Hi all,
Um, it's because PDI happens to think that Braille Support, ability to
handle large documents, one word processor instead of two, are more
important than the ability to record one's voice. If you want a tape
recorder, go to Walmart and buy one for $20.00. You might also want
to read the competition's user list, it's rather enlightening, to tell
the truth. The BN does use Windows CE. It is just the interface, the
way you interact with the OS that is different.
<smiling> The BN may not have all the bells and whistles of the
competition, but when it comes to the ability to write a coherent
document in one place, using one program, and when it works seamlessly
with something as innovative as the program from Sendero, and when one
knows that the basics are being looked at first instead of being
add-ons, then I think one begins to understand the true power of the
BN. I've read this list and heard everyone complaining that they want
bells and whistles: recorders, games, support for off-the-shelf
programs. I'm finally at the point where I've got to say this folks.
If you buy a car and it has all the features you could ever want,
electric windows and doors, a DVD player, air conditioning, cruise
control, leather seats, and so on, but if that car has a faulty
distributor or if that car has a cracked engine block, or an oil leak,
you ain't goin' nowhere fast, folks, nowhere nohow no place! On the
other hand, if you buy a car that has wind-up windows and manual doors
and a simple AM/FM radio and a cassette player, and no air
conditioning, but if the engine runs true and the milage is good, you
can drive from New York City to Sacramento if you want to do so! It
may be a plain old blue car, but it will pass the caddy on the side of
the road and keep on goin'.
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
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