RE: off topic: accessibility with mac stuff?

From: "Juan Hernandez" <juan@netplus1.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
	<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: off topic: accessibility with mac stuff?
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:45:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <001e01c5d97b$2f100130$0700a8c0@Galois> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e535fab40510241951h762da122mecdab1b7b98d28b2@mail.gmail.com>

How do you use an ipodmini?

Don't you have to be able to see to use one?

Take care

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Jane Lee
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 7:51 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: off topic: accessibility with mac stuff?

On 10/24/05, Nick G <Nick@hkcradio.com> wrote:
> Anyway, IPods are worthless.  The glammer and stuff is all marketing.  
> Go find a Reo Carma or Carbon, players made of all metal construction.

Don't quite disagree with you there, but I must admit, the only reason why I
haven't already gotten anything from Rio or iRiver or any of the other
companies and got myself an iPod is because the interface is more intuitive
than the norm.  I certainly don't agree with how Apple is price gouging on
the iPods, and I don't like that the iPod does not support FLAC or Ogg, but
nevertheless, I think it's worth a tradeoff when I don't have to pore over
the user manual and spend a few hours getting used to the controls.  I like
that I can just keep my iPod mini in my pocket and press buttons and know
exactly what I'm doing.

As for strength when it comes to the iPod nano, Ars Technica's review of the
device included driving over it and throwing it here and there, and it
didn't stop playing music until a 30 foot drop, after all of the previous
abuse.  It's also so unbelievably light that if I wanted to, I could swing
it around with just the headphones attached, and it wouldn't fly off or
anything, and the same goes to the shuffle and the mini.  Seeing as how it's
more stronger than my cellphone which is about to break any day now, I'd get
a nano the day I have enough money to splurge on it.  Granted, some people
did sue Apple for all the scratched Nanos, but out of all the people I know
who got one nobody's complained about the scratching.  Also, the new iPod is
made up of new material that resists scratching.

Cheers
jane

_______________________________________________
Speakup mailing list
Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup