[nabs-l] iPod Touch or Icon?

[Mary Fernandez]

Hello Joe,
I have not tried the IPOD touch, however, I got an Iphone 4. Let me
start by saying that i love the phone itself, however, with voice
over, one has to double tap in order to type. Which doesn't sound too
cumbersome, but after the first day and being pretty accurate with my
touch screen skills, it sucked. I am now giving my brother the
beautiful Iphone. I also recently purchased a mac book pro, which
works totally fine and I love. All that is to szy, that you should go
to apple, and play with the ipod. If you like it, take it home nad
play with it for a few days, worse case scenario, you want to return
it (keep the box for the first month so you can return it if you have
to). Or if you buy it from your friend, maybe you can play with it
before hand. I also had the braille+ for a while, which I hear is very
similar to the Icon. I loved my braille+ it was easy to use,
navigating the internet was just as fast and accessible as it was with
my Iphone.
I know these two products are exactly the same, but aplle and
LevelStar have a standard for all their machines, and they are usually
similar. With that said, you can also just get an iphone and be able
to do all of the above plus call and text people! Smile.
Hope that helped a little bit.
Mary


On 9/8/10, Nimer Jaber <nimerjaber1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Yes, printing is now supported on icons. See my response on the other
> list for more info, and for the most part, I agree with the last poster.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Nimer J
>
> On 9/8/2010 7:39 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I have tried the Icon and was surprised by the device. I liked it and it
>> was fairly small. But then... I saw its price :). The truth is that for
>> me, an iPod touch is faster to use. Going through emails and web browsing
>> is really, really great on iOs 4. Plus there is a lot of accessible third
>> party software available for the iPod touch, and I don't think that exists
>> on the Icon. What's true is that typing on an icon might be much faster,
>> at least at the beginning. I would say that an iPod touch paired with one
>> of those really tiny, foldable bluetooth keyboard is really a much cheaper
>> and more versatile solution than the Icon. And if you aren't planning on
>> doing lots of typing, you will not need to use the keyboard most of the
>> time. An other fact that you should consider is that it will soon be
>> possible to print out files from the iPod touch (you can send them to a
>> wireless printer or a printer on your network, but this will only be
>> possible after iOs 4.2 is out). I don't know if that's possible with an
>> Icon.
>> On Sep 8, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Joe Orozco wrote:
>>
>>> Hello, Especially My Apple Fanatics,
>>>
>>> Which would you think is better, an iPod Touch 3rd Generation or an Icon?
>>> Granted, the price difference is almost a thousand dollars, but still, I
>>> am
>>> easily persuaded by clarity of voice synthesizer.  Consequently, a friend
>>> of
>>> mine is selling her iPod Touch for $250.  If anyone's interested, drop me
>>> a
>>> line.  I'm not completely swept off my feet to compete against you and
>>> will
>>> let you know how to get in touch with the seller.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Joe Orozco
>>>
>>> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
>>> sleeves,
>>> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>>>
>>>
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