[access-uk] Re: Android
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:45:34 +0100
Hi,
Android, especially with 4.0 and up, is way more accessible than Symbian.
Trouble with Symbian now is that it is quickly dying and there are few apps
you can get that are accessible any more. There are thousands of apps on
Android, many of which are accessible.
Check out http://www.androidaccess.net to see jsut a few of them.
All the best
Steve
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: 17 July 2012 14:07
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Android
Would you prefer it to the N97 Mini Debbie which is a Nokia and running
Talks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Debbie Palmer <mailto:deborah.hoptroff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11:08 AM
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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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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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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