Good to hear Paul. Terry Powers Nice to hear a positive word.
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Henrichsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 7:34 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower It will be even more interesting to watch how it plays out once people get their transplants and they are used to their classic bn. I have them both until I sell my classic bn and let me tell you; I wouldn't give up my MPower to go back to the classic if I didn't have to. What you guys are getting in this MPower unit far outweighs a few battery quirks. At 9/12/2005, you wrote: >It'll be interesting to watch how this thing plays out before I get my >transplant. :-) > >Rusty > > > >____________________ >Skype: rustyperez >Yahoo and AIM: reliroo >Check out my blog at >http://rusty-perez.blogspot.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard >Hutcheson >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:34 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower > >Hi, Paul, and etc.: same problems here. The battery is definitely the >MPower's weak spot. I have sent my battery log to Humanware 3 times now, >called twice and been put on hold for many many minutes, still no >suggestions have come my way. >Richard Hutcheson >387 Savage Farm Drive >Ithaca, NY 14850 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:30 PM >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower > > > > Hi, Sarah. I don't leave any cards in my bn for this reason. Even when I > > was using the bn classic, I never left a flash card in the unit. Those do > > make it drain faster. > > The bn classic doesn't drain quite as fast as the MPower. In 12 hours, I > > dropped six percent, from 18 to 12 percent. This was as of 11 pm last > > night. Now, at almost 5:30 pm today, I am at nine percent and I have not > > used the unit since last night other than to turn it on and check the > > battery status. > > So, I have almost dropped ten percent without doing anything. > > The engineers at humanware say that my battery does not need replacing. > > At 9/12/2005, you wrote: > > > >>Hi Paul, > >> > >>Are you leaving a wireless card in your mPower overnight? I notice a > >>larger battery drain when I leave cards in the unit, even though I'm > >>running 6.11. > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul > >>Henrichsen > >>Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 11:12 PM > >>To: Braillenote List > >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] still a battery concern with the mPower > >> > >> > >>Hi, Pam. What I have noticed with mine is that it loses more of a > >>chargewhen it is off than does the bn classic when it is off. I don't know > >>why, but I can lose six percent or more even if my MPower is turned off > >>and > >>I am not using it. I can read for half an hour and have it drop two > >>points, > >>but when it is off, something more than the alarm must be at work here. > >>Perhaps the internal memory takes more than that in the classic bn. > >>At 9/10/2005, you wrote: > >> > >> >Hi, > >> > > >> >Mine seems to be doing okay. I was a little concerned the first time it > >> >ran down because I didn't get a warning, but since then I have. Not > >> >sure > >> >how many hours I get with it. I don't think the bn has a timer like the > >> >bns that tells you how many hours your battery has been used. > >> > > >> >Pam > >> > > >> >___ > >> >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 > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 ___ 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
