Physical buttons? Whatever do you mean?
Oh you mean the home button that stops working about 9 months after getting your iPhone 4?
Well, that would suck. But my Touch 1G button never stopped working, had it for over 3 years.
Also: 12 month warranty.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Activates Assistive Touch in iOS 5 Beta 3
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Well, that would suck. But my Touch 1G button never stopped working, had it for over 3 years.
Also: 12 month warranty.
Hints
This is a hint to future iPad, maybe if few generations where there will be no buttons at all. Just screen. This is how apple tries things and makes them work before implementing in another area.
This is a hint to future iPad, maybe if few generations where there will be no buttons at all. Just screen. This is how apple tries things and makes them work before implementing in another area.
Another screenshot
It looks great.
Good to see another Vermonter. I'm in Middlebury.
Cheers!
Physical buttons? Whatever do you mean?
Oh you mean the home button that stops working about 9 months after getting your iPhone 4?
That's exactly what I mean. My 4's home button stopped for no reason at about 12 months. To apple's credit it was replaced.
If I don't hear about the next iPhone 4S/5 or whatever soon.... I'm gonna scream!
EDIT.... I meant I'm waiting to buy the next iPhone! All this iOS teasing is making me antsy!
EDIT.... I meant I'm waiting to buy the next iPhone! All this iOS teasing is making me antsy!
Last edited:
I took mine into the Apple store, they blew compressed air into it and told me it was fine.
For the record
...my 95 year old grandma has an iPad and can use it better than a regular computer. This is not a joke.
ok fine, i get it-- apple wants to be accessibly to all. however i always feel like they take it like 15,000 steps too far to make the brainless... well... brainlesser... however you add too many ridiculous options of doing the exact same thing (cough cough F8-F11) you're going to wind up making having to go back to the drawing board and make mission control for iOS.
k fine maybe they DO need to make redundant things to make something smart and awesome like mission control for iOS...
...my 95 year old grandma has an iPad and can use it better than a regular computer. This is not a joke.
ok fine, i get it-- apple wants to be accessibly to all. however i always feel like they take it like 15,000 steps too far to make the brainless... well... brainlesser... however you add too many ridiculous options of doing the exact same thing (cough cough F8-F11) you're going to wind up making having to go back to the drawing board and make mission control for iOS.
k fine maybe they DO need to make redundant things to make something smart and awesome like mission control for iOS...
Consumers' demand is endless.
From what i see, Apple is one major player who really make a real change around here, and i feel they are on track - always on the right direction so far!
edit: Also, by making everything program-base, they reduce physical raw material cost!
From what i see, Apple is one major player who really make a real change around here, and i feel they are on track - always on the right direction so far!
edit: Also, by making everything program-base, they reduce physical raw material cost!
Last edited:
But if such a widget repository were, it does seem a more logical name for the function than Android. Copyrights and whatnot.
Love how people act like options that fall under Accessibility are "features" designed for them to use.
These are for handicapped people who otherwise cannot perform these shortcut functions easily. It's actually poorly designed and looks/works like crap. Not even close to a prime time Apple feature.
These are for handicapped people who otherwise cannot perform these shortcut functions easily. It's actually poorly designed and looks/works like crap. Not even close to a prime time Apple feature.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8G4 Safari/6533.18.5)
Haha yeah I want to donate to the widget needers as well. Their plight is serious.
Kahnyl said:
Haha yeah I want to donate to the widget needers as well. Their plight is serious.
Physical buttons? Whatever do you mean?
Oh you mean the home button that stops working about 9 months after getting your iPhone 4?
I've had my iPhone 4 replaced twice now, not that hard to take it to the genius bar for a replacement.
My 17-year old son has cerebral palsy. Her uses a wheelchair and has stiffness in his muscles but is intellectually on par with his peers. He has been using Mac laptops since he was 2 years old. I am hoping this feature will be of use to him, as he gets by just fine on his MacBook Pro using just his pinky finger for typing and trackpad use. Multi-finger swipes, pinches, and the like are not gestures he can easily manage.
Great to see Apple is continuing their tradition of assisting those with various obstacles for using computers and their other electronic devices.
