Here is a guy who really uses his phone.

Phil.
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From: "Bob Acosta" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 10:52 AM
Su    bject: [Blindad] a message on using the iPhone 5 from John Gassman


    >    HI,
> For those of you who are new or relatively new to the iPhone, there
> are apps of every conceivable catagory out there.
> I'll mention a few hundred of them on my phone so that you can get an
> idea of what is available. Actually I don't have hundreds but I do
> have a lot of them and in folders and arranged by catagory as much as
> possible.
> If you want more specific information about an mentioned app, let me know.
> Most of them are free but others do have some cost associated with them.
> I tend to create folders  to keep my screens less cluttered.
> then of course there is the slight problem of remembering what I put
> in some of the folders.
> Screen 1.
> Let's start with the upper left hand side of my screen.
> If you don't have the IOS 6 operating system installed, you should,
> the first app is Passbook. As it says when opened, this is an app
> that comes with IOS6 and when you download various apps connected
> with the app, you can move your phone in front of their scanner and
> it recognizes yor phone as if it were a coupon or ticket or pass of some 
> kind.
> At least four teams in Major League baseball now recognize it  in
> place of tickets.
>
> In my entertainment folder, I have several apps for disneyland, the
> best three are Magic Guide which has the most information, DL waits
> which is the free version of magic Guide and also Mouse Waits which
> has many of the features of Magic Guide and a couple that it does not.
> I also have apps for KnotsBerry Farm and San Diego Zoo.
> Universal Studios does have an ap which is mostly accessible.
>
> I have a scanning folder which is full of apps more specifically for
> other blind people. there is a money reader, color advisor and other
> apps that allow you to scann items such as frozen foods, CDS DVDS and
> lots of other items.
>
> I have a travel folder which has apps concerning airport security,
> check your flight times, an app that stores your hotel and airline
> itinaries others that allow you to find a hotel or rent a car.
>
> In my social folder, I have apps for face book and twitter sometimes
> more than one.
> I also have skype as well as HeyTel, this is an app that lets you
> talk with people in real time. Its like texting but with voice.
> There are also other audio apps such as Audio Boo which allows you to
> record your voice  from anywhere and upload it to their site and then
> after you give your permission, they send a link of that recorded
> file to twitter and or face book.
> I used this app while in Arizona recently to update what was going on
> with the barbershop contest results.
>
> I have a sports folder with apps for sports alerts. I have apps to
> listen to both baseball and football games.
> These apps do have links that also allow you to watch the games. But
> remember, you can't listen to then on the streaming local radio
> station, via the phone.  MLB.com and the NBA have exclusive rights to
> the broadcasts. You can however listen to NFL games via the local
> streaming radio stations.
>
>
> I can listen to podcasts with an app called Downcasts.
>
> I have an app for my bank which allows me to do everything that I
> could normally do with online banking from anywhere including paying
> bills. the site is secure.
>
> I have a Catholic folder with apps that allow me to listen to
> podcasts, to mass and to do lots of things associated with my faith.
> They even have an app called Mass Times which allows you based on
> your location to find the closest church to your location for Mass.
>
> I have a Gps folder which has several gps apps allowing me to  know
> what is around me and to set destinations with GPS.
>
>
> I have a news folder in which  I have apps for USA Today, Fox, CNN,
> KABC channel 7 here locally and NFB Newsline.
> Many of these apps will give push alerts which tell you in headline
> form when late breaking news is occurring locally or nationally.
> If you set it up in settings, These alerts take place even if your
> screen is locked.
> NFB newsline is an app for blind people which allows us to read over
> 300 newspapers online with the app. they also have the usual
> magazines available as well.
> they are all up to date and can be downloaded to your phone or just
> read in real time. this is convenient if you are traveling on a plane
> and if you have the newspapers on your phone, you can read just like
> anybody else.
>
> In the dock on the bottom of each screen I have customized it to
> include phone, email in which I have my home email and a gmail
> account specifically for the iPhone so that I can receive just
> important messages.
> I have Safari the iPhone's web browser.
> I have my radio folder which allows me to listen to content from
> radio stations streaming on the internet. ooTtunes is my favorite
> with thousands of radio stations available world wide.
> Pro radio gives you the stations of each of the NBA teams but you
> won't hear their broadcasts due to NBA having exclusive broadcast rights.
> You can however hear talk and discussion  concerning the various NBA 
> teams.
> 5.0-radio pro is like a radio scanner for various catagories such as
> fire, police and so on. It also lets you listen to your local area or
> anywhere in the US.
> iBlink radio is a radio service presenting the internet radio and
> radio reading services specifically for the blind all in one app.
>
> Yesterday USA plays all old time radio including the shows Larry and
> I produce.
> radio.com is a CBS app which gives you all the CBS owned stations
> audio content plus news headlines.
>    Finally in this folder is ESPNRadio which is currently not speech
> accessible. Its usually a paid app but as they took it out of the app
> store to fix it and have just now placed it back in thee  for free, I
> downloaded it in hopes that one day it may be accessible again.
>
>
> screen 2.
> I have a folder of various stores including Target, Amazon and Star Bucks.
> My Drop box folder includes save to drop box, drop box and drop vox
> which allows you to record messages and then uploads them to drop box.
>
> By the way, drop box is a free program for computer and also iPhone
> which allows you to share files of all kinds with other friends who
> have drop ox.
> Visit dropbox.com for more information.
>
> Continuing on screen 2, I have clock, pitchPipe, I have mesages, a
> weather folder, newstand folder which is empty, I have iBooks  which
> does have several books I can read and they are all accessible.
>  I have notes, stocks, Norad Santya which keeps track of where Santa
> is beginning on Christmas Eve.
>
> My created photography folder has my camera in it plus photos taken
> with the iPhone camera.
> I have a reminders icon and then  a utilities folder with  compass,
> calculator and voice memos icons.
> Finally on this screen is app shopper which tells you about some of
> the latest new apps in the app store.
>
> screen 3.
> I have adhoc mail this allows you to send your iPhone specs to Apple
> technical support.
> I have quake watch which does give you information on erthquakes as
> they occur.
> ear planet tells you brief histories about where you live or any
> other city you want to request.
> iTreadmill allows you to keep track of your work outs with the iPhone.
> Instapaper allows you to save long documents from web pages for later
> reading on your iPhone.
> Find iPhone allows you to set your phone for the potential loss of
> the device. Using somebody else's phone will let you find and track
> your device to find out where it is.
> Blind bargains is an app to give you bargains for shopping, the app
> was created by blind organizations.
> Access world is a magazine for blind people,
> braille institute is an app created by braille institute.
> I have a music and a videos icon on this page.
> I have an app for e-bay.
> I have store news which also gives you information on stores and
> their app store bargains.
> Posted lite is an app which gives you information on UPS and I
> believe also FedEx packages you may be waiting for.
> There is a free as well as paid version.
> the final icon on this screen is maps.
>
> screen four
> I have iTunes.
> I have currency which converts currency from other countries.
> I have kindel which is not accessible at the moment for blind people.
> I have game center.
> I have ticket master.
> Happy hours, this app does what it says, they ask for your location
> and give you the closest restaurants with happy hours and their deals.
>
> And that at long last is my list of apps.
> So as you can see, there are lots of them out there and if you go
> looking up apps with your own interests, you will have a lot of fun.
> Has anybody ever had to declare bankruptcy over buying apps in the app 
> store?
> I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me if they have.
>
> John
>
>
>
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