intention when I next go for a phone, was to probably
go the
> IPhone route, but have to say, I don't like the size and shape of
it so
> much. Guess I need to find out what the differences are between
it, and
> Android models. I'm a bit behind with the latest mobile market.
Are
> Androids
> the manufacturor name, as with Nokia? Or is Android the OS
produced by
> Google? -
>
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Nutt
> <mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 8:31 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Cobolt compass,
> beware
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
>
>
> I've never seen the Cobolt compass, but I do
> this on my mainstream Android phone <Smile>.
>
>
>
> All the best
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS
> Sent: 15 July 2012 22:42
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Cobolt compass, beware
>
>
>
> Hi all -
>
>
>
> Another waste of dosh! I think I paid about
> £35 for this, and it's a load of rubbish. My experience with
>
> it, found it to be both inaccurate and
> unpredictable.
>
>
>
> Like many things produce for blind people,
> it is also very ugly, and cheap looking/feeling.
>
>
>
> I'm not just banging the old drum of
> complaint against equipment produced for the blind. In fact, it
saddens me
> to find yet again the same experience, of over-priced [but I do
understand
> the niche market equals fewer sales argument] ugly build, hardly
fit for
> purpose, assistive equipment.
>
>
>
> I always try to buy where I can,
> mainstream equipment, and figure out how to get the best from it,
but
> sometimes, mainstream can be too non-accessible, and I am forced
to go to
> the so-called specialists. It truly gives me no pleasure in
bringing to
> the
> attention of the list this poor piece of specialist equipment, but
I think
> we need to keep shouting for equality in product performance,
reliability,
> and aesthetic appeal. I don't want big clunky stuff in my pockets,
or
> around
> my house, just because it can talk, or give me some other kind of
> additional
> feedback. As I have said before on this list, the PTR1 was the
most
> over-priced, mal-functioning, hugely ugly piece of junk, I've ever
wasted
> 600 quid on. Sadly, I've wasted 35 on a useless compass, that
thinks North
> is wherever it fancies, on any given day -
>
>
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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