Olusegun and all, The user replaceable battery doesn't have anything to do with blindness. I am glad to see that some devices are now being able to offer this option but it is a recent development. The PacMate made an attempt to make a user replaceable battery and it was horrible. The second gen of their units went back to an internal battery. I think the problem was that they did not use batteries like the typical laptop. Now that the Icon and Braillesense are having good luck with what they are using, we can probably look forward to one in the future.
FYI, there are still many devices on the market for the general public that still use non-user replaceable batteries. It has nothing to do with the blind. Cindy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 8:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Curious about innovations > > > Dear Rob: > > Like you, I am curious too. But we'd have to wait and see. > I took the > BrailleSense for a TEST DRIVE recently. One ting that I > liked about it was > the fact that it has an Ethernet port. This eliminates the > need for me to > START HAUNTING DOWN wireless ards of bluetooth adapters. It > is also a bit > lighter than the BrailleNote, although the Braille MPower is > much lighter > than the BrailleNote Classic. The BrailleSense has a > BUILT-IN MSN Messenger > IM client. It even allows one to plug Flash card modem! A > caveat: It DOES > NOT support QWERTY keboarding! Lastly, it has an LCD display screen. > > And about $700 cheaper than the BrailleNote. I love the idea > of being able > to REPLACE MY OWN BATTERIES; I don't recall how blindness has > stopped me > from being able to do this. I sure hope that Humanware will > look into some, > if not all, of your rquest and do something about it. Again, > we'd just have > to wait and see!! > > Sincerely, > Olusegun > Denver, Colorado > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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
