I agree that the bn is more than a note taker. It approaches, but can't yet do all that my wife's pda, which is called by the manufacturer a "pocket pc" can do, and I love it! When I do complain, it's not because I don't like the bn, it's because I know technology is changing and I want to see this product keep up and keep getting better and better! As a matter of fact, I think the bn is in some ways better than a laptop. 1 it's smaller and lighter, yet still has a big enough keyboard that it's not difficult to use. (I have a bt). 2 it has it's own carrying case and strap which means in good weather, I can just sling it over my shoulder and go awalkin to where I need to go! The only thing I would ask for is a pocket to store cards, the card adapter, some diskettes etc and that there be a way to close the case completely so that when it rains etc, nothing inside will be bothered. I also champion any and all improvements and additions that will make this marvelous machine still more versatile and useful. Don't worry so much about what to call it, no doubt in the near future, what we now call laptops will be the average pc and anything the size of a desktop model will have the power of a modern mainframe, and as for the pdas, they will have the power of a laptop. Just keep improving this absolutely cool machine, find ways to keep costs down, and find ways to help people who might not otherwise be able to get these marvelous bns or have access to them to do so.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: stephen thacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 08:18:21 +0000 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Synchronization >Hi Jonathan, I have a pc as .ell as my Braillenote but don't use and never >will use Keysync. Firstly I don't use my pc for collecting email sent to me, >and on the very rare occasions when the BN has trouble sending my email eg it >bounces back but when I send it via the pc everything is fine but, I use >Outlook Express which isn't suppolted by Keysync. > I am awaiting hopefully, BN's upgrade whereby I can buy a card to put in my > BN which will transmit via radio waves so I can send and and receive email at > high speed and and have connectivity wi+h my pc on all its programmes without > the need for any wires or expensive ethernet cards which eventually one will > have to chuck away or try and sell. Essentially, whether the rest of the > list likes it or not, such is the expense of the BN BT and the exhaustive > expense I have, as unemployed person who works occasionally to get the soft > and hardware fjted on my BN, this machine is now a laptop and should perform > and have programmes that a laptop has - a note taker is a machine with > wordprocessing only and clearly this device is miles better than a note > taker, say maybe Braille 'n speak laptop is more akin to a correct name of > this device! >I look forward to what I anticipate is criticism and I don't apologise fkr >that! >Cheers, Steve >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 15:14:42 +1300 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Synchronisation >>Hi again all. >>I'd be very interested to hear from those of you who are using KeySync, our >>synchronisation utility, to synchronise your KeyList with Microsoft >>Outlook. Are you generally pleased with its performance? Are there things >>you would like done differently? >>Also, if you don't use KeySync but you have a PC, we'd like to know that >>too, and why this is the case. >>Is there any interest in KeySync working with the Address Book in Outlook >>Express? Would it also help if KeySync worked with older operating systems >>than 2000? >>Thanks, >>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 >___ >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
