[nfbwatlk] "sent from my iPhone"

[merribeth.manning at comcast.net]

It seems all smartphones have this feature.  My Blackjack2 says "from my windows mobile device".  I turned of my signture feature. 

Beth Manning 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> 
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> 
Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:24:07 PM 
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] "sent from my iPhone" 

I suspect Apple put it in by default as cheap advertising pure and simple.  I left it in to call attention to the phone accessibility.  As you say, people put guide dog names in signatures and few complain. 

Mike Freeman 


On Oct 7, 2010, at 15:12, "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov> wrote: 

> Mike and others to whom this question or comment applies: 
> 
> Why is it that when you send an e-mail, it says " sent from my iPhone" at the end of your messages?  Why does anyone care how you sent the message?  Or, is the message included as a caution to recipients that they should not hold the message up to the high standard they might if you had sent it through some other means? 
> 
> As a non IPhone user, I find this as curious a phenomenon as those who sign their e-mails with their dog guides names. 
> 
> Noel 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________ 
> nfbwatlk mailing list 
> nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org 
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org 
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbwatlk: 
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com 

_______________________________________________ 
nfbwatlk mailing list 
nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org 
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfbwatlk: 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbwatlk_nfbnet.org/merribeth.manning%40comcast.net