Well Sony's VAIO UX390N Micro PC (running Vista) has a 32 GB Flash hard drive and I'm not sure how much that drive costs (sadly flash memory right now is expensive) but that's what I'm thinking about. This could really put the BrailleNote on top by having 32 GB of flash memory. The Icon has 30 GB of memory, but it's on a mechanical hard drive, so this could really put the BrailleNote ahead. Also I'm thinking about a possibility of removing the PC card slot and putting in a WiFi N card in it's place because the 802.11 N is the brand new WiFi standard and G has been around for several years so I doubt N is going anywhere any time soon. For those of you who are wondering, don't worry, the N radio is backwards compatible with G routers. I also suggest the internal WiFi card because it looks to me like WiFi cards and Bluetooth cards are disappearing from store shelves (I haven't seen them when I browse for memory; understand that I don't shop for memory much, but when I do most of the memory i've seen is on thumb drives). If not an internal card then the ability to recognize, and place into the Connectivity Menu under the options, a USB WiFi adapter. Also, I think the BrailleNote's KeySync should be made available for Mac. If any of you on the list listened to the presentation on Main Menu about Leopard, I think the Braille Display support is worth the upgrade in itself. I'm a Mac user (partially sighted, use the built in magnifier), and I have NEVER had a problem with either of my two Mac systems, and it looks to me like blind Mac users are slowly growing, so I can see a lot of bennefits of having a cross platform version of KeySync. Anyone else think this would work?
Alana Jovanovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In what way do you think the hardware should be upgraded? Yes it would be good if we could have spreadsheet capability and removable batteries as well. It might be appropriate for the hardware to be upgraded, but buying a new BrailleNote can be expensive. I am not saying that your suggestion isn't a good one, but I do understand if people say that it would be too expensive to upgrade the hardware. Actually these are good suggestions. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Rob Lambert >To: [email protected] >Date sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:16:18 -0800 (PST) >Subject: [Braillenote] Curious about innovations >I was just wondering. Things like the FM radio and Eloquence, were those requested or not? Sometimes i've seen (in general) companies create things no one has asked for. I'd much rather like to see a spreadsheet in place of the FM radio, and like someone on here suggested (my apologies for not being able to remember your name), Eloquence should be removed or the hardware should be upgraded (in my opinion overhauled). The reason I bring this up is because I really am starting to wonder about HumanWare's devotion to the BrailleNote. Understand that I am NOT trying to knock anyone. I understand whole heartedly that these things take time (programming stuff), but I'm not sure if a removable battery has been suggested on the list or not (if it has, it obviously hasn't happened yet). Many notetakers (the Voice Sense & Braille Sense by GW Micro, and the Icon & Braille Plus by LevelStar, for example) have removable batteries and I haven't heard any complaints. Also an IM client I > remember has been suggested and has generated considerable interest, this was before KeySoft 7.5, I was wondering if that's going to come to pass or not. If someone could reassure me here (about any of these items) I'd very highly appreciate it. Thanks in advance. >--------------------------------- >Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
