Alice, 

To be honest, it is very uncommon for drivers to have their vehicles for more 
than 5 years, it is rather rare for someone to own a
vehicle for even 2 years. 

Kevin



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alice Dampman
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:05 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Braillenote] planned techno failure

Maurice,
    You wrote:
"People do have an unrealistic expectation of how long you should be able
to service something.  I'm not a heavy mobile phone user, but I'm onto my
5th phone and in most instances I've got a new phone because the old phone
just couldn't be serviced, and if I wanted some new feature then I payed
for a new phone."
So humanware will also become part of our throw-away culture? And anyhow, a 
cell phone costs $100 or thereabouts, unless of course you choose to get a 
more expensive one with more bells and whistles. But one has no choice in 
the price of these note takers, and the idea of spending $6000 every 5 years 
or so to replace the Braille Note is unacceptable and indicates to me that 
the machines are not very well made. It's not only a matter of new 
technology, it's a matter of duragbility, stability and adaptability.
    In short, these things are simply too expensive to require such frequent 
replacement. Can you imagine the outrage if drivers were forced to replace 
their cars every 5 years?
Alice
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