they wouldn't need a regular phone.... but i think we can all agree an iPhone (or other smartphone) has many features even a deaf person could take advantage of. mobile e-mail, texting, web browsing, etc.
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iOS 5, LED Flash on Notifications!
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they wouldn't need a regular phone.... but i think we can all agree an iPhone (or other smartphone) has many features even a deaf person could take advantage of. mobile e-mail, texting, web browsing, etc.
I dunno, why would a deaf person need to drive? Silly question.
I don't have the best hearing, not deaf but I can clearly get why a deaf person would have an iPhone. I personally don't use the phone portion much if at all. Mostly everything else. Facetime is fun and a deaf person can use that as well. So other than straight up audio, lots of uses for the deaf.
Actually, a dev in another thread tested and confirmed that it does not work with the iphone 4, implying it is not the back LED-Flash on the ip4 that this feature is utilizing.
Actually, as a visually impaired person I can tell you Apple has been WAY ahead of everyone else in terms of accessibility for a long time. They don't half-ass it either, they do a damn good job with it. So I have to strongly disagree that they do it for brownie points.
I always found the light notification on Blackberries to be surprisingly helpful. Knowing to check my phone from across the room is very helpful.
Isn't the LED on the iPhone 4 variable in brightness? Before you take a picture the LED is bright, but then when the photo is taken the light gets much much brighter. Obviously there's a control to the brightness.
I'm all about this new feature.
Isn't the LED on the iPhone 4 variable in brightness? Before you take a picture the LED is bright, but then when the photo is taken the light gets much much brighter. Obviously there's a control to the brightness.
I'm all about this new feature.
umm I know of some people who are very heard of hearing to the point that they can not really use a phone to talk on at all but they own a cell phone.
They use it for txt messaging and email. He txt with his wife and while they were dating that is how they would talk when not together. It was by txt messaging/email. he uses a ton of messages a month and will have zero cell minute be used. Now that he is married his wife will have some use on his phone for calls but he never uses it for phone calls. Just txt messages, email and web surfing.
How about FaceTime, I met someone in the iPad 2 line that was deaf and that was the main reason for him to get an iPad 2.
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a LED under the glass somewhere or a multi use of the flash would be practical for increased notification awareness. PLEASE make it happen, iOS5's notifications and weather on the home screen are a great start, now put the icing on the cake already steve.
Why so negative re the LED notification?
Surely Apple should strive for as much functionality as possible. A huge chunk of the business market was originally alienated due to email functionality and the notification system still does that. In a business environment, heavy use means you regularly charge phones at your desk. I'll often receive emails (I have four accounts plus a personal one) when I have left my desk or meeting, a glance at my current blackberry tells me whether I have a message on my return. I wouldn't want potentially sensitive messages popping up (in part) on the screen to notify me when I am not with the phone.
Not everyone carries a phone around in their pocket or physically interacts with it constantly.
It's dictatorial in the extreme to suggest that led notification is not required just because you don't use it. There are plenty of functions on my phones that I have not needed and I either switch them off or ignore them. I would never have the gall to call for them to be dismissed.
Surely Apple should strive for as much functionality as possible. A huge chunk of the business market was originally alienated due to email functionality and the notification system still does that. In a business environment, heavy use means you regularly charge phones at your desk. I'll often receive emails (I have four accounts plus a personal one) when I have left my desk or meeting, a glance at my current blackberry tells me whether I have a message on my return. I wouldn't want potentially sensitive messages popping up (in part) on the screen to notify me when I am not with the phone.
Not everyone carries a phone around in their pocket or physically interacts with it constantly.
It's dictatorial in the extreme to suggest that led notification is not required just because you don't use it. There are plenty of functions on my phones that I have not needed and I either switch them off or ignore them. I would never have the gall to call for them to be dismissed.
It actually doesn't drain my battery that much. It only turns on when it feels like turning on. Since it's in the beta stages I don't expect it to work very well right now lol.
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Would be great if the next iPhone has an a LED light on the front, it should be small like a power light on Macs or they can make the home button light up somehow. And also they should install an RGB LED so there are different colours for different events, like blue for calls, red for messages.
Would be great if the next iPhone has an a LED light on the front, it should be small like a power light on Macs or they can make the home button light up somehow. And also they should install an RGB LED so there are different colours for different events, like blue for calls, red for messages.
While the RGB light might be a good ides, I don't think Apple would do that, as it wouldn't fit witht the aesthetics of the phone. The could use a variety of different pulsations for the led though.
How hard would it be to put a tiny multicolored LED on the front or edge of the iPhone5 for notifications? As fancy as Apple thinks their advice is, they need to make notifications way better than they are now.
Their past improvements have been a joke! Having to wait for 15 minutes for a email and then not even knowing it is there is not acceptable.
They need to bring someone in from Blackberry to show them how it is done.
Their past improvements have been a joke! Having to wait for 15 minutes for a email and then not even knowing it is there is not acceptable.
They need to bring someone in from Blackberry to show them how it is done.
How hard would it be to put a tiny multicolored LED on the front or edge of the iPhone5 for notifications? As fancy as Apple thinks their advice is, they need to make notifications way better than they are now.
Their past improvements have been a joke! Having to wait for 15 minutes for a email and then not even knowing it is there is not acceptable.
They need to bring someone in from Blackberry to show them how it is done.
i don't have to wait 15 mins for email, i have push, and i get decent enough notification i have one, moreso with this new notification centre.
...Having to wait for 15 minutes for a email and then not even knowing it is there is not acceptable.
Quite right: 15 whole minutes is outrageous. Seriously, life as we know it can end in 15 minutes.
How hard would it be to put a tiny multicolored LED on the front or edge of the iPhone5 for notifications? As fancy as Apple thinks their advice is, they need to make notifications way better than they are now.
Their past improvements have been a joke! Having to wait for 15 minutes for a email and then not even knowing it is there is not acceptable.
They need to bring someone in from Blackberry to show them how it is done.
If you're expecting an email: open the app. If not: wait for the notification. 15 minutes is a perfectly acceptable timeframe in which to respond to an email.
Quite right: 15 whole minutes is outrageous. Seriously, life as we know it can end in 15 minutes.
It can seem that way for one of my customers who are used to me being on a Blackberry and get an answer with in a minute instead of 20 minuts on not at all if I did not hear it.