For a blind user the extra real estate of an iPad panel is no gain and in fact more of a problem to navigate with native iPad applications. As has just been pointed out many of the same features will make it onto an iPhone or iPod later this year. From a purely blindness perspective it is more a question of waiting for a iPhone update rather than buying into the iPad hardware. The iPad world seems idyllic at the moment however issues of its weight, glossy screen and performances within higher environmental light levels count against it purely as an ideal reading device. Those issues may not matter for the constituents of this list but they are issues elsewhere. Many would be forgiven for thinking that post iPad there is no role for e-ink screens like the Kindle. Likewise Apple have been able to spin their model and pricing as the way forward which it is not necessarily and by encouraging content providers to provide their content in apps rather than browsers has its own consequences. Whilst it is great the iPad has accessibility features built in the tendency in all the reviews I have seen of this device is to imagine that it is a magic bullet for every problem and they tend to read like yet another advert. That worries me because for those who cannot get on with the paradigm of touchscreen+speech equals good accessibility may feel left out if they find it does not provides the answers. They will not be able to wholeheartedly embrace the love in currently underway. I would like to see a much more careful analysis of this device especially from a VI perspective but I haven't really seen it. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General - info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________