Great message Karyn! I think of my M-power as a tool not a toy. I never have used the games feature and once or twice tried the radio feature, with out any luck. The tty idea should be a high priority. How can the blind communicate with our deafblind friends? Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: Karyn Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 10:32 AM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: Features was RE: [Braillenote] Volume on mPower considerably lowerthan on classic? Tom and list, That makes sense to me as these units are not meant for playing music. If you want to do that, get a boom box or something that is meant for music. I have long felt that the FM radio and media center are luxuries rather than necessities. I feel the same way about the memo part as well. The streaming capability is also extremely limited and takes bandwidth anyway. Commercial radio stations do not stream at all; and I have tried this once. ACB radio works but that is all I know about. Maybe one needs a PC or a laptop in order to listen to streaming on the Internet. Keep in mind that I am not a technology expert; so I am commenting based on limited knowledge of how this equipment works. With regard to Estan's suggestion for Itunes, that too is a luxury that I hope does not happen. There are more important things which need to be done with these units, such as full MS Word capability and a TTY package. Right now, if you save something in MS Word and sync it to your PC, you must finish the conversion on your PC as the "Word" document is only converted to Rich Text Format (RTF). A full Word conversion would be much more practical and useful for those who use this equipment professionally. A TTY package is something which has been requested for years by members of the deaf-blind community. This feature could also benefit blind users who must use a TTY as part of their job and would give members of the db community further access to their world. BTW I also consider the games a luxury as well. There was a suggestion sometime back to make different suites or packages of software available for these units beyond the basics like Keyword, keyplan, keymail and keyweb. I would include Keybook in the basics as well. Anything else could be added by the user according to how he or she will use the equipment. Just a few of my thoughts. Take care. **All outgoing messages scanned for viruses using Norton Antivirus 2006. Karyn Campbell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
