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Sun, 3 May 2015 12:30:41 -0500
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Wouldn't recommend Android depending on the device you are looking at.
While I really like Android over iOS, the 5.02 update on my S5 broke some
things that are annoying to say the least, and I have not gotten the 5.1
update yet.  First, Eloquence by Code Factory does not work as of the 5.02
update on the S5, and as far as I know, they have not fixed it even though
they say it works with Lollipop.  Second thing is that the dial pad tones
will continuously make a tone after each number is pressed, so you have to
turn the sound for it off.  There are other issues as well that I am just
not thinking of at the moment.  I have gone back to an iPhone for the time
being and will re-evaluate in a year when I can upgrade again.  I can note
that I used the very first Android device back in 2009 for a year, and there
have been many accessibility improvements, but each time I have found that I
go back to the iPhone for its ease of use and everything I do is accessible.
Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Mike Duke, K5XU
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 7:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: O/T, Any Totals on the list using Android phones?

If so, please email me off list.

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It looks like I am about to be dragged kicking, screaming, and throwing
rocks, into the nervous breakdown commonly marketed as a smart phone.

I am leaning toward Android partly because my wife has one, although she
does not need the TalkBack features, and partly because when I have played
around with a borrowed iPod, I can't consistently  make it do the same thing
two times in a row.

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Mike Duke, K5XU

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