What about the price for someone who has purchased a new unit in the last 3 months? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] HumanWare Announces BrailleNote mPower
> Hi Beth, > > Effectively, the transplant service is a kind of trade-in programme of > sorts. This is the best means we could find of allowing our existing loyal > customers to keep current. > > Yes, you can print and emboss from BrailleNote mPower, and of course you > can do that through the USB, infra-red, serial port, and even through > Bluetooth which is very cool. > > We're selling BrailleNote mPower for the same prices we were selling the > previous version. 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 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.humanware.com > > > > "Beth Hatch" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > t.net> To > Sent by: <[email protected]> > braillenote-bounc cc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > .com Subject > RE: [Braillenote] HumanWare > Announces BrailleNote mPower > 28/06/2005 10:00 > a.m. > > > Please respond to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > pulsedata.com > > > > > > > Hello Jonathan, > > > Thanks for posting the news about this great new product!! If you don't > mind, I have a couple of questions after reading the press release. > > I currently have a BrailleNote BT32. I see that you can > transplant > the Braille display from the BT to the new Mpower. Will you also be > offering any means of trading from the older unit to the newer unit? > > Also, if I were to get the new machine, could I print from the > BrailleNote Mpower? I find it extremely useful to be able to print without > having to move everything to my computer or use a card reader to print work > I've done on the BrailleNote. > > How much will one of these new BrailleNotes cost brand new? > > Thanks for your time in answering my questions. > > Best Regards, > > Beth > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Mosen > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 3:07 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] HumanWare Announces BrailleNote mPower > > HUMANWARE ANNOUNCES BRAILLENOTE MPOWOWER, THE NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION > MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE BLIND > > > HumanWare, the world leader in information technology for the blind and > visually impaired, is proud to announce BrailleNote mPower and VoiceNote > mPower, the next generation of the BrailleNote family of products. > > Shipping immediately, BrailleNote mPower is available in 18 and 32 cell > versions, with Braille or QWERTY keyboards. VoiceNote mPower is also > available with a Braille or QWERTY keyboard. With state-of-the-art > connectivity, BrailleNote mPower provides the functionality and ease of use > required by today's blind students, professionals, and anyone who needs to > access information anywhere with efficiency. > > Key new features include: > > * expanded on-board storage > * USB host and client > * great quality stereo sound > * streaming media > * audio recorder > * built-in Bluetooth > * and a fast Intel X-scale processor. > > > Expanded On board Storage. The previous generation of BrailleNote offered > 16 megabytes of user storage by default, expandable to 48 MB. BrailleNote > mPower allows you to take more information and entertainment with you > without even needing a storage card, thanks to its 128 MB flash disk. > Because your data is precious, our disk on chip technology means that your > data is preserved, even if the battery goes completely flat. > > SD Card Support. > > Secure Digital cards are becoming increasingly popular, and BrailleNote > mPower is the first information management tool for the blind to offer > built-in support for them. About the size of a postage stamp, these tiny > cards can store up to a couple of gigabytes of information. SD cards are > ideal for taking your media on the go. With the SD card slot, compact > flash > slot, and PCMCIA slot, BrailleNote mPower offers you the ability easily to > carry well over 10 gigabytes of storage on cards alone. > > USB. BrailleNote mPower features two USB host ports. Connect printers, > embossers, keyboards and storage media to BrailleNote mPower for maximum > power and convenience. A separate minnie USB client port makes connecting > to your PC with Microsoft ActiveSync a snap. > > Great Quality Stereo Audio. How does this sound? If you're an audiofile, > you'll love the clean, high quality stereo audio you get when you connect a > set of headphones to BrailleNote mPower. Whether it's mp3, Windows Media > or > wave files, on your flash disk, across a network or over the web, > BrailleNote mPower provides a superior listening experience. > > Streaming Media. Listen to the world! BrailleNote mPower offers you access > to thousands of Internet radio stations with its enhanced Media Player. > Its > support for mp3 and Windows Media streaming means you can listen to > Internet > radio anywhere you have an Internet connection. The new "create favourite > from link" feature in KeyWeb makes it easy for you to quickly assemble a > collection of your favourite Internet radio stations, and surf between > them. > Braille-note mPower's streaming media capability includes full support for > ACB Radio. > > The new Media Player not only allows you to adjust the volume of the media > separately from the speech anywhere in KeySoft, but you can also pause and > resume the playing of audio anywhere, without the need to switch back into > the Media Player application. > > Audio Recording. Use the microphone built into BrailleNote mPower, or the > external microphone of your choice, to record voice memos. You have full > control over the quality of your recordings, and the ability to set your > recording levels from within the Media Centre. Just press the handy record > button on the side of BrailleNote mPower, and the virtual tape is rolling. > Replay your last recording from anywhere in KeySoft with a single key > press. > It's ideal for recording a phone number or appointment and then easily > playing it back later when you need to enter the data into KeySoft. > > Built-in Bluetooth. Use a printer, a cell phone as a modem, an external > keyboard and more with our completely integrated Bluetooth technology. No > need to consume a valuable card slot for this important feature, Bluetooth > is with you wherever you go. > > Fast Intel X-scale processor. With the fast processor in BrailleNote > mPower, documents load faster, BrailleNote GPS routes are plotted quicker, > and performance all round is snappy. > > BrailleNote mPower includes an updated version of HumanWare's award-winning > KeySoft suite of applications, now at version 6.2. > > Quick Summary of connectivity. BrailleNote mPower includes: SD card slot, > two USB host ports, one USB client port, serial port, infra-red port, > compact flash slot, external microphone jack, headphone jack, PCMCIA slot, > 56k dial-up modem, Bluetooth transceiver. Wireless and Ethernet are > supported through optional cards sold separately. > > BrailleNote mPower and VoiceNote mPower will be available for hands-on > demonstrations at the national conventions of the American Council of the > Blind, and the National Federation of the Blind during the first week of > July. It will also be demonstrated at Sight Village in the UK in mid-July. > Frequently Asked Questions. > > Q. Does BrailleNote mPower replace any existing products? A. Yes, > BrailleNote mPower replaces the BrailleNote BT, BrailleNote QT, VoiceNote > BT, and VoiceNote QT. BrailleNote PK continues to be sold and developed as > our ultra-portable solution. > > Q. I just purchased one of the products BrailleNote mPower replaces. Can > you do anything for me? A. Yes. Products will be updated occasionally, > and > sadly, there will always be those who purchase just before this happens. > However, your existing product is not obsolete (see the next question). If > you've purchased one of the older products in the last three months, IE on > or after 1 April 2005, we have a very competitive upgrade package for you. > Contact HumanWare for details. > > Q. So does this mean that if I want new versions of KeySoft, I have to buy > BrailleNote mPower? A. Not at all. We're sure you'll like BrailleNote > mPower. It's hardware means that there's so much more we can offer you > with > this product. However, KeySoft will be updated for the existing product > for > the foreseeable future. Because of hardware limitations however, we cannot > offer all features of new KeySoft versions on the older product. > > Q. Is there anything special you can do for existing BrailleNote users who > want a BrailleNote mPower? A. There certainly is. The HumanWare way is to > make sure you have a clear upgrade path to keep your technology current. > BrailleNote mPower is a brand new product. However, there is one important > part of your existing BrailleNote we can use, your Braille display. We > will > be offering a Braille display transplant service. Send us your old > BrailleNote, and we'll take the Braille display out of it and transplant it > into a brand spanking new BrailleNote mPower. This service will be > available from 1 October 2005. We will offer further details, including > pricing, shortly. > > Q. If I get my Braille display transplanted into a BrailleNote mPower, > what > about my SMA? A. Your SMA will carry over, so you will be entitled to > KeySoft for BrailleNote mPower. > > Q. I note that there is no parallel port on BrailleNote mPower, but I have > a > parallel printer that works with my existing BrailleNote. What can I do? A. > You can purchase a USB to parallel converter, which will allow you to use > printers and embossers that require a parallel port. > > Q. I'm curious, what does the m in mPower stand for? A. Mobile. > BrailleNote mPower gives you true mobile power. But obviously, it is a > tool > that is empowering blind people to succeed in all walks of life. > > > For more information on BrailleNote or VoiceNote mPower, shipping > immediately, please contact your nearest HumanWare office or visit us on > the > web at http://www.humanware.com. > > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
