[Electronics-talk] Accessible Web browser

[Jim Barbour]

FYI: As long as your 3GS is out of contract, which is very likely, AT&T
will unlock your I-phone.  You can then move your I-phone to
T-mobile.  The biggest downside of doing this is that your data rates
will be much slower than on AT&T.

Jim

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:41:43PM -0500, Jenny Keller wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am an I phone user too, but I only have the 3GS and every time I upgrade the firmware, it gets slower and slower.  I us AT&T and with the NFB discount with T mobile it will save me 80 dollars a month for two lines of unlimited talk, text, and data.  Unfortunately, they don't sell I phones and I can't afford a new one, so I have just excepted that I will have to bite the bullet and work with an android phone.
> 
> I'm not a geek either and I love anything with an apple on it too.
> 
> Jenny	
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> 
> > This is the rub with Android.  The freedom of choice that everyone touts
> > as being such an important advantage, creates a mine field for anyone
> > with special needs.  To date, Ice Cream Sandwich is only running on
> > about 3% of all Android phones.  And, it will probably only run on the
> > high end phones that have the faster processors and most memory.  Google
> > has pretty much given free reign to the carriers and phone manufacturers
> > as far as being able to modify the user experience.  Many manufacturers
> > place their own "skin" on their phones, and this may hamper efforts to
> > make the phone accessible.  The screen readers and accessibility
> > solutions for Android assume that you have a phone that is running the
> > stock version of Android.  This is like trying to buy a PC that is
> > running a vanilla Windows setup without a shell that the manufacturer
> > stick on, like the Dell user experience.  I know many people who are
> > having a very satisfactory experience with Android, but they are
> > generally geeks, or have friends who are geeks.  You will need to do a
> > lot of research before selecting a carrier and phone, and you will need
> > to continue to do research to keep up with new developments, that are
> > coming fast and furious.  Personally, I love the iPhone because I am not
> > a geek, and I want to keep things simple.  If I were to go to Android, I
> > would probably invest in the Mobile Accessibility suite because I am not
> > into tinkering, I just want things to work.  That is the thing that I
> > like about Apple,  Things just work.
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Philip
> > Blackmer
> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:05 PM
> > To: Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [Electronics-talk] Accessible Web browser
> > 
> > 
> >                Hi Everyone.  I am looking for an Accessible web browser
> > for the Android system.  The Ideal Web Reader was supposed to be
> > accessible, but it is no longer in the android market.  Is there
> > anything else besides Mobile Accessibility?
> > 
> >                Also I am looking for more info about Android's Ice
> > Cream Sandwitch.  For those who don't know Ice Cream sandwitch is a
> > version of Android, and for those who are now feeling hungry I'm sorry.
> > *smile* Basically I want to know if my phone will ever get that software
> > update.  I have a Samsung Sidekick 4g which is new enough that I think
> > it should get updates, but Samsung is not forthcoming with any info, so
> > any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > 
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