[access-uk] Re: Android
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:39:16 +0100
Hi Jackie,
Android is the OS, and Ice Cream Sandwich is the codename for Version 4.0.
Jellybean is 4.1. Android is owned and developed by Google though it is
free and mainly open source. So anyone can develop custom apps for it, they
don't have to go through Apple's convoluted approval systems.
Having said that, I read about a piece of Malware that got to Android, can't
remember what it was, and Google simply issued an update to the OS that
removed it, if it was found on the phone. I thought that was kind of neat.
All the best
Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: 17 July 2012 09:21
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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