Once again, we are not speaking about apples, & apples. The BN family has
battery life far supperior to a laptop, which gets 6/8 hours at the maximum.
The BN is able to run for well over 18 hours! Having a replaceable battery
may be a good idea, but now we begin to talk about extra bagggage that has
to be carried? Maybe I can find a good source of luggage, with wheels, to
accomodate all this stuff?
Bruce
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From: "Keith Bucher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Risks Indeed!
Why is it that nearly every commercial manufacturer of notebook
computers offers user replaceable batteries? The more power a computer
draws, the more important it is to have a user replaceable battery.
Recently, I saw the following quote from a message by Mike May on the
Gps-Talk list: "We have enhanced the manual route creation software.
You can now designate manual waypoints as Straight, Left or Right. You
can add custom descriptions like 4-way intersection or "slight bend in
path."This makes routes created across a campus or in the woods
extremely versatile."
What hapens when you're in the woods and your nonuser replaceable
battery goes south? Belly Up? Dead? Runs out? Sure, maybe Freedom
Scientific didn't get it right the first time, but at least they
tried. From what I can determine, Humanware has no product for which
one can replace the battery.
I saw a question the other day from someone asking what it would
cost to get a battery installed at one of the consumer conventions.
Then I saw a price of $500.00. This price doesn't even deserve a
comment.
Jonathan, as you said, "Remember, these devices draw much more power
than does a mobile phone or MP3 player." I totally agree. In which
case, wouldn't it be even more important to have a replaceable battery?
And another thing. I know that the Braille Sense is new and has
some bugs, and doesn't yet have the popularity of the braillenote
family. But by golly, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm
giving Dan and Doug credit where credit's due. At least they
are starting out on the right track. They're giving us the
independence and portability of having a replaceable battery.
Something Humanware has never done, whether it be the Keynote
Gold, Braille Displays, or the Braillenote family of Products.
The more battery power any item consumes, the more important it is
to be able to replace the battery. Remember Mike's example of the
walk in the woods? You might also be on a downdown
street in a major city when that nonreplaceable battery goes dry. If
you're unfortunate enough to be at the aCB convention, you'd
better hope you have enough cold water until you're rescued by UPS.
It boggles my mind how a company can come up with a
device with so many enhancements as the Braillenote, but yet be so
hamstrung when it comes to common sense. No, not Braille Sense, but
common Portability Sense. Is it portable or isn't it?
How about it guys? Did it really cost $500 when you got those
batteries replaced at the consumer conventions this summer?
Keith Bucher
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