@CJ: I've never owned an Apple product, but that does make it sound like Apple supports their products longer than most Android phone makers or at least use to. As I understand it, most models are lucky to be supported for 2 years and while I can't speak for carriers other than my own, I'm pretty sure mine defaults to 30 months financing on new phones. I've only ever owned one smart phone, and while it was nice for some things when I had one useable eye, it became pretty much useless when I went blind back in 2012 and I ended up taking my dad's old flip phone when he got his first smartphone and the one time I've gotten a new phone since, it was another flip phone that I fear the day it eventually dies because slates have taken over everything. I don't do Apple because I don't like their "our way or the highway" mindset towards what users can do with their devices without hacking, and while I kind of want to check out how well talkback does or doesn't work, the near impossibility of finding something that runs Android and has a physical keyboard, especially without having to buy the thing outright has turned me off, and the prospect of paying for an extra line with my carrier so I can finance a slate through them while maintaining a phone I can actually use while I do battle with a very blind unfriendly input device doesn't appeal much either. Probably the biggest reason my Raspberry Pi is my portable computer of choice, aside from it being more portable than a laptop even with the need for an external battery pack is the fact I can use the same wireless USB keybaord I use with my desktop. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list