Sir,
I'd try to politely ask you to quit whining and wait patiently for the
upgrade like the rest of us need to do. Hopefully, many of these issues
may be fixed in the next upgrade.
Yes, I agree! We do want our BN units for the display but I like mine on
occasion for speech as well. I think there has been some plausible
suggestions on how to handle the Email situation. If you were able to
download fifty Emails at a time, the unit wouldn't hang up as much unless
each piece of Email you received had a number of attachments. I would say
the BN works better than any other notetaker I have used when it comes to
Email. I agree, it isn't perfect but an upgrade is around the corner. Let
us see what happens with the upgrade.
Jim Aldrich
At 03:24 PM 08/04/2004 , you wrote:
And what do you do if the reason you have a braille note is for the
braille display? Do you carry a laptop so you can download your e-mail and
carry your bn along as well so you can use its braille display?
This debate between use of a braille note or use of a laptop to cover up
for the braille note's shortcoming is rediculous. The reason people buy a
braille note is because they want the braille display, something not
offered on a laptop. IF it was a choice between a voice note and a laptop,
something that would make infinitely more sense, then, perhaps the issue
as to whether to purchase a vn or a laptop would make sense.
If you have the 16 mb braille note and you know you are going to download
lots of e-mail, store lots of documents, etc, it would be better to either
use a flash card for storage of documents or get the 48 mb upgrade since,
right now, you have to store the e-mail database on the flash disk.
I have that 48 mb and presently have over 27 mb on my flash disk and still
have had hangs when downloading e-mail and the other problems I have
described previously on this list; so, its not a memory issue.
Shouldn't the point be that the bn should be able to do whatever it does
well and do enough that a user doesn't need to buy another unit to make up
for its shortcomings?
At 8/4/2004, you wrote:
Such a business traveler, if he/she is downloading large files and large
volumes of email may well be better served by getting a lap top computer
rather than any PDA. No PDA is as robust and stable as a PC.
I once downloaded 1200 messages on my laptop and no crashes, no freeing
of databases etc.
I am not slamming the Braillenote, believe me! I simply think that if
you will be downloading huge amounts of email and if you require a
device that can download large music files, no PDA will accomplish these
tasks as efficiently as a lap top. And, lap tops are cheaper anyway!
If, on the other hand, you understand that a PDA is a wonderful device
when used as it was intended, then you won't have some of the problems
that are being encountered by some on this list. I simply don't feel
that the Braillenote was ever intended to handle the kind of email
traffic that some are attempting to download. You wouldn't put a lawn
mower engine in your pick up truck and expect the same kind of
performance as one would get from a standard v6 engine.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of beth
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:56 AM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: [Braillenote] BN PK re missing files and E-mail problems
As a prospective BN PK purchaser, I am very concerned about the problems
of
disappearing files and inability--or at least great difficulty--in
downloading large amounts of E-mail and large files. Is the PK going to
resolve these issues? This should be top priority. For example, look
at
the business travelers to whom the PK will be a godsend. What if they
have
many E-mails to download while they are away? Thanks. Beth
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