Well, of course time will tell. But as I see it, the problem would be that the two gps solutions would be direct compeditors, and one of them would be an in house job, while the other, coming from a 3rd party, would of necessity cost PDI something; Mike and his group have to eat, after all. <smile> While PDI has certainly expanded its product line, it hasn't done so in ways where its products compete directly against each other. For example, they did not introduce a voice note equivalent of the pk, even though there would, I feel sure, be demand for such a product, because of its faster processor. Mary
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:37:23 -0600, Sarah Cranston wrote: >I don't understand wherein would lie the problem. PDI has always supported >variety and choice for it's customers, I don't see a good reason why there >couldn't be two GPS packages that would work with the BN family. None of us have all the details, it just seems to me that this particular merger has more to do with expansion than contraction of product lines. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mary Otten >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:25 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: [Braillenote] interesting tidbit re Trekker and the BN >This is the full text of a message posted earlier to the Trekker list by one >of the folks from Visuaide. Of particular note is the last sentence, where he >talks about plans to port Trekker to the BN. I find it difficult to believe >that PDI would support two separate gps products for the BN. >Mary >The merger has no impact on the development plan and schedule for the next >versions of Trekker. To do a small recap, we are working on version 2.6 of >Trekker presently where the main improvements will be with the maps (larger >maps and ability to load many of them at once). We will also introduce a >new Bluetooth GPS receiver in the spring or early summer. We have also >started our planning for the version 3.0 that will introduce many exciting >improvements to Trekker. >As a bonus, the merger shall accelerate our plans to port the Trekker to the >BrailleNotes line of Notetakers. >___ >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
