[talks-uk] Re: I PHONE
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <talks-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:59:42 +0100
Hi Matt,
There is no accessible GPS solution for the iPhone, you're a bit taken with
the marketing hype as well. The compass is not a full GPS app.
Also, Talks can do most of this. Twitter can be done with TweetS60. The
music app is completely accessible with Talks. Signal strength, well come
on, Talks has done that for years. Clock, againh the same.
So let's keep this in perspective.
All the beswt
Steve
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On Behalf Of Matt Brown
Sent: Tuesday 30 June 2009 21:35
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Subject: [talks-uk] Re: I PHONE
As I said, I really hope Nuance comes up with support for the N97, but there
are a couple of things I do like about the Voiceover option on the IPhone:
1. Its built in to the phone so you don't have to purchase anything extra to
use it.
2. Because its part of the phone's OS, most aps that have been written in
the correct way should work with it no problem.
For example, in the podcast I've just listened to, the demonstrator was able
to do the following out of the box without any additional support:
1. Access all menus, icons and controls in the OS.
2. Access the Phone ap.
3. Access the messaging and Email aps.
4. Access the clock.
5. Access the IPod music player in full.
6. Browse the Web with excellent navigation.
7. Access all contact relevant stuff.
8. Access recent activity logs such as Missed calls etc.
9. Access the weather ap in full.
10. Access the compass in full.
11. Check battery status, network info, signal strength, data network info
etc.
12. Lock and unlock the phone.
13. And apparently there is a growing list of fully accessible 3rd party aps
as well including Skype, a Twitter ap, a couple of accessible radio aps (I
believe one of those is for streaming Internet radio and podcasts), Maps,
Shuh zam, the calendar, Pandora (don't know what that is and so on. All of
that is out of the box with no extra things to buy etc.
So yes the IPhone is pricy, but when you add up the cost of a decent Nokia
plus Talks plus Wayfinder Access, its probably less on balance.
If they have fixed the battery and Bluetooth problems, the IPhone option is
surely a serious one for anyone who's into their media.
Matt
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