Hi, Jean! I think of the portability, too. The Trekker is a lot more portable than the BrailleNote, and the Trekker has come a long way in the last couple of years. I like the fact that the >Trekker can be belted to your waist like a fanny pack, but the BrailleNote swings by your side. Yes, the BrailleNote has a lot more information to it, but the Trekker can get you where you need to go as well.
Diane Garrett/Leader Daisy Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (918) 664-5731 > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Jean Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:29:52 -0600 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BN and Maestro >Hi Andy >Well, you certainly have a point, but let me give my side of it. >First, I didn't choose the PK for other reasons, so a small unit for GPS >is still apealing. For my lifestyle, I don't invision taking the BN >mPower with me outside much. So, size of the Trekker PDA is important. >Last I checked, the Sendero GPS Canadian maps didn't include points of >interest. A company rep, I forget who or where from, said they were >working on that. Based on that, I figure that the Sendero Group GPS >focuses largely on American maps. >I listened to Mike May's car demo and it drove me crazy. Too much >information. Smile. >GPS with the BrailleNote has never been demonstrated or promoted >anywhere near me. It's all been Trekker. Now, is that because Sendero >Group has poor Canadian maps, or focuses strictly on the American >market? I don't know. In fact, our local agency for the blind, CNIB >doesn't even promote the BN much. They try to steer people to the >PacMate. >If I skip Maestro, which I agree is kind of a joke right now, the basic >Trekker is a lot cheaper than the Sendero Group GPS. At least I've seen >Trekker and know the maps work, etc. for my area. I can't say the same >for Sendero. It's all about marketing and company presence. For the few >extra hundred bucks, if I did get Trekker, I may as well put Maestro on >it for the bit of functionality it would give me as a pocket device. >Now, if you have some constructive or enlightening input, I'd be glad to >hear it. But not all market development is given the same priority, and >Canadian maps seem to have been an afterthought by Sendero. >For me, they would be two devices with two very different purposes. >Jean >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 10:59 AM >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BN and Maestro >> Why would you want both? Your BN can do everything the other product >> can >> do, and do more of it, and do it better. The Gsendero GPS system is >> far >> superior to that of the Trekker, and the Maistro,well, that's nothing >> more >> than a bad joke. >> Andy >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean >> Menzies >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 9:22 AM >> To: Braille Note list >> Subject: [Braillenote] BN and Maestro >> I'm still waiting for my mPower to arrive, but I do apreciate that >> Humanware >> allowed me to substitute the new machine instead of the old one that >> had >> been shipped just prior to the new release. >> I'm also considering getting a Maestro with Trekker, once they have >> the blue >> tooth stuff worked out with that. Since these are both Humanware >> products, >> can someone tell me if they can be cinked together for file transfers, >> etc.? >> Jean >> ___ >> 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 >> ___ >> 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 >___ >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
