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Diane Scalzi <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:29:43 -0400
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I have heard that IOS is still ahead of Android. You can always use a Bluetooth keyboard or supported Braille display.

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> On Oct 7, 2015, at 10:30 AM, David Russell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hello VICUG group,
> Terri Arnold's post about the MIT survey prompted my response to that,
> and post to you who use Android or iPhone or iPads.
> 
> In the cell-phone world I am obsolete, using The Haven FlipPhone,
> about 4-years-old. It currently serves my purposes adequately.
> Our nearest stores are associated with Verizon. When my wife upgraded
> her iPhone several weeks ago, I went with her but could not figure out
> how to gesture the iPhone on display to do this, that, or the other
> thing...
> If I were to upgrade to a mobile device with internet capability,
> would an iPad be a better answer, as I understand they come with a
> laptop style keyboard? My Haven accepts voice commands but has at
> times been rather unreliable in doing so.
> How does one know whether to go with Android or Apple?
> I seldom text but use the phone more for conventional purposes.
> Perhaps reading, online radio, or participating here, Facebook or
> LinkedIn on the go would be my reasons for attaining a mobile device.
> Thanks in advance for the input offered.
> -- 
> David Russell
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> Author Of
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> 
> "I will hear in this wilderness, hear in my longing, turn and turn
> again and listen."
> From Stacey Zisook, "Stumbling Toward Meaning"
> 
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