Well, haha that's awful. Hims all the way... maybe to far, but yeah. On 2/16/12, Ians subs <[email protected]> wrote: > ... And the so called upgrade from version 7.? to version 8 gave us > virtually nothing at all to users in the UK. > A total waste of money!!! > > Come on HumanWare, please play fair! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: 16 February 2012 20:55 > To: bn > Subject: [Braillenote] ks8.1 details > > > Hi all, > I read the press release and talked with hw customer service. Here are > the details of 8.1: > * it is a paid upgrade; either one SMA count or $129 ($20 plus > shipping if you order it already on an SD card) > * the classic is not supported, as expected. The mPower and PK are > both able to take advantage of the upgrade. > * New features include the ability to read PDF documents in keyword or > keybook, and the renaming of the "directory" item in the file manager > to "browse". > > Yep, you read it right, and I double checked with hw: a paid upgrade > that includes only *one* new feature. Of course, the press release > pushed the trade-in program for mPower owners to switch to an apex, > but all you mPower owners out there will be happy to know that you can > now read PDFs. You will pay $129 for the feature, and get nothing else > for your money, but go for it if you want to. > > Sorry if I sound negative, but this irks me. I keep hoping the > upgrades with one or two features will turn around, but they never do. > I think this is the smallest upgrade I have ever seen. Hw promised two > upgrades for the mPower; I don't think any of us expected them to pull > this trick, using one of these promised upgrades on just one feature. > If they do this again, they will fulfill their obligation of two > upgrades while actually giving mPower and PK users just two features, > less then we got in each of the 7.x upgrades. Okay, rant over. > > -- > 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 > >
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