Can you send me a file with all the large changes for the BN to me? I might
need it.
Mike the star trek guy
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Re: HumanWare Announces BrailleNote mPower
Hi Richard, BrailleNote mPower has an excellent new download manager. This
is another example of where writing our own software has advantages. By
default, Microsoft's Download Manager puts files that are being downloaded
into a temporary location, IE the KeySoft System Disk. So we wrote our own
download manager that allows you to download directly onto the drive in
question. So if you put a 1 Gig SD card into BrailleNote mPower, you can
download to it directly.
I don't think there is a computer in existence running Windows that
doesn't
have to be rebooted regularly, however with every release we always devote
a proportion of time to bug fixes and I believe that we've made good
progress in KeySoft 6.2.
Yes, the variety of sampling rates has been improved. Jumping through on
demand streams is supported.
The limitations of what the USB ports will run really depend on the
drivers
installed in the ROM image. But we've worked with a wide variety of
printers, thumb drives, hard drives, floppy drives etc. I don't believe we
know of CD ROMS that work at this time.
Yes, the battery did get upsized to give battery life equivalent to that
you experience on the current product. I don't believe this has added
anything noticeable to the weight of the unit.
All prices for BrailleNote mPower remain the same as the older
BrailleNotes, and that includes SMAs.
Hope this helps.
Jonathan Mosen
BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager
HumanWare
DDI: +64-3-373-6192
Fax: +64-3-384 4933
Mobile: +64-21 466 736
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http://www.humanware.com
Richard Ehrler
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Jonathan,
I have a few questions here and suspect you will be getting many more
soon.
So did they fix the problem of large file downloads in the new unit? You
didn't mention a KeySoft System disk in the announcement, only the flash
disk. If temp files are still passed through the KeySoft system disk,
then I hope it was increased also.
Has anything been done about the various types of file corruption we have
seen discussed in so many messages on this list?
Will the new unit continue to require the numerous forms of reset that
seem to be the first cure for everything with the older units?
Has the variety of bit and sampling rates been increased in the newer
media player? I have found more than a few mp3 files that refused to play
in my old Voice Note due to unsupported rates.
Is jumping forward and back in streaming audio supported?
I assume the new host usb ports are powered but are there any limitations
on just what devices can be attached to them? For example, could I attach
an external cd-rom drive? How about cd-r or cd-rw drive for burning
disks? How about usb external hard drives?
How long will the new units run on a full charge? I assume the faster
processor could require more power so did the battery get up sized to
accommodate this and, if so, how much weight did this add?
I don't remember seeing any prices mentioned for the new units. Will the
prices for units and the HMAs and SMAs remain the same as for previous
units?
It appears your people were listening to some of our wish list items but I
hope the programmers were also listening to some of the bug issues we have
experienced. While unit stability is very important, file integrity is
paramount. Nobody wants to spend hours or days entering names, addresses,
and other types of personal data only to have it go up in smoke! Guess we
shall see as the new units get out the door.
Richard Ehrler
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