[Nfbmo] Need information about cell phones

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

thanks for the reviews.
sometimes popularity can make a decision for you.
Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Sievert" <matt.sievert at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Need information about cell phones


> Randy,
>
> I like the SIII also.
>
> A few observations
>
> 1. sighted issue. The color on the screen is too vibrant. there is a web
> site related to this issue. The iPhone 5 has a much nicer screen.
>
> 2. The Samsung Galaxy SIII feels cheap. The back battery door is flimsy,
> and the phone just doesn't have the same fit and finish as an iphone. So 
> if
> you are going to get one. Make sure you get a case that the phone fits
> into. Like a Switch Easy, or Speck. With that said. The HTC phone is built
> better, but has ZERO expandability in the area of removable battery or
> micro SD ram card. The Samsung Galaxy SIII has a removable battery and
> memory card.
>
> 3. However, if you want a full featured android smart phone which includes
> really cool stuff like NFC (Near Field Communication), a less than 
> annoying
> user-interface, and a really cool quick access slide down preference menu,
> then the Samsung Galaxy SIII is a wonderful phone. Just don't drop it, 
> ever.
>
> 4. If you have some vision. The telephone keypad on the Galaxy SIII is 
> very
> visible. The onscreen keyboard is your typical "okay" keyboard, which can
> of course be traded out for other keyboards in the Android Marketplace.
>
> There are my two cents.
>
> I own an iPhone 4 for twitter, facebook, and word with friends.
> I own a blackberry Torch 2 for work and personal email, and as an actual
> phone.
> The iPhone 4 is a horrible telephone. Limited profiles, and the sound
> quality on both the earpiece and speaker phone is abysmal.
>
> There is always the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, but that is a huge phone. 5.5"
> screen and a pen stylus.
>
> Matt.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Randy Carmack 
> <randycarmack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The Galaxy S III will read all of the phone prompts to you, your
>> caller ID, who is texting, your text messages and your emails to you.
>> It also has an awesome speech to text feature.  I am not sure weather
>> the speech will work on the web or not, I have not tried it but I am
>> assuming that it will.  It is an awesome phone.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Randy Carmack
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Fred Olver <goodfolks at charter.net> 
>> wrote:
>> > Brian, make it easy on yourself and just get an Iphone. I don't want to
>> > debate anyone about the pro's and con's of Android VS. Iphone, however
>> the
>> > Iphone does offer a much larger selection of apps to be used. Oh, by 
>> > the
>> > way, one can use Echolink on it to talk to other hams around the world.
>> >
>> > Fred Olver
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Wekamp"
>> > <bjwekamp02 at embarqmail.com>
>> > To: "NFB of Missouri Mailing List" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 3:09 PM
>> > Subject: [Nfbmo] Need information about cell phones
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hello Everyone:
>> >>
>> >> Today I was looking at the Att store for a new cell phone; they were
>> >> telling me about an apt called Blingo that converts text to speech for
>> text
>> >> messageing.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know  if this apt will work with other features of the 
>> >> phone
>> >> like caller id or using the internet or checking email with the phone.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Brian Wekamp
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