Well, Jim, It's about money! Every two years or less, they can sting us another $200 or so for a battery change. what's so hard to understand about that? I have three paperless devices and they all have user changeable batteries. Two are braille displays. Isaac
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005, Jim Ruby wrote: > I do not understand why a battery pack can not be made to work, maybe $500 > is not a lot of money for a state agency to drop, but I wonder how many > people would pay for a $500 battery in a electronic device?> the heck with > the nickels and dimes *grin*. I just think there is a solution here some > place with batteries we have today and technology this just at least to me > not quite adding up or should I say adding up to be way to much *grin*. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Welty > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 9:31 AM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Risks Indeed! > > It is not likely that the battery will die. It takes a long time you know. > Don't think in laptop terms here. > > Mike the star trek guy > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > > > > > > ___ > > 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 >
