I'm not thrilled with the prospect of paying 500 dollars for a
replacement battery. We can decide whether or not we want to buy a
given product. There were obviously problems with another competing
product or they would have continued to offer a user replaceable
battery. I would settle with things the way that they are rather
than to buy a unit only to find out that they are able to offer a
newer board with a battery replacement later that possibly has
problems. Over all, I've been happy with the battery on the
braillenote. As a number have wisely observed, this is not a
laptop. If you don't like the battery that they choose to use, don't
buy the product or spent money on the upgrade. It is as simple as
that. I wish our adaptive products were cheaper. We can wish in one
hand and spit in the other and see which one fills up the fastest.
Regards, everyone. Have a great holiday.At 11:12 AM 7/3/2005, you wrote:
The battery fits in there now? So it should not be hard to compartment it so
at least a user can change the darn thing.
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Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 8:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Risks Indeed!
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]>
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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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