Well, I have an 18-cell that was my original Braille note from 2000 which has been upgraded and the 32 cell I got for work a couple of years later. There is a marked difference but these are bout m-powers, not the apex. I actually carry the 18-cell when I plan to do a lot of traveling, walking etc, or if I want to do a lot of reading of a novel or something, the 32 is great at work and that is where it generally lives except during the past year when my husband spent nearly four months total in the hospital when I carried it daily from my office to his room then home then back to work. It saw a lot of use reading books while he was in the hospital, sleeping, being ill, after surgery, waiting for surgery, waiting late nights when things were not going well etc. He is home now so that one is back on the office desk.
For me, the best thing the units do now is provide me with easily carried braille materials. I don't use either for E-mail unless I am desperate, web surfing is slow at best, and if I can access a computer I'd rather, I may use the calculator, but stopped using the planner when I could not get it to sync with Office 2007 or 2003. Never use the radio, tried a few of the games but they are not my type of game, more annoying than enjoyable. I would not consider downloading music to it. So far me they are book readers, places to store documents from work regarding policies etc but to do so I must jump through a lot of hoops to make those documents readable, or occasionally for me to actually key in information. The product in 2000 through about 2004 was providing me new and useful improvements, but in the past 4-6 years, I really have not seen any new addition that would help me be more productive. However, I am exacting in a couple of areas, I find not having a good Word converter almost impossible to work with, could use Excel to send a table of doctors I use daily to a place where I could actually feel under my fingers how to spell some of the very complicated names they have, minor things to most, major for me. My units are working fine right now as far as doing what they are capable of, would I like more function, useful function, you bet I would and if I saw it coming, I'd jump at the upgrade just like I did in the past. As it is right now I plan to work with what I have and keep eyes and ear open to find something that suits my needs better at this point in my like, something that will make me as glad to own it as I was when the first Braille Note arrived at my door 10 years ago. Rose Combs [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crystal French Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:17 AM To: Vicky Collins; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] difference in weight between 32 and 18 cell Apex Hi Vicky, I noticed a slight weight difference between the 18 and 32 cell models of the Apex when I was examining them, but it was not a vast difference. I do like the idea that you can upgrade the unit from an 18 cell to a 32 cell if you wish to do that. Crystal ___ 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
