Hi Carol
Firstly, as regards the iPod Touch versus the iPhone, you need to decide
whether you want the phone portion, and whether you could manage texting
in
a different way on a touch screen. I decided that as I have invested so
much in good handsets and Talks upgrades, going down the iPhone route
wasn't
for me. Also, I don't want an expensive contract. I'm on an O2
Simplicity
now for £15 per month. This gives me 600 minutes, unlimited text
messages,
and free O2 to O2 calls. It's a Sim only contract for 12 months, and I
like
it. I think you would just need to check if you go for an iPhone what
tariff your network would offer in terms of Internet download as it would
be
easy to stream happily for hours and then have a nasty bill at the end of
it?
I'm actually wondering whether I could use Joikuspot on my Nokia handset
if
I'm out and want to have a quick browse on my iPod Touch. I can't imagine
why this wouldn't work for all the times I would be doing it, but may give
it a go some day.
Regarding your Bose speaker system, I've got the Bose Companion speaker
system on one of my laptops. But I can plug it into the iPod Touch and
it's
very good which is what I'm currently doing while listening to Tune In
Radio
and Five Live Sports Extra's coverage of the tennis.
Incidentally, one further app I downloaded from that terribly addictive
store yesterday, again for 59p, was called Quick News UK. It gives you
some
websites like the BBC, Google News, Yahoo News, and some of the more
popular
newspapers like the Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Sun, Mirror and Reuters is
there too. If you go into any of these, you can go through the links of
news or sports categories, for example, that you want to read. It cuts
out
a lot of the advertising from what I've seen, and is tailored for the
iPod/iPhone/iPad families.
Again, this is perfectly accessible with VoiceOver. Obviously, you would
need to go online and therefore have your hotspots available outwith your
broadband connection to get the latest, but it's brill.
One other tiny thing to mention is that the British Birds app I purchased
a
couple of days ago had a free update where more birds and info had been
added. If you get an update to one of your apps, it tells you, and you
just
put in your details and let it update for you.
Hope the temptation of all this is of help Carol! (big smile).
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
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Sent: 19 January 2011 20:30
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Jackie,
I'm getting more and more hooked. Just can't quite decide whether to go
for
phone or the Ipod Touch. Strangely enough, we are also looking at Bose
systems right now and I'm thinking of Bose speakers for my computer system
which is away from the main stereo.
Anyway, I now fully understand the difference between these two so shall
be
looking, though am disappointed as we don't have an Apple store very near
at
all.
--
Carol P
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:31 AM
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Hi Carol
With the iPod Touch, as long as you put your broadband security key
in, you will be able to treat it like a PC online, where you can
download material and browse the Internet. What you can't obviously
do is make calls etc, because the phone part is not included. But, as
I've said several times, the phone isn't the bit I want as I am happy
with the handsets and Talks I use. I just love the iPod Touch for the
applications it can work with. At the moment, for example, I have put
my device through a set of Bose speakers, and am listening to Five
Live Sports Extra so I can hear the tennis. Quality is very good and
no drop-out or stuttering.
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 Carol Pearson
Sent: 18 January 2011 15:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to recommend
Jackie,
I never realised you could do so much with the Ipod Touch. I hadn't
thought about it going online, though I should, knowing that Apples
stuff works with ITunes, and I certainly hadn't thought about it being
able to run these other apps.
Very interesting, for sure!
So, does anyone know if all apps work across the board on their
equipment? Just interested in how things work. ...
--
Carol P
---- Original Message ----
From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 10:21 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to recommend
My Apple keyboard arrived yesterday, and pairing it with my iPod
Touch was extremely straightforward. So I decided to visit the App
Store and, for 59p each, I bought four applications that work with
VoiceOver. They are the World Fact Book 2011, a dictionary and
thesaurus, Tune In Radio and, probably my favourite, Birds of
Britain. The latter is an amazing little program if you love bird
sound and details. Not only can you play the song, but you can
listen to VoiceOver provide a description of their size, colour,
family, time of year etc. There is also a favourites button to use
where you can add a library of your favourite birds to it.
Tune In Radio is great. Similarly, there is a bookmark facility
where you can make a list of the stations you wish to add. Because I
love tennis, and the Australian Open is on at the moment, I have
great difficulty getting it on DAB as we have such a diabolical
signal in these parts. So when I tuned in using the Sonata at 8.00
this morning, a message said that restricted rights prevented
coverage. I find this often happens at weekends when football
matches are in progress too. So I tuned my iPod to Sports Extra and,
low and behold, got the tennis on live.
All the above apps work with VoiceOver. I don't use my keyboard for
everything, mainly when I get into tricky areas that need a bit of
typing. Mostly, I use my fingers and have got used to doing so now.
Just thought I'd pass on the info.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
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