Robert; I agree with you all the way. You forgot to say, you can print and emboss from the MPower but not from the PK. I have large hands and I like the ability to be able to move around the MPower's keyboard and hardly make mistakes. There are to many keys on the PK for me. I can not understand why they made a double space bar on the PK. I grew up using a Perkins and will never give up my bt key board. It took me a little time to get used to the slant, but I love my BT and now my transplanted MPower. I use mine for many things but its main use is the address book. No more strain on my eyes. I now have an address book at my fingertips. Thanks HW.
Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Robert Carter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:15 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: re: [Braillenote] PK Or MPower? Hi, I have both an mPower and a pk. While it is true that the pk does not have as many ports, no radio, less memory and cannot stream audio, I do not find it any slower than the mPower. It is also awesome with gps. They are both excellent products. I find that I prefer the pk when I am going to be on the go. It is just a lot less to carry around all day. Robert Carter At 03:47 PM 5/16/2006, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have had my mPower since February. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! It is >fast, streams audio, has a better speaker than the PK, has a more >comfortable keyboard, has USB host ports, has both an SD and PCMCIA >slots, has an external microphone jack, supports playlists, and can >have a full 32 cell Braille display. I have heard of more software >problems with the PK than with the classic or mPower, and I would >imagine it is pretty slow. > >The advantages (I am speaking from assumption and from using a PK >for about five minutes): basically fits in a pocket, has a joystick >(I would prefer two joysticks over the four thumbkeys), still has >bluetooth, and can play music in the background, though only one >track at a time. > >I apologize to anyone who has a PK; I know the keyboard is >preference, not comfort for all, and that some of what I have said >may not be accurate. I did my best. The best way I could put it is >an mPower is like getting a Dell PDA, while the PK is like picking >one up at a local store for not much money. They both work on the >same principles, yet one can do a lot more than the other. As >mentioned, the main physical difference in the two (aside from ports >and jacks) is the size, so consider where you will be using your >unit and how much you will travel with it. > >Alex > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Daveed Mandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:05:24 -0700 >>Subject: [Braillenote] PK Or MPower? > >> While the PK is very appealing, due to its small size, I >hear from several >>MPowere owners that the latter has significantly longer battery >life, much >>more flash memory, is more powerful in general, and isn't that >huge to >>carry around. What would folks recommend for a blind radio >reporter to >>carry around, given the constsraints of the PK? I would also use >the unit >>with GPS, of course. Another advantage is that I could read and >write >>Spanish documents with the MPower, I'm told, and that this >wouldn't be >>possible with the PK. > >>Thanks for any comments/recommendations. > >>----Daveed--- > > >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release Date: >5/15/2006 > > > >>___ >>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
