[Electronics-talk] Accessible Web browser

[Jenny Keller]

I know.  It's just that it runs like a turtle with the firmware updates that are on it and it doesn't respond like it should.

It's just time for it to die or to get something else.

Jenny
On Apr 27, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Jim Barbour wrote:

> 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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