[gui-talk] Xzune and android phones

[Paul Henrichsen]

What thousands of dollars<grin>? The plan is $30 per month.
For two years, that would only come out to $720.
Every smart phone has this plan.


-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:17 AM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Xzune and android phones

I have no information about accessibility of the Zune, but doubt that
Microsoft has paid much attention to this.  Our Electronics-talk listserv or
someone at the IBTC might have more information.

Remember that the cost of an Android or iPhone is not really the initial
purchase price, but the thousands of dollars of data plan that you pay for
over the ensuing two required years.  

I suggest you look at amazon.com to buy CD's.  I haven't tried it, but
suspect that it would be workable for making selections and purchases, if
you have some patience.



Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kenlawrence124 at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:14 AM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] Xzune and android phones
> 
> Hi list members, Ken here.  My sister wants me to send her a Christmas
> list pretty soon and usually I ask for CDs.  This year and every year it
> gets
> harder and harder because the stuff played on Radio is not really that
> good, and with CD baby inaccessible to the blind and with that not likely
> to
> change soon, I thought instead of CDs I'd maybe ask for one big gift.  My
> family are all on Verizon and since an Iphone's camera isn't able to adapt
> to
> the reading software, the thought I had was an Android phone instead.
> How
> blind friendly are they at this point, I heard about a software called
> Talk-back on it.  The other gift I thought of was a Xzune HD player rather
> than
> an Ipod.  How much space do they have and how accessible are they and
> also
> how good is the HD Radio tuner in it?  Any feedback would be  helpful.
> Also I know there will be an article with similar ideas in the  Braille
> monitor
> right?  Thanks, Ken.soon
> 


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