locked Re: New Smart Flip Phone?
Norma A. Boge
I slightly misquoted the headline, which is:
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SEISMIC SHIFT - Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS The plans are not final, but they would make for a radical change in strategy. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/apple-is-considering-letting-users-c hange-default-email-browser-music-apps-in-ios/ Best, Norma, who's still LOL
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of chris judge Sent: Friday, February 21, 2020 4:27 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Smart Flip Phone? Must have been an old article. There have been alternatives to the native email app for years. I have outlook and the gmail app on my phone as we speak. -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Norma A. Boge Sent: February 21, 2020 12:46 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Smart Flip Phone? Wonder if I'm understanding your message. Seems the material you read totally missed one of the great benefits of Android: you can choose the keyboard that suits you. I use 3 on my Pixel, Gboard is my main driver but the others have their purposes. Actually, you can use any app you like. No offense, but I saw a headline earlier today that said Apple is considering allowing iPhone users to choose another app for email other than the default. Too funny. <smile> -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Carolyn Arnold Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:41 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Smart Flip Phone? I had an Android tablet and did read articles and a couple of books on it, something I have not done on my iPhone other than some news articles, emails or texts, stuff like that. I read a couple of books on that tablet, tricky, because I was winging it without help. I might have stayed with Android, had that tablet not had a keyboard, which I could have removed. That keyboard, to me, was so clumsy, that I never want another one for a touch-screen device. -----Original Message----- From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2020 11:55 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] New Smart Flip Phone? Gerald, I was 18 months old when blindness set in due to measles. I don't recall what anyone's face looks like; I can't blink or make any expressions with my eyes; I can't MOVE MY EYES, look down, left or right as the ophthalmologists at the eye clinic try to make me do when I present for checkup. Colors are just that, I've never seen them, and so I don't make sense of them. Yet, people talk about colors all the time. Ok, silly child, why go through this charade? I have done so to refute your argument that those of us who are blind using touchscreen toys do so with sighted assistance and or help. Sorry sir, this is NOT THE CASE with me! My touchscreen toy HAS NO PHYSICAL BUTTONS of any kind and I use it unperturbed with NO SIGHTED ASSISTANCE AND HELP! I took my Shiny Android Toy OUT OF THE BOX and got it going ALL ON MY OWN sitting at my desk at work. And, yes, I'm THE ONLY EMPLOYEE here until I fire myself! For the records, I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT in anything; I am CONSTANTLY LEARNING and seeking for ways to learn. I start out by trying to explore anything on my own; when I get stuck, I ask questions either here on this list, or some other lists I roam on, but I don't go around looking for sighted help until I have exhausted my channels within the blind community. All that said, is there an area where I fall short? Sure! I'm not too good at using my toy to scan and read printed materials; I suppose this has to do with my spatial orientation; I'm working on it on my own presently. However, if I don't hatch it down within the period I have allotted, I'll seek sighted assistance for this purpose only. Apologies for making this post rather long; I, like several others, had to write to dispel the notion that blind users of touchscreen toys are heavily reliant on folks with a pair of eyes! Of course, I belong to the school which believes that if an individual is visually impaired and has sufficient residual vision, this should be used always to the maximum extent possible. Any such individual should NEVER PERMIT anyone to PULL SLEEPSHADES over his or her face for any reason. I still have LIGHT PERCEPTION which is slowly going away. I do enjoy being able to use it and I'll never participate in any rehabilitative training skill or program that seeks to force me to wear sleepshades. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado
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