Hi. Same goes for the Google phone as the latest model has recently been relased and that I believe will cost just over £300. Even the phones are cheaper but I never understood why Samsung phones are much more expensive when they are running the same OS or some of them can be behind by 2 versions of that OS. > On 12 Nov 2013, at 11:02, "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hi Shane > > Yes, I second that, life is for living, and making the best of everything > you can. > > I would not like to dissuade anyone from using Android, however, just > because I prefer Apple. There are positive and negative points for both > platforms. One of the positives for Android is pricing. If you are an > Apple user, you will know how much their products cost, even at the lowest > spec level. So if you like to dabble with access technology, owning an > Android tablet in addition to an iOS device isn't as expensive or fanciful > as you might imagine. > > > > Kind regards, > > Jackie Brown > Twitter: @thebrownsplace > Skype: Thejackmate > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Shane Harris > Sent: 11 November 2013 20:45 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl > > Hi Jackie & Eleanor > > I too have both an IOs and Android tablets. Like yourself Jackie, I > enjoy learning to use them and comparing their performance and > accessibility features. > > An expensive hobby but what's the point of dying rich! > > Cheers > > Shane > > >> On 11/11/2013, Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I went to sight village in London last week and there were a selection of >> Android Tablets and phones. I think the person saif the speech is > Serateck. >> Now maybe I have that wrong. Did not have opportunity to play with one but > I >> found it hard to navaggate. Maybe again it is because I started with > Apple. >> >> -----Original message----- >> From: Jackie Brown >> Sent: 11/11/2013, 7:29 pm >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl >> >> >> Hi Eleanor >> >> I much prefer Apple and find it easier to navigate their products. But I >> have an Android tablet to play with as well because I am interested in > this >> amazing technology we are able to tap into, literally. >> >> Personally, and this is purely my view, I find Apple products easier to > use. >> To me at least, the screen on an Android device seems more cluttered, and > I >> don't always find things as easily as I can on an Apple device. But that >> isn't to say I don't like Android, or that Apple is better. Perhaps I > would >> feel the same if I had started touch-screen life with Android first. >> >> Not sure I have answered your question well, but I am glad to be able to > use >> both. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Jackie Brown >> Twitter: thebrownsplace >> Skype: thejackmate >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Eleanor Burke <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Date: Monday, 11 November 2013 18.11 >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl >> >>> >>> >>> Jackie, out of interest as you have Apple and Android perhaps you could >>> tell >>> us the advantages and disadvantages of each. I am intreagued as to why >>> someone wants a tablet of each operating system ininsmile*. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jackie Brown" <thebrownsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 4.49 PM >>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl >>> >>> >>>> Hi Carol >>>> >>>> Just to point out, the Hudl isn't a phone, it is just a tablet in seven >>>> or >>>> 10 inch. You go to Apps, Settings, Accessibility, Talkback, and turn > it >>>> >>>> on, >>>> or perhaps the pressing of two fingers on the screen will do it, but >>>> someone >>>> will confirm whether that is still the case? >>>> >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Jackie Brown >>>> Twitter: @thebrownsplace >>>> Skype: Thejackmate >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>>> On Behalf Of Carol Pearson >>>> Sent: 11 November 2013 16.42 >>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl >>>> >>>> So, if I go to look at the phone, how do I turn it on, please? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Carol P >>>> Sent from my iPhone using MBraille >>>> >>>> On 10 Nov 2013, at 07.18 pm, ";Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Yes you can turn it on without assistance on most tablets, and it is >>>> included in all of them on 4.1 or above. >>>> >>>> All the best >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Computer Room Services >>>> 77 Exeter Close >>>> Stevenage >>>> Hertfordshire >>>> SG1 4PW >>>> Tel: 644(0(1438-742286 >>>> Mob: 644(0(7956-334938 >>>> Fax: 644(0(1438-759589 >>>> Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>>> On Behalf Of Carol Pearson >>>> Sent: 10 November 2013 16.35 >>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Tesco's Hudl >>>> >>>> As a matter of interest, Steve, can you turn it on yourself without >>>> sighted >>>> assistance? >>>> >>>> Are there tablets on which talkback does not work? >>>> >>>> Just curious and wanting to update myself. Who knows, one day I might >>>> change! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Carol P >>>> Sent from my iPhone using MBraille >>>> >>>> On 9 Nov 2013, at 06.52 pm, ";Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> It is built in. >>>> >>>> All the best >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Computer Room Services >>>> 77 Exeter Close >>>> Stevenage >>>> Hertfordshire >>>> SG1 4PW >>>> Tel: 644(0(1438-742286 >>>> Mob: 644(0(7956-334938 >>>> Fax: 644(0(1438-759589 >>>> Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>>> On Behalf Of Tom Lorimer >>>> Sent: 31 October 2013 21.44 >>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [access-uk] Tesco's Hudl >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if the new Tesco Hudl has Talkback built into the >>>> operating system, or will it be possible to install it if it isn't. >>>> At £119 it would make a great xmas gift for my 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