But, I wonder if HW would come out with such a product to compete with the BSO, what with the Pronto now being sold in the US by Bay Area Digital. And, too, those of us on the gps-talkusers list saw Mike May's message about Sendero planning to soon offer a special price for folks with the Sendero GPS on the PK wanting to move from the PK to the BSO.
----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall <[email protected]> To: Sharon S <[email protected]> Date: Monday, Sep 6, 2010 21:27:10 Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote PK > > > That is my understanding as well, and it comes as no surprise. The pk > has sadly outdated hardware (no wifi, no sd card slot, low > ram/rom/processor, no usb, and so on). I would be surprised if hw did > not come out with an updated unit to complement the Apex and compete > with the BSO from GW Micro, but hw has surprised us in the past by not > doing things that we thought they would, so who can say? > > On 9/6/10, Sharon S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, this is good to hear. Even though I now have an Apex and it > > has become my main unit I still love my PK it is handy in some > > situations where I can't take my Apex. > > > > >From Shaz > > BN QT Apex and PK user. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Vicky Collins <[email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date sent: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:37:38 com0400 > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote PK > > > > Oh, from what I understand, the PK is still going to be > > supported, but it just isn't going to be made anymore, meaning no > > more new units being made but support will continue for the > > already existing units. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected] > > To: "'Alex Hall'" <[email protected] > > Date: Monday, Sep 6, 2010 15:32:13 > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote PK > > > > > > > > Hi, > > The specs of these two can be compared as though comparing an > > mPower versus > > Apex using miniaturization. As a connection to my site, if it is > > true that > > PK is not supported, then I intend to support it on my site > > until end of > > next year. > > Cheers, > > Jsoeph > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 12:27 PM > > To: Joseph Lee > > Cc: Vicky Collins; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote PK > > > > I wonder if hw will use the new Baum product, whatever it is > > called, > > to make an updated pk? After all, the original PK is based on an > > older > > Baum device. Of course there is the Braille Sense On Hand, from > > gwm, > > which is basically the same as the pk but with much-needed > > hardware > > improvements. > > > > On 9/6/10, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Hmmm, good observations. I wonder if there will be any SMA > > upgrades to PK. > > Cheers, > > Joseph > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > Vicky Collins > > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 11:24 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Braillenote] BrailleNote PK > > > > Well, I wasn't going to discuss this here, seeing as no one else > > has > > brought > > it up; but, in the end, I just couldn't let the fact that > > HumanWare have > > stopped making the BrailleNote PK go by without saying a thing. > > Now, > > before > > I go further, as Mike May mentioned over on the gps-talkusers > > list, the PK > > is still very much being supported, thus folks already having > > the unit > > don't > > have to worry about it being maintained. > > > > At any rate, although the PK and I have pretty much come to the > > end of the > > line, so to speak, it was practically my constant companion for > > the better > > part of four years. For, its compact size, along with its > > eighteen cell > > Braille display, not to mention the Sendero GPS option, made the > > perfect > > traveling device for me in almost every situation. The unit > > could easily > > be > > tucked out of the way when not needed, I could have the > > convenience of > > speech when I chose to use it, or I could opt for the more quiet > > and > > discrete use of the Braille when the situation warranted. > > > > Although I could never seem to trust its flash disk to stay > > available as > > it > > should, the PK was a very wonderful device when it worked > > correctly. It > > was > > the first device of its kind that I can recall, and I never did > > regret > > making the purchase. > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Have a great day, > > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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