Archive for May, 2010

Earlier this month, Wired took a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features in beta 3 of iPhone OS 4.0. Some of these, such as a screen orientation lock and possibly file sharing seem to be making their way over to the iPhone from the iPad. The article also shares a bit of detail [...]

The Lighthouse of San Francisco is hosting a technology seminar entitled "Apple Products and Accessibility" on 11/June/2010 from 1:00PM – 3:00PM PDT. From the announcement: Join us to hear Apple discuss the latest universal access features on its iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and OS X VoiceOver! Apple’s inclusion of assistive technology as an out-of-the-box feature [...]

The National Braille Press (NBP) have published a new book entitled “Using the Accessible iPod, iTunes 9 Edition”, by Ana Dresner. This book provides the latest information on the accessible iPods created by Apple – the fourth and fifth generation iPod Nanos and the third generation iPod Shuffle – and the latest version of iTunes. [...]

Solona.net, in addition to its Captcha solution and RAIVE services, recently began offering tactile iPhone screen protectors, which provide tactile feedback to ease typing on the iPhone. Now, Solona is offering similar protectors for the iPad and iPod touch devices as well. In addition, new tactile layouts have been created for a variety of uses [...]

Solona.net, the company which offers free Captcha solution services and a tactile iPhone screen protector, is conducting a poll of visually impaired mobile phone users. The polls asks participants to choose their favorite brand of mobile phone. As of this writing, Apple and Nokea are neck-in-neck, separated by a single vote. The poll is available [...]

In the May 2010 issue of AccessWorld, a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), readers are presented with a first look at the Apple iPad. In an article entitled "24 Hours with the iPad", Bradley Hodges discusses his impressions of the iPad in his initial 24 hours with the device. It is [...]

In addition to the announcement of iPad availability internationally, Apple has also confirmed that its iBooks ebook reader and store will be coming to customers outside the US as well. Among the confirmed countries for iBooks availability are Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom. At this time, availability of iBooks in [...]

Today, Apple announced iPad availability for several countries will begin on 28/May/2010. Among the countries where availability has been confirmed are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store beginning on Monday, 10/May. In July, Apple plans to expand iPad availability [...]

Solona.net, known for their popular Captcha solution service, is now offering enhanced iPhone screen protectors which offer tactile indicators of the various keys on the iPhone’s on-screen keyboard. Here are some excerpts from their announcement: The Solona Enhanced Screen Protector comes in two variations:  landscape or portrait.  Whether you prefer landscape or portrait, typing emails, text [...]