[vicsireland] Re: IOS 4.0: initial thoughts.
- From: Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitzpat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:16:44 +0100
One thing I also should have mentioned is that since upgrading at 2 AM on
Tuesday morning, I haven't charged the device. I still have 47% of battery
remaining, which is not half bad in anyone's money.
On 23 Jun 2010, at 20:48, Tony Murray wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Check here for a glance at the new features:
> http://www.lioncourt.com/reviews/ios4-new-in-voiceover/
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tony
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dónal Fitzpatrick"
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 7:17 PM
> Subject: [vicsireland] IOS 4.0: initial thoughts.
>
>
> Evening all,
>
> Well having updated to IOS 4 on MOnday, I thought some of you might like to
> know some of the new things it has to offer.
>
> The first thing to say is that the interface is very similar. This is good,
> as the learning curve between version 3.3 and 4 isn't huge. There are a few
> new voiceover gestures on the device, but all in all this part is very
> similar to earlier versions.
>
> FOr me, the most radical change is the way one enters text. As we chatted
> about on a previous thread about 10 days ago, the way text has historically
> been entered is to find the letter and (using one of two methods) tap twice
> on the device. While this option is still there, there is now a new way to
> enter text which I personally love. NOw, one can change to a "touch typing
> mode". This means that to enter text you:
> 1. place the finger on the screen. If it is the letter you want, then just
> lift the finger off and it's entered.
> or
> 2. Place the finger on the screen in the vicinity of the letter you want. If
> it isn't the one that you want, slide the finger across the device until the
> one you want is announced. THen just lift the finger off and, as they say,
> voilá.
>
> Voiceover also works now with bluetooth braille displays, and indeed one can
> also pair the Apple Wireless Keyboard with the device. This means that (if
> you choose to carry one of these things, or someone develops a compatible
> fold-up keyboard) you can now do text entry using a conventional button-based
> keyboard.
>
> Ok I've waffled on enough. This is just a flavour of what's new, and I
> haven't explored all of the new features yet. I'll continue to post updates
> on the off-chance someone finds this stuff useful.
>
> Cheers,
>
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