Hi Kevin, Do you have an m Power or a classic Braille Note? Also if you have an m Power, do you know if the active sync works with the Humanware Scan'r. The 6.1.1 classic does not. Thanks. Linda Paul
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 05:52:18 -0800 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] thanks >it is advisable from HumanWare that you do remove cards when powering down >and up to minimize the potential of losing any type of data. There may some >some instances where you might lose some data such as your address book. But >from my experience with the BrailleNote is that i have never lost any type >of data and i have had one for over two years and never removed the card >when powering off or on. I am just wanting to let everyone know that these >devices are computers and have the potential of going wrong and it has >nothing to do with it being a BrailleNote or anything like that. I actually >Think that my pc has lost more data than my BrailleNote. >Well just my thoughts >Kevin >----- Original Message ----- >From: "linda paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:28 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] thanks >> Hi Kevin and all, >> I have a question in response to your information. I am one of the few >> who panicked when I heard about the m Power crashing today. I was and >> maybe still am, very serious about purchasing it. Do you mean that for >> example, when turning off the Braille Note you should remove your compact >> flash card. I have my books from bookshare on it. I now have the >> classic, and have never removed the card. Also, when you say you lose >> files, do you also lose your address book, e-mails, and key word files. I >> am not at all computer savoy, that is why I use the Braille Note and >> Braille and Speak. Thanks. >> Linda Paul >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:13:06 -0800 >>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] thanks >>>This is Kevin over here i would just like to add some of my thoughts on >>>this >>>issue of losing data on a mPower, classic, or a pc. The bottom line is >>>that >>>they're all computers and they wil behave like computers and crashing, >>>losing data, and just other things that occur with computers currently. >>>So >>>my opinion of keeping all of your data safe is to back it up consistently >>>onto cards such as pc, cards, sd cards, thumb drives, and , other external >>>medias. Then after you backed up your files onto those cards, remember to >>>remove them when powering off and on and dont put them into the slots or >>>ports available until the unit is on to make sure that you are doing every >>>thing precisely, and making it very very minimal to lose any type of data. >>>And one last thing when writing a long document or any type of document >>>make >>>sure that you save periodically, this will help because in case your unit >>>crashes you will lose very few data. >>>Well i hope that this will help a few people out there >>>We just have to keep in mind that these things are computer and will >>>behave >>>like them, until some major improvement comes along with the way data is >>>managed and stored. >>>Kevin >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:55 PM >>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] thanks >>>> Hi Sammie and All, >>>> I want to weigh in on the issue of losing files, since I was one of the >>>> ones who posted the original messages on the subject, even though I knew >>>> better. Yes, I have lost files recently from my mPower. I have also >>>> lost >>>> files from my BN when it was a classic, as well as from my desktop PC. >>>> I >>>> can't stress enough that this is not an mPower issue, as far as I am >>>> personally aware. To answer your question directly, Sammie, taking out >>>> your CF card will almost certainly keep your data safe. I say almost >>>> because, with computers, you just never know, sometimes you lose data no >>>> matter what you do. I have no reason to believe, just because a few of >>>> us >>>> posted about very strange BN behavior, that the mPower is predisposed to >>>> lose data. So no, I wouldn't worry about your new mPower eating your >>>> data, it probably won't happen. Backup constantly just in case, but >>>> know >>>> that, in the opinion of this end-user, HW has done and continues to do, >>>> the best they can to see that these unfortunate things don't happen. I >>>> hope I helped to put things in at least some perspective. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: Sammie Clay <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>To: Write Humanware <[email protected] >>>>>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:50:19 -0500 >>>>>Subject: [Braillenote] thanks >>>>>Hello list, >>>>> To everyone who responded to my questions about losing files, >>>>>I wish to thank you for doing so. However, nobody answered my >>>>>questions. I am aware that currently we are forced to live with >>>>>this problem after our upgrade or purchase to a new MPower, but >>>>>I'd like to know why. This technology is not cheap, and many of >>>>>us are required to mortgage something to obtain it, so I believe >>>>>that any marketed improvement should perform at least as well as >>>>>the device it replaced. >>>>> I'm still interested in getting answers to my original >>>>>questions about reset issues if your device freezes and you must >>>>>perform a reset without returning to Main Menu. >>>>> Since I haven't received my MPower yet, I don't know whether >>>>>this problem will affect me or not. If I'm not affected, then my >>>>>questions are moot, But in case I am affected, and for those who >>>>>are affected now, I think the questions deserve more than just a >>>>>"We'll just have to live with it" answer. >>>>> Forgive me, but I don't know Joseph Lee, is he a Humanware >>>>>engineer, vendor, or stockholder, or does he obtain the knowledge >>>>>he gives about these products from the User's manual? I am not >>>>>saying that he does not have actual, first hand knowledge and >>>>>professional experience about what he says, but if my new >>>>>transplant loses data, Joseph Lee nor the people telling me I >>>>>have to live with it are out of anything. I however don't have >>>>>my data, which is the reason I have this wonderful product in the >>>>>first place. >>>>> With all that said, I like my BrailleNote, and don't want any >>>>>other company's product to replace it. I just want it to work at >>>>>least as well as my 6.11 did. And please don't recommend that I >>>>>get a desktop, laptop, or notebook computer. I can't use the >>>>>QWERTY keyboard, and therefore, don't know how to use a computer. >>>>>This very expensive device is what I have, what I want, and I >>>>>need it working properly. >>>>> If this is off-topic, I apologize, but I believe that my >>>>>original message was on-topic and still deserves an answer, not >>>>>platitudes. >>>>>Sammie Clay >>>>>___ >>>>>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
