Hi,
Perhaps it would be good to have a products comparison
website--may be there already is?
Regards,
Steve.
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From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:48:15 -0600
Subject: [Braillenote] More thoughts, am I saying goodbye?
This was meant for the list but I sent it to Vicky so am now
sending to the
list.
Hi Vicky and list,
I think you wrote a very respectable post here. I like product
comparisons
as much as the next person! I think we should exercise some
respect for
Humanware since they are providing this excellent list! I know
what I'd
like to say but I'm not certain I should! But then, if it brings
back what
Dean originally had in mind so be it!
I sold both of my Braille Note M-power units. Once I find a
missing
shipping carton with all the accessories, they are out of here!
I have my
unit packed up but I'm trying to find my wife's shipping carton.
We both
have the Voice Sense and we feel it is far superior for what we
normally do
on the net. The Wy Fi and Bluetooth are built in. We miss the
braille
display though! The battery is user replaceable! It is a very
powerful
machine for its size! Music files sound wonderful through
headphones! When
a stream can play, it plays nicely! I was at a convention this
past
weekend. I had my VS up and running on the hotel wireless
network in less
than a minute, perhaps two minutes at the most. Whether I was on
the fourth
floor in my room or in the middle of the meeting room, I could
download
Email with ease or go to various web sites and audio streams.
This
experience was truly amazing to me. I only charged the battery
twice and it
wasn't fully discharged. I was away from home from Thursday
afternoon till
midnight Sunday. I left all Email on the server and had over
five hundred
messages in my unit. Each of these were numbered so I could keep
track of
them. I only got my new Email when downloading more of it. I
had no
problems with many of the messages I received but there are some
HTML and
Mime format that the unit won't read. It has its issues too. It
won't read
daisy books at all presently even though this is being worked on.
I believe
there is more right with this unit than wrong! I simply didn't
have to
worry about those Wy Fi cards. The memory available for
downloading audio
files is awesome! I have a gigabyte to play with, (1,014
megabytes. The
unit can fit in the palm of my hand and go an inch or so beyond
the edge of
my palm.
If I had to choose between a Pacmate and a BN M-power, I'd still
choose the
M-power. But I think the Voice Sense could pass up both of them
for a
variety of reasons! I can't complain! My M-power has been a
fine machine
and will continue to be so for my friends who bought both mine
and my wife's
units. I still have two classic units. I will attempt to
figure out what
I should do with them. One has dots five and seven sticking in
cell eleven.
The other seems to be okay but the display doesn't come up as it
should.
May upgrade one or both units, I really don't know! Speaking
only for me, I
feel I have solved my technology problems. At least, as far as a
portable
unit is concerned. It is hard to say goodbye to a company who
has treated
me very well but I guess it is time to move on. Perhaps I may
buy a Victor
Stream. I'm like a kid with a new toy and I'm still discovering
all of its
hidden treasures!
You can hang me now and you have every right to do so! Just keep
the
firestorm down if you can! If you have questions, please feel
free to write
me privately. I will still be on list till I no longer have a
Braille note
in my possession. No piece of technology is perfect but I'm very
happy with
my new purchase! I have nothing against the M-power even though
it would be
nice if Wy Fi could be internal as is bluetooth.
Thanks for reading!
Jim Aldrich
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