Dear Andy, I liked the removable battery pack the Keynote Companion had. It was very easy to use and it couldn't possibly be inserted the wrong way. You could even use it with an extended cable so you didn't have to use the PCMCIA slot. People could also plug in auxiliary battery packs.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: [Braillenote] power : 1) the mPower will only do a discharge if necessary; if the battery gauge : is accurate, it just does a charge. : 2) I still think our adaptor is safer than the alternatives - i.e. it's : almost impossible to electrocute yourself because any live metal is : heavily recessed. Travel adaptors that aren't properly plugged in could : have live metal exposed, which is not good. : 3) Humanware would have to invest a reasonable amount of development : effort to make a car charger, which would mean we'd have to not do : something else. I think possibly we could agree that some other : manufacturer's car charger is safe to use, which would require some : testing but not all the headaches of manufacturing something from scratch. : I know a lot of people would like a car charger ... maybe if enough : people ask Jonathan nicely ... : 4) removable / external batteries have problems such as mechanical design, : people inserting the wrong kind of batteries, or the right kind the wrong : way round. It might make our lives at Humanware easier but I don't think : that it would necessarily make a user's life easier. I think we'd : probably be better off going to a higher capacity internal battery : personally, but I'm open to arguments to the contrary. : : apart from the first item, those are just my opinions ... : : regards, : : Andy. : ---- : Andrew Riden : Software Development Engineer : HumanWare Ltd. : 11 Mary Muller Drive, : Christchurch, : New Zealand. : : DDI +64 3 940 2264 : Fax +64 3 384 4933 : Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Internet: 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.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote : : : __________ NOD32 1.1463 (20060330) Information __________ : : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : http://www.eset.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.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
