Hi, Estin: Here is the information on the mPower you asked about. HumanWare launches BrailleNote mPower, the next generation information management system for the blind. Christchurch, New Zealand, 28th June 2005 HumanWare, the world leader in information technology for the blind and visually impaired, today announced the immediate availability of BrailleNote mPower, the next generation information management system for the blind. Building on the success of the original BrailleNote line of products, BrailleNote mPower offers many new features and a great new look. Key new features in BrailleNote mPower include: expanded on-board storage to 128MB, two USB host ports and a USB client port, great quality stereo sound when listening through headphones, support for listening to internet radio, an audio recorder with either an external microphone or a built-in microphone with fully adjustable recording levels, built-in Bluetooth for connections with cell phones, keyboards and other computers, and a fast Intel X-scale processor.
"Many thousands of people use our existing BrailleNote products in all walks of life, from astrophysics to writing an academic essay, from writing a nation's constitutional court rulings to taking minutes at a school board meeting," says HumanWare's BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager, Jonathan Mosen. "The one thing all these people have in common is that their BrailleNote product empowers them to succeed on equal terms in all walks of life. The BrailleNote mPower opens even more opportunities for blind people around the world to manage information and media efficiently, no matter where they are," Mosen says. BrailleNote mPower offers a powerful suite of applications, operating with Microsoft Windows CE, but written to be used optimally by blind people. A Braille display takes the place of the screen on a regular PDA. Information can also be read out loud using synthesised speech. Models offering Braille or QWERTY input are available, as well as a speech only output version, known as VoiceNote mPower. "As a blind person myself, I'm enjoying the freedom of being able to do my e-mail at a wireless hotspot, or even make a Bluetooth connection with my cell phone in the back of a taxi, and all using an interface that maximises my efficiency," Jonathan Mosen says. "And thanks to BrailleNote mPower, I'm taking fewer devices with me on the road, since the incredible stereo sound and streaming media support means it's my entertainment as well as information source". BrailleNote mPower and VoiceNote mPower models are available for immediate sale at all HumanWare sales outlets.
