Hi Jonathan: I understood Kathy's question to be "what happens to all the old units that lose their Braille display?
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 08:36:23 -0600 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] What's The Purpose of Transplanting? >Hi Kathy, the purpose of the transplant programme is to reward our loyal >customers by giving them the ability to get all the benefits of the new >functionality at a third of the price of a new unit. If customers would >prefer to sell their units and buy an entirely new one, that is of course >their choice and we will be delighted to proceed on that basis. Whatever >works for them and gets an mPower in their hands at the lowest price is >just fine with us. And given the absolutely massive take-up of transplants, >people, by and large, seem to like it. Customer choice rules, but we've >made an effort to be fair to customers who have helped HumanWare to grow >through their support for us in the past. Yes, the classics will receive >software updates, but there are of course hardware limitations that mean >that some of the more exciting features simply can't run on the Classic. >You'll see this in KeySoft 7. The classic will do some cool new things, but >the mPower will do even cooler things and this gap must inevitably grow >over time. >Jonathan Mosen >BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager >HumanWare >DDI: +1-925-566-9265 >http://www.humanware.com >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
