But, Joseph, what about the BN units that were sold say between July of 2004 and June of 2005? Wouldn't those have been classic units with the newer Braille cells? And, to make those into mPower units, wouldn't there have been a transplant of that newer braille display from the classic mother board to an mPower board? Vicky Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Alice Dampman'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braille cells Hi Alice and list, While speaking about PK cells, I'd like to give you a chronological order of braille cells on BrailleNtoe products: * BrailleNote Original and Classic before June 2004: these units use Tieman braille cells. These are used on Alva Sattellite and other braille displays manufactured by Tieman. * BrailleNote Classic and mPower after June 2004: these units use KGS cells manufactured in Japan. * PK cells: PK uses braille cells from Baum of Germany, a company whose products include Brailliant (known as Pocket Vario and Supervario). My thoughts on "increased availibility" of Tieman cells: A transplant keeps, not increases the braille cells. Since HumanWare changed cells in 2004, there was no way to produce another BrailleNote with the older cells, since the production line continued with KGS cells. Some poeple might ask, "while transplant is in progress, would it be nice to produce another BHN with older cells?" Here's an economic answer (at least my guess): since the supply of Tieman cells ended in 2004 and HumanWare changed to KGS, there was no need to produce Classics (and possibility mPower) with older cells due to budget and market demand. What transplant did, as stated numerous times, was just to "transfer the older cells from a Classic to an mPower," not to reproduce those old cells. That's just my guess based on my studies of AP Economics so far. Cheers, Joseph ___ 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
