I would also like to know when the BN will be able to play media files - particularly from internet radio stations. With the high amount of data taken up by mp3 tracks, I have not really found a practical use for the mp3 player. In this respect, perhaps the inclusion of a few demo files with the Keysoft software might have made me take the trouble to put some MP3 files onto the unit. Also, what about Audible format? The competition now has this, but again it's the memory capacity of the BN (unless you have a very large flash card) that concerns me a little for using it to read books from Audible.
--- TheJazzDen - the best UK, US and around-the-world jazz - www.thejazzden.org.uk now with broadband and modem streams! --- Broadband: put http://listen.thejazzden.org.uk:10025 into your player. --- Dial-up: put http://listen.thejazzden.org.uk:10023 into your player. --- Essentially Natural - Our own hand-made soaps and cosmetics using natural ingredients now accepting credit cards online: http://www.e-nat.co.uk. ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephen thacker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The bn and interfacing. > Hi Jonathan, it's encokraging to hear and read what zou say, but one update a year is ridiculous compared to sighted people who have at least four or five upgrades to their PDA's per year - as usual PDI is miles behind everyone else. When will you learn to stop making five hundred per cant profit, reduce prices and push out more upgrades? > > Cheers, Steve > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:52:16 +1300 > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The bn and interfacing. > > > > > > >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 > >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 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.541 / Virus Database: 335 - Release Date: 15/11/2003
