Hi. The SMA doesn't cover hardware. That will be a separate cost. It's just that Jonathan stated at the CSUN braille note breakfast that we would get streaming audio soon. He had also told me when I purchased my bn that we would soon be able to sync e-mail with outlook. At least I seem to remember him telling me that<grin>. It's not really a problem since I can download main menu or whatever to my hard drive and then just go through the network and play it that way. What I thought to do with e-mail was to pick up my mail on the weekends where I don't usually read it. I thought it might be nice to sync it into the bn, read a few hudred messages then sync it back deleting what I had read on the bn from outlook. That way, I have less to read on Monday<gin>. I don't really ever use my bn to read e-mail, but sometimes, I wouldn't mind sitting outside on the patio reading through my mail.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Otten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:46:29 -0500 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] instant messaging >Paul, >I think Jonathan said that you won't get streaming audio on the current >hardware. So does a sma cover a hardware upgrade? If it doesn't, eventually, >you'll be out more than just the cost of another sma. Your >comments mirror the problems these vendors have, in that they've put a bunch >of new stuff into this upgrade, but had to cut it off somewhere, and people >whose most desired feature didn't get in are upset. Were I a >BN owner, for instance, I wouldn't care 2 cents about synchronization with >outlook, since I don't use and hope never to use that security nightmare of a >program. For people whose bn is their main tool, instant >messaging might well be more useful than any sort of cync with a pc. That >wouldn't be me, as I hardly ever use IM, and I do have a pc. I'm just raising >different scenarios as an illustration of the old addage that you will >never satisfy everybody. ><smile >Mary >___ >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
