Hi Jonathan I got my Bt BN in December from the CAP program. Can I weight until the NFB convention to get my 5.1 update? How can I check to see if I have a SMA agreement? I think you said 5.1 is free, right? Thanks. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: James Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:26 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The BrailleNote e-mail list Hello List, I paid for my hardware upgrade, got Keysoft 5.0, then 5.1, what more would one want for their money? I for one am enjoying working with what I have now rather than waiting for more pie to drop out of the sky! I'll be taking a trip shortly and I'll be using my BN on the road for Email! As I change email providers, the BN has been a valuable tool! I have been able to gracefully keep track of the old address to determine the status of a good many things! Most technology has problems perhaps and there is still much I don't know about my bn, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the capabilities I have with it! Jim Aldrich At 02:43 PM 04/13/2004 , you wrote: >Hi, Jonathan and everyone on the list. I tend to agree with Sandy. I have >heard all of the things from Jonathan and while I feel he is sincere in >what he says, still, I come away with nothing to cling to. I don't know if >we will see anything by the summer shows or will I be waiting until the >first quarter of next year. I have no idea. I have no idea what I will >see, either. Will it be hardware or software or both? My SMA only will >cover software. >Sandy's comment concerning the SMA made me think. I paid 145 dollars or so >for my two downloadable upgrades. If nothing is forthcoming before >december of next year, does that mean I just threw away 145 dollars? Do >the upgrades have to be within a one year period of time or is it whenever >they come out? >I never asked that question of my sales person and I don't believe that I >was told that only if the two upgrades come out within a one year period >of time that I would be elligible for them. If I paid 145 dollars for two >upgrades, I would think I would get those no matter how far apart they >were. I have only past PDI behavior to base anything on, but basing my >conclusion on the past performance of PDI, I don't see how they will come >out with two major software upgrades before december of next year. Does >that mean I over paid when I didn't have to? >Does that mean I pretty much lost money when I could have just paid for >one update? >If I don't year anything on the list, guess I will have to call humanware >customer service and get them to explain it to me. But I am not going to >be a happy person if I paid 145 dollars for only one upgrade. It wouldn't >make me want to pay for a SMA in the future. >At 4/12/2004, you wrote: > >>Hi Jonathan, >> >> Information is information. No matter how scurrilously obtained these >> posts have had two major effects, 1; They sparked off a very fruitful >> discussion, which, I believe, has lead to a distillation of ideas, IE, >> that most of the fixes and improvements requested by list members, can >> only be met by a major upgrade of the OS and browser. Rather than wait >> for small fixes from pulsedata, with a suitable upgrade, we could obtain >> genuine connectivity with the main-stream if pulsedata will only >> recognise this fact. 2; While this info may have come through a round >> about means, you have not actually disputed any of the assertions. For >> me, a bn user of some 2 and a half years, this info has made me think >> very seriously of going for the trade-in option (the bar code reader >> clinched it) So I have decided to give my bn 6 months to get its act >> together and provide me with the kind of functionality which is >> available to everyone else. >> >> Lastly, I am, as are many others I note from comments on the list, >> tired of hearing that "Good point, it will be added to the list for >> future upgrades" If PDI seriously think that tipping your hand to the >> competition by committing yourselves to merely bringing the bn a >> fraction closer to what they already provide will actually diminish your >> competitive edge, I can only say that you have lost the plot, you have >> also lost the competitive edge. We want clear cut commitment, both >> within a fixed time reference and a defined target of functionality from >> PDI and we want it now so that we can make informed choices with regard >> to where we continue to put our cash. >> >> I seem to remember paying for a SMA which, supposedly entitled me to 2 >> major upgrades in one year. Where is the second part? I am not rich and >> have no intention of "forward financing" PDI, so where and in what form, >> is my upgrade? >> >> Hoping for a real, factual and informative response (the feel good >> factor I can get from Harry Potter) I look forward to hearing your reply, >>Sandy. >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Jonathan Mosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >To: Braillenote List <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:23:15 +1200 >> >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The BrailleNote e-mail list >> >> >Hi Sabahattin. The name "Kirstyn" is an alias. The person concerned has >> >apologised, senior people at the company concerned have assured me that >> >the person concerned acted on their own, and I accept unreservedly both >> >the apology and the assurance. We can now move on in the likelihood that >> >this unfortunate behaviour won't occur again. >> >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 > >Paul Henrichsen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ><home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > >___ >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
