Hi Jonathan, Exactly what does the motherboard and software upgrade cost for a Classic BN32? It is possible that my source may have been inaccurate.
Given your comments aout Pocket PC and CE, are there plans in the works to shift over to Pocket PC? Another question would be whether such a shift would make more applications available by default. Thanks for the info. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I understand . . . BUT > Hi Gary. > > Firstly, let me say that one of the things that made me pleased to come > and work for Pulse Data International was the way it handled the hardware > upgrade. Contrast this with other PDA manufacturers who offer completely > new units regularly, and I think PDI has behaved extremely ethically in > making sure that existing users had a chance to upgrade their existing > machines without having to buy a new unit. Of course, there is more to the > new hardware than just Internet access. Also, having seen the numbers, I > can tell you that if this were purely a business decision, we'd have to > charge a lot more than we do for the board upgrades. Perhaps it would have > been better if we had, because then there would be more resources for > continuing development. However, as you rightly point out, not everyone > has access to bottomless Government funding and we wanted to price the > upgrades in a way that acknowledged the early adopters' contribution to > the product. > > Regarding the SDK, this pre-dates me of course, but what seems to have > happened is that the SDK was originally planned before there was a massive > customer clammer for a browser. Keep in mind that this BrailleNote list > has a tiny fraction of our user base participating in it, and we get > feedback from many other sources. The calls for a browser were > overwhelming, so while promises were initially made to do the SDK, those > resources were channelled into browser development. Since then, we've gone > on to produce products in other markets that we don't generally hear about > on this list. I appreciate though that if we made a public statement about > something being iminent, you have a right to think it will happen. And > that's why, while there is a tremendous amount of exciting stuff going on > right now, I'm being disciplined and will not get specific until I'm > absolutely sure when and what we will deliver. > > In the mean time, we have a package with very solid Foundations, with > capabilities in our core applications well beyond those found in similar > devices. And it's only going to get better. > > > Jonathan Mosen > BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager > Pulse Data International Ltd > > DDI: +64-3-373-6192 > Fax: +64-3-384 4933 > Mobile: +64-21 466 736 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: www.pulsedata.com > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
