Hi Tataindi, To be honest, I think you really need to see all the devices you are planning to choose between. To ask list members what isn't good about their BrailleNotes is only likely to be moderately successful. You might enjoy better luck with your pulseData distributor, and indeed I encourage you to do so. I certainly did. "Tell me, if this BrailleNote is such a wonderful example of modern technology, what is it not capable of? Why Windows CE, an inherently graphical operating system, in such an inherently non-graphical environment?"
While you have not got units to examine, I suggest you download and inspect the manuals for them. For me, these are tried-and-tested documents in the blindness-family products - if the manual doesn't describe something you want, it is not possible. This is especially true with the BrailleNote in your comparison but not strictly restricted to it - the PackMate or (shock!) even the ELBA are not PCs, either, and are fundamentally limited by processing power and other aspects appropriate to personal organisers, personal digital assistants (or whatever you call them). Again, the specifications are listed in the manual. Where they are not, a black mark is scribbled next to the offending product, and the search resumes. Don't forget to take your own needs into account. You must try and remember the importance and commitment on the part of the company for improving your product - if it doesn't do this, has a history of not doing this or is nothing like what you expect, you are clearly looking at a loser. Just.... analyse! Carefully! I know now that the only real reason for choice of my BrailleNote that remains valid today is in quality and size of hardware, integrated braille display and GPS. Thereafter, regrettably, it falls short, as in the software. Perhaps you will find differently. Since these are very similar to the reasons I had when I first purchased it, and since alternatives didn't exist yet, you could argue, realistically, that the brailleNote served more than completely in its role. Both you and my friend are at an advantage. My friend opted for the BrailleNote PK and as he later said, "The wow factor didn't last long." But, as he asserts, it is the sexiest portable device there is, and it has yet to shortfall him in its use as employment-setting notetaker and planner. Yet, mind. I caution thee in careful progress in thou investigations. Cheers, Sabahattin -- If an email tells you to forward it to all your friends, please temporarily forget that I am your friend. Sabahattin Gucukoglu Phone: +44 20 88008915 Mobile: +44 7986 053399 http://www.sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/ Email/MSN: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Skype: SabahattinGucukoglu (requires authorisation, add me to your list first)
