Hi list and Rhonda! Yeah, I still have that same unit. I'm having a hard time really getting action on mine.
Richard > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rhonda Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:35:18 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Trepidation >Rick, don't you still have the unit from rehab with the new motherboard? >Just curious. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "richard Van Driel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:29 AM >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Trepidation >> Hi all! >> How does one go about becomming a regular beta tester for the bn? >> I have asked before and have not gotten an answer from Jonathan or anyone. >> I would love to do it. >> Still waiting for my funding to get the new motherboard and updated >software for my old unit. >> Richard >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >>>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:59:12 -0600 >>>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Trepidation >>>It doesn't sound as if the upgrade is all that bad. In fact, although >>>some have experienced major problems with email, it seems that >>>performance issues have been addressed. I would also add that wireless >>>connectivity is an astounding and wonderful edition to the BN/VN overall >>>functionality. Though I do not have the upgrade as yet, I have used >>>wireless networking for almost two years with computers and other PDAs, >>>and if you never have had this opportunity, let me tell you that you >>>will be a believer once you experience it. >>>I am surprised that some of these issues weren't picked up by the beta >>>team, perhaps PDI needs a larger group of beta testers so as to >>>diversify the kinds of situations that will be encountered. >>>But to be fair, beta testing is tough work, and finding problems is not >>>as simple as it seems. >>>I was a beta tester for the Braillenote for a brief time in the fall of >>>2000. I discovered several small bugs, others discovered different >>>bugs. Unfortunately, if in the course of beta testing, if you don't run >>>into email problems, you will not report them. >>>You as an individual beta tester can only report those issues that you >>>encounter. This is why I feel that a good beta team should consist of >>>many individuals from all parts of the globe. >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brenda >>>Mueller >>>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:15 PM >>>To: Braillenote List >>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Trepidation >>>Email and downloadin are important. I don't buy equipment that doesn't >>>go online. If I want just a note taker, I still know how to use a slate >>>and stylus or braille writer, not to mention my brain. >>>Now before an upggrade process I'm willing to store what messages are >>>important to me on dis to save them later. After all installing a new >>>program means you're starting out again. >>>It's like having a new unit, right? Will a new manual as nice as the >>>one that came with 5.00 be included? What's also important is >>>downloading my books and being able to read for hours. Brenda Mueller >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >>>>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:10:50 +1300 >>>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Trepidation >>>>Sarah, if e-mail is an important part of your BrailleNote useage, then >>>I >>>>would wait for 6.11 which is being worked on feverishly now and >>>shouldn't >>>>be at all far away. >>>>Jonathan Mosen >>>>BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager >>>>HumanWare >>>>DDI: +64-3-373-6192 >>>>Fax: +64-3-384 4933 >>>>Mobile: +64-21 466 736 >>>>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>http://www.humanware.com >>>> "Sarah Cranston" >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> lind.state.ia.us >>>To >>>> Sent by: "Braillenote List" >>>> braillenote-bounc <[email protected] >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>cc >>>> .com >>>Subject >>>> [Braillenote] Trepidation >>>> 09/03/2005 03:42 >>>> a.m. >>>> Please respond to >>>> Braillenote List >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> .pulsedata.com >>>>Hi Dean, Jonathan, and List, >>>>I have a fairly major concern about upgrading to 6.1. I have around >>>two >>>>hundred Emails stored in my BrailleNote in Keymail. Apparently when >>>some >>>>individuals have had trouble with Keymail after upgrading, the only way >>>to >>>>remedy the problem is to completely trash and recreate the Email >>>database. >>>>I *really* don't want to have to do this! My question is: should I >>>start >>>>the unbelievably tedious process of saving all my important mail as >>>text so >>>>I can get at the information later, or do I just take the plunge when >>>6.1 >>>>arrives and run the upgrade with the hope that all will go well? I >>>have a >>>>backup of my flash disk on my CompactFlash card, including my Email >>>>database, but I gather that the databases created under 5.1 will be >>>>entirely useless and unusable after upgrading. >>>>Any thoughts, contemplations, and considerations are welcome. >>>>Thank you, >>>>Sarah >>>>___ >>>>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 >>>___ >>>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 >> ___ >> 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
