[Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans

Sun Sep 14 02:58:42 UTC 2014

Yes, on the iPhone you just have to double tap with two fingers anywhere 
on the screen to answer a call.

To hang up a call, you can hit the power button at the top of the phone 
while it's still up to your ear or you can use a two finger double tap 
after you pull the phone away from your ear and the speaker phone engages.

Yes, the Contacts app is on the home screen. There's also a contacts tab 
in the Phone app, and you can also work with your contacts using Siri.

On 09/13/2014 09:46 PM, Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-talk wrote:
> Hi,
> I had the same question as Christine. I have to use VO on my small ipod
> and its easy to hit the wrong button I find; I do better with real buttons.
>
> So, really, are you saying you can double tap anywhere on the screen to
> answer or hang up calls? You mean tapping it with your two fingers
> slightly spread apart? If that's the case, that's easier than I expected
> as I thought you had to hit the end call button.
>
> Also on those phones, can you easily access your contacts from the home
> screen? I'm not sure if that's one of the options but hope so since I've
> always wanted to simply add a contact to my address book like everyone
> else, but my flip phone has very little speech capability.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Gail the U. S. Male via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 7:36 PM
> To: Christine Szostak ; Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans
>
> Hi Christine, you double tap anywhere on the screen, both to answer, or
> hang
> up calls.  My phone doesn't work that way, for some reason, so I have to
> find the answer and end buttons. these are soft buttons on the screen. You
> can't configure your iPhone to use any of the hardware buttons to do this,
> at least, as far as I know. Remember, you have to find the WIFI networks to
> connect, but once they're in your networks list, then when you come back to
> them, you'll connect automatically, with no effort on your part. for
> example, you have a network called home, it is a secured network. when you
> first get your phone, you have to go into settings, turn on WIFI, then find
> that network, in the available networks. you enter the password, tap
> connect, and you're set to go. then, you go to Aunt Martha's.  Aunt martha
> has a network. you have to do the same thing you initially did, except once
> you have WIFI turned on, it will stay on, until you go into settings and
> turn it off, but you still have to see Aunt Martha's network, choose that,
> by double tapping it, then put in her password, then choose the connect
> button again. then, when  you go to Macdonald's,  you have to do the steps
> again. now, you come hhome from your trip. as soon as you come into range,
> your WIFI sees your home network, and without you're doing a thing, it
> comes
> up, and automatically connects.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Szostak via
> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 5:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans
>
>
>> Thanks to all for the very helpful info, this is much more encouraging
>> than I initially expected as I originally assumed that data would be
>> used up while on wifi unless you explicitly told the phone not to do
>> so:).
>>
>>  Ok, so one more iPhone use question. How easy is it to answer and end
>> calls? Several years ago, I tried an iPhone 4GS and hated it because I
>> could never find the answer and end buttons since I did not yet know
>> about flicking and knew too little about VO to be at all productive:).
>> Can you use the home button to answer and end or are the buttons to do
>> so easy to locate?
>> Happy weekend all!
>> Chris
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Hunthausen via
>> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> To: "'Linda'" <waterinmyroom at gmail.com>; "'Discussion of accessible
>> electronics and appliances'" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 5:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans
>>
>>
>>> In terms of streaming movies, tv shows, and a lot of audio, it would
>>> probably be best to do these kind of things with wi fi if possible.
>>> Another
>>> suggestion is if you have tv shows or movies you really like and want to
>>> watch no matter where you are is to find them when you are on a wi fi
>>> net
>>> work and download them to your phone. This way you can listen or
>>> watch them
>>> without using any data as it can add up quickly with videos.
>>>
>>> Drew Hunthause 714-296-7111
>>> www.noexcusesblindguy.com-296-7111
>>> www.noexcusesblind
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Electronics-talk [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Linda via Electronics-talk
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 2:36 PM
>>> To: Gail the U. S. Male; Discussion of accessible electronics and
>>> appliances
>>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans
>>>
>>> So, if I'm going to watch movies, TV shows, listen to podcasts, then
>>> sounds
>>> like I will need more than 2 GB of data, right?  I'm ordering a new
>>> phone,
>>> and I'm thinking I had better get more gigs. Good questions,
>>> Christine. I
>>> always had a flip phone and loved it.  I didn't have to think about
>>> data or
>>> gigs or contracts.
>>>
>>>> On Sep 13, 2014, at 9:24 AM, "Gail the U. S. Male via Electronics-talk"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi, my answers follow each of your questions, to make it simpler. If
>>>> you
>>> have any other questions, you can e-mail me, or send me a private
>>> message
>>> off the list, and I will give you my phone number, so I can explain
>>> things
>>> better.
>>>> my e-mail is
>>>> gailcrowe1959 at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Szostak via
>>> Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances"
>>> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 7:44 AM
>>>> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Trying to Understand Data Plans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>> Since we are on the topic of data plans and how they can be used, as a
>>> current non-smart phone user, who is finally confident enough with
>>> the iPod
>>> that I am considering an iPhone for my next phone, I have been trying to
>>> understand exactly what "data" is. Thus, I was wondering if anyone
>>> can help
>>> explain the following. Sorry for what will likely sound like very
>>> silly and
>>> obvious questions:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1)  What exactly is data?  Data is things like e-mail, streaming,
>>> internet browsing, things like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2(  If your data plan has say 2 gigs of data, what exactly does that
>>> mean. In other words, how much of your data is used up each minute or if
>>> easier to explain, each hour...?  Data is charged for for a one month
>>> period, if you have two GB of data, this lasts you for an entire monthly
>>> cycle.  If you go over the two GB, you get charged a pretty high fee for
>>> another 500 Mb or 1 GB of aditional data usage.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3)  Does your data continue to be used if you come in contact with
>>>>> a wifi
>>> connection that you are permitted to use (e.g., your own home's wifi
>>> or say
>>> an internet cafe where you can connect)? If not, does it
>>> automatically stop
>>> using up data when it comes in contact with a wifi hotspot or do you
>>> have to
>>> turn the data off?  If you come in contact with a WIFI network, your
>>> data
>>> automatically is no longer used, since you are no longer using your
>>> cellular
>>> network, but have connected to WIFI.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4)  Are there limitations to what you can access with data (e.g.,
>>> streaming, downloading, YouTube, basic internet searching...)? No,
>>> you can
>>> do anything you could do with a DSL or cable connection.
>>>>>
>>>>> 5)  Somewhat related to 4 are there certain things that take up
>>>>> more or
>>> less data (e.g., GPS, YouTube, streaming, basic internet
>>> searches...)? Yes,
>>> anything that is video takes more bandwidth than basic internet
>>> searching.
>>> just audio streaming uses more than internet searching, but less than
>>> video.
>>> For example, if I'm using my 2 GB of data, I can listen to all the
>>> baseball
>>> games in that month, and not go over.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any other information that you can give me would also be really
>>> appreciated:)!
>>>>> Hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
>>>>> Chris
>>>>> Christine M. Szostak, PhD
>>>>> Assistant Professor
>>>>> Department of Psychology
>>>>> Shorter University
>>>>> Rome, Georgia
>>>>> szostak.1 at osu.edu
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