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
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>>>>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

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