This isn't the first time Apple has focused on accessibility features. MacOS, TVOS, iOS, and WatchOS all have capabilities that help people with vision, motor and other special needs use Apple devices. The Apple Watch Series 2 includes something called Taptic Time, requested by blind users, that tells the time using vibrations. There's also a magnifier built into iOS 10. And since 2009, Apple's had screen reading technology called VoiceOver included in iOS. On MacOS, you can even adjust the size of the cursor to see it better.
In the past, people with special needs had to shell out thousands of dollars for technology that magnified their computer screens, spoke navigation directions, identified their money and recognized the color of their clothes, Today, users only need smartphones, computer and a handful of apps and accessories to help them get through their physical and online worlds, "If people have access to co-molded transparent textured case for iphone 6/6s our products, they can push humanity forward," Cook said Thursday, On the new site, Apple shows short video clips of real people using its accessibility features, That includes Sady Paulson, a video editor with cerebral palsy who uses Apple's Switch Control technology to edit films on her Mac, Switch Control lets people who can type or use touch screens to sequentially highlight words to get their point across and navigate around their systems..
"You don't know how much these devices have made me the independent woman that I am," Paulson said in an interview. "They have opened the door to a whole new world for me."Paulson recently graduated from Full Sail University in Florida with a bachelor of science degree in digital cinematography. "Independence is the greatest gift any of us can ever have," she said. See all of Thursday's Apple news. First published October 27 at 10:19 a.m. PT Updated October 28 at 5:17 a.m. PT: Added background about NDEAM and Microsoft.
Compared to the same quarter last year, Samsung's smartphone market share is down by a small fraction -- it held 23.2 percent of the market last year, However, it has a greater hold on the handset co-molded transparent textured case for iphone 6/6s market as a whole, In India, where feature phones are still popular, the company had an overall handset market share of 22.6 percent, compared to 19 percent in the same quarter last year, India is big business, with the country's smartphone sales eclipsing those in the United States last year for the first time, That makes the populous nation the world's second largest phone market, behind China, Growth isn't slowing down either, with Counterpoint Research analyst Karn Chauhan saying that Q3 was a "record quarter" for smart and feature phone sales..
It remains to be seen if Samsung's recall of the Note 7 will impact its performance in the country. However, with most smartphones sold in India costing under $150, it's unlikely the premium device would have made up a huge amount of the company's shipments. Also noteworthy is the greater popularity of Chinese brands in India. Lenovo, who owns the Moto brand, was the third biggest smartphone brand in the country in Q3. Xiaomi cracked India's top five for the first time, which is good news for the company as its market share drops in China.
