Hi,
While riding home from work with my coworker one day, I noticed that she was
using an iPhone and I got curious about it and asked her if she'd let me
check it out. As I did, she briefed me on the basic gestures and I went
exploring. Needless to say, despite the unfamiliarity of the touch screen I
was wowed by the device and resolved to pick one up the following weekend.
I bought one for me and one for my girlfriend. This was back in early 2011.
Since then I've loaded it up with all kinds of killer apps and it's my go-to
device for just about anything short of major word processing and work with
spreadsheets. Aside from my BrailleNote Apex, I'd have to say that my iPhone
is the best technological investment I've made. As I go about my daily
activities it's always with me, ready for whatever task I throw at it, from
ordinary phone calls to messaging, e-mail, managing my calendar and
contacts, using social media, leisure reading, GPS navigation, games,
listening to music, using camera apps to identify objects, basic optical
character recognition, shopping, online banking, web browsing, as I said,
just about anything short of major word processing and spreadsheet work and
doing my laundry. It's my wicked fun little pocket computer and I dig the
hell out of it.
Tom
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 6:05 AM
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Smart Phones
I have been doing a very positive tirade about the iPhone. A lot of people
have those and once you get used to the touchscreen if you're like me you
won't be able put it down.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Melita Waters <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Last week my brother came to visit. He is a self-proclaimed
> Smart-Phone/bluetooth devotee.
>
> The things he was doing with it as far as hands-free access to what seemed
> like everything was most attractive.
>
> What smart phone are most of us having the most success with? Is anyone
> also using with success the little bluetooth gadget for the hands-free
> access? Does the bluetooth keyboard make the operation of the phone
> easier? Does easier mean useable at all? Is the iPhone the only one that
> works for us, his is a Samsung? Do all the smart phones work pretty much
> the same way?
>
> I am a babe-in-the-woods when it comes to using accessible computer type
> stuff.
>
> I have the book put out by NBP for the IPhone, the one written by Dressner
> and Martineau, and have read it, but I don't want to spend lots of money
> and make a mistake.
>
> Any comments and advice will be most appreciated.
>
> Melita W
>
>
>
> Melita Waters
> President
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