[BlindTlk] email list recommendations

[Jude DaShiell]

Just for the record, what's the release date and end of life date on the
blind shell 2 phone?



Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk wrote:

> For a first time iphone owner, the best bet will be to buy a refurbished
> iphone.  WalMart has plenty of them for sale and if this is done, pick
> either AT&T or verizon type since each carrier runs on a different kind of
> system and phones made for one won't work on the other system.  If
> something like an iphone 10 or higher is purchased it has some years left
> on it for software and security updates.
> When shopping for phones you need to find two dates, the phone's release
> date and the phone's end of life date.  Most android phones give only 2
> years between those two dates and some being sold now have already had
> their end of life dates pass.  When an end of life date has passed, no
> more support from the manufacturer is or will be available.
> That happened to me with a Motorola G7 so recently I bought an refurbished
> iPhone 12 which has an end of life date in the year 2027.
> The Motorola I've had for 4 years already.
> These dates can be found with google too.
>
>
>
> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> defense of liberty:
>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>
> .
>
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Mark Tardif via BlindTlk wrote:
>
> > Hi, Madison.  I don't have any email lists for blind I Phone users, most of
> > what I learned has been from friends who use them.  What I will say is don't
> > let anybody bully you into purchasing one.  It's a fairly steep learning
> > curve.  Having said that, I never thought I would get one, but now that I've
> > had one for a few weeks, I like it very much.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Tardif
> > Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> > -----Original Message----- From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 1:21 PM
> > To: BlindTlk
> > Cc: madison.martin2000 at outlook.com
> > Subject: [BlindTlk] email list recommendations
> >
> > Hi all,
> > Not sure if I'll ever get one but given how accessible iPhones are for
> > visually
> > impaired I suspect that people will continue to push me to get one. If I ever
> > do
> > are there any email lists for blind iPhone users that any of you recommend? If
> > so can you please provide me with the subscription address (s)? I'll keep them
> > for future reference. I know that such questions can be asked on general tech
> > lists but when it's related to something specific then I much prefer posting
> > to
> > a list specific to that product/OS. Thanks for any info that any of you can
> > provide me!!
> > Madison
> >
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