[access-uk] Re: sight village and a look at android.
- From: william lomas <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:21:55 +0100
no but if you buy it on o2 it is unlocked, the phone, friend has it
On 18 Jul 2012, at 12:18, "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Will, I think the trouble with new versions of Android is that the various
> carriers are so slow in getting them out to the phones. Ice Cream Sandwich
> was released last autumn, so why the devil hasn't it made it to all the
> devices that were promised by the various people who flog the phones? The
> Sony Xperia series is a case in point.
>
> Vince.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "william lomas" <will.d.lomas@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 9:52 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: sight village and a look at android.
>
>
>> I find it odd that the newer samsung s3 has no jellybean OS yet an older out
>> of date phone can get it no questions asked?
>>
>> On 18 Jul 2012, at 09:33, John Gallagher <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Yesterday I was at sight village on our chess stand. we showed how a blind
>>> person plays chess and I demonstrated the shredder app on the i-phone. this
>>> app is totally accessible to play chess and look at games from the chess
>>> database.
>>> I went over to see Steve Nut and looked at his android phone.
>>> firstly on serotek there is an android podcast which I find very good
>>> indeed.
>>> I found it very difficult to hear any speech on any device at sight village
>>> as it was too noisey. I did like Steves nexus phone though and with jelly
>>> bean you can connect a braille device.
>>> Ed you are correct with all your questions with android. on blind cool tech
>>> Mike areego has some great podcasts on android.
>>> all this ice cream sandwitch and jelly bean are updates to the os.
>>> Steves phone was like the iphone and I could get about on the screen o.k.
>>> our difficulty is when you get a phone it is getting it to talk from out of
>>> the box.
>>> I understand with jelly bean you can circle two fingers round on the screen
>>> to augment the accessability.
>>> the phones are not as expensive as the iphone but different phones and
>>> carriers may not have the latest update.
>>> I may be wrong but the new samsung s iii has not got jelly bean.
>>> all this is very new and is moving at the rate of notts and is difficult
>>> for sighted people to keep up with never mind us.
>>> the gps is better on the android phone as the google maps work faster and
>>> seem more accessible.
>>> of course it would be nice to try things out but this may not be possible.
>>> the new product from sight and sound was shown yesterday but for three
>>> hundred pouunds then £29 per app is expensive when if you take the time to
>>> learn the phone better apps are out there which we can use.
>>> I am looking for a second phone to my iphone and I am not sure what to go
>>> for.
>>> if you go for a tablet how can you have gps you cannot so I will go for a
>>> phone.
>>> I hope this is some help to some of you and if sendero bring out there gps
>>> software for the iphone or android that will be a must for me.
>>> cheers then.
>>>
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