Hi Sandy, I am not familiar with other GPS products so can't comment on the
first issue you raise other than to say that GPS product vendors usually
license map data, so I am not sure if it is true that others can chop and
change map providers.
Regarding wireless specifically, there were technical issues which
prevented us from delivering that functionality with KeySoft 5. Obviously a
company committed to satisfying its customers can't ignore the pressing
need for wireless, however I can't be more specific until we're ready to
announce our plans in this regard. It's my nature to be very forthcoming
and I have to learn the discipline that comes with working in a competitive
industry. All I can say is that the future of the BrailleNote is very
exciting.
As a general philosophy, the BrailleNote has always endeavoured to bring
technology to customers in a way that's intuitive. I consider myself a
Windows power user, but I use a BrailleNote because on a PDA, what's
critical to me is to interact with my information in the most efficient
intuitive way possible, not to have to grapple with graphical user
interfaces that are unnecessary on a personal device. The best example of
this is just how easy it is to send a document as a Word file to a sighted
user. The formating functions of KeyWord are very high end for a PDA, yet
they're constructed in a way that makes it a snap for a blind person to
use. Then to cap it off, a few simple key strokes sends that document out
in the world's leading word processor format or a range of other formats.
We've done the same with KeyWeb, an MP3 player, and functionality we
continue to add. When you see the next release of KeySoft, you'll see how
we did it for complex appointment management as well. So the philosophy
still very much holds.
All the best.
Jonathan Mosen
BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager
Pulse Data International Ltd
DDI: +64-3-373-6192
Fax: +64-3-384 4933
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