[Electronics-talk] iPhone v Blackberry

[Steve Jacobson]

Jim,

>From what I have heard, the Blackberry and Orator will behave similarly to other phones with screen readers such as Mobile Speak.  However, it is not out yet, and 
my understanding is that it needs to be used with a Blackberry server.

VoiceOver in the I Phone seems pretty complete, but the interface is completely different using a touch screen with gestures.  It should also be noted that the touch 
screen and the gestures used are altered when VoiceOver is running so the phone behaves differently than it does without VoiceOver running.  Since this is all very 
new, it is hard to really compare it with existing phones or even with the Blackberry.  Were you at the R&D meeting on Tuesday evening?  There was a fairly useful 
and detailed presentation on the I Phone.  There is definitely a learning curve to using it, but the feeling is that it can be done.  

Most of us feel less comfortable with the touch screen approach, but I think we have to be careful to not judge the approach until we have some significant 
collective experience with it.  Clearly some good thought has gone into it.  I hope this helps some.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:56:29 -0700, Jim Barbour wrote:

>Hey Folks,

>I *think* this is on topic for this list.

>Has anyone seen comparrisons between the blackberry orator and
>voiceover on the iPhone?

>I'm trying to figure out how to choose between them.

>Thanks,

>Jim

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