FYI, the processor in the mPower is 416mhz, and the Apex has twice the physical ram and twice the program storage ram.
Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from PC) Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: "'Nicola Sanders (Telenet)'" <[email protected]>; "'peter greco'" <[email protected]>; "'Nicole B. Torcolini'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 8:23 Subject: RE: Apex processor,was: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille display Hi, The Apex's CPU speed is 520 MHz. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Nicola Sanders (Telenet) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:14 AM To: Joseph Lee; 'peter greco'; Nicole B. Torcolini; [email protected]; [email protected]; Braillenote List Subject: Apex processor, was: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille display Hi Joseph, Thanks for looking into this, I appreciate it and I'll be interested to know what you come up with. Do you happen to know how much faster the Apex processor is supposed to be, as compared to the one in the mPower? Thanks, Nicky ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: "'peter greco'" <[email protected]>; "'Nicola Sanders'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:55 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille display > Hi, > I'm doing some Google searches to see if MS already knows what's going on > with us. > According to my search, MS did acknowledge that the reading and writing > processes from or to a mass storage device is very slow. Apparently there is > a fix for it from MS which does fix this problem. > That's all I found so far. I'll let you know if I found something useful > here. > Cheers, > Joseph P.S. Experimenting with class inheretence. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of peter greco > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:37 AM > To: Nicola Sanders; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille display > > Hi Nicky > I would like to know where the faster processor is hidden? > Resets can be very frustrating! > The Apex is nice to write with and the display is fantastic! > The way it does operate is somewhat disappointing! > How have you found eloquence? > Best to you! > Peter > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Nicola Sanders" <[email protected] >>To: "peter greco" <[email protected]>,"Nicole B. Torcolini" > <[email protected]>,<[email protected]>,<spei...@inebrask > a.com>,<[email protected] >>Date sent: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:08:13 +0100 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille > display > >>Hi Peter and list, > >>Sorry to hear about this problem. Overall I'm very pleased with > my new Apex, but I have to agree with you about the processor. I > did a few tests opening fairly large files on the mPower and the > Apex, and there was virtually no difference. I was thinking that > perhaps it was just my units, but you seem to be having the same > experience. As I said, I'm generally very pleased with the Apex > and it's certainly much more stable when I'm browsing on the > Internet. > >>I had a similar problem to yours the other day, when my Apex > locked up and the resets wouldn't work. I turned the unit off, > removed the battery and then replaced it. It immediately came > back to life and all was well. Glad the reset with the record > button worked for you. On the whole I have to reset my Apex far > less often than my mPower. > >>Best, > >>Nicky > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "peter greco" <[email protected] >>To: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]>; <[email protected] >>Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 9:36 AM >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille > display > > >>>I was downloading an m p 3 on the Apex, coincidentally! I found >>> that the m-Power could successfully download it, but the Apex >>> "failed". >>> I ended up having to use the record and reset buttons. >>> I'm disappointed in how eloquence performs and there doesn't > seem >>> to be much evidence of a faster processor. >>> Peter > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Nicole B. Torcolini" <[email protected] >>>>To: "peter greco" <[email protected]>,"jd" >>> > <[email protected]>,<[email protected]>,<[email protected] >>> manware.com >>>>Date sent: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 21:32:56 -0800 >>>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille >>> display > >>>>Have you tried all configurations of resets? Is the reset button >>> stuck >>>>down? Service reset? What were you doing when it first froze? > >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "peter greco" <[email protected] >>>>To: "jd" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; >>>><[email protected] >>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:13 PM >>>>Subject: [Braillenote] Apex frozen with main menu on braille >>> display > > >>>>>I pressed the reset button on my Apex. >>>>> After a few seconds main menu was on the display. That's all >>> that's now >>>>> happening! >>>>> Hitting the space bar, scroll wheel, thumb keys, nothing >>> happens. Turning >>>>> the unit off, main menu is still on the display. >>>>> Pushing the reset button, still main menu on display but nothing >>> else. >>>>> Any ideas!!?? >>>>> Peter. > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>From: jd <[email protected] >>>>>>To: Steve Speicher <[email protected]>, >>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>Date sent: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:08:50 -0500 >>>>>>Subject: re: [Braillenote] possible bug in planner: appointments >>>>> on same day > > >>>>>>Hi: > >>>>>>I use the KeyPlan calendar for 5 to 8 appointments >>>>>>every day and have not had the problem you identify. >>>>>>I'm still using KeySoft 7.5 on a BT 18 mPower. >>>>>>I hope that this problem gets resolved for you soon. > > >>>>>> JD Townsend >>>>>> Helping the light dependent to see. > > >>>>>>Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth > >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>From: Steve Speicher <[email protected] >>>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>>Date sent: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:34:30 -0600 >>>>>>>Subject: [Braillenote] possible bug in planner: >>>>>>appointments on same day > >>>>>>>Mpower bt 32, ks 8 build 20. > >>>>>>>When I put two appointments on the same day, for >>>>>>example one at 3:00 >>>>>>>and one at 4:00, the first appointment reads fine, >>>>>>but the second and >>>>>>>later appointments appear to place an unwanted line >>>>>>break in the >>>>>>>title. Thus, if the 3:00 appointment is with George >>>>>>Jones, then >>>>>>>George Jones is pronounced as I would expect. But >>>>>>if the 4:00 >>>>>>>appointment is with Katie Jones, the bn, whether I >>>>>>use kng or >>>>>>>eloquence, says the appointment title is "Kati every >>>>>>Jones". When I >>>>>>>use space with dot 3 to go back over the word >>>>>>"Katie", which appears >>>>>>>as one word on the display, KS tells me that there >>>>>>is a "line break" >>>>>>>between the i and the e in Katie. If the 4:30 >>>>>>appointment, for >>>>>>>example, is with Touchy Jones, then KS says "Too >>>>>>chee", and again >>>>>>>moving character by character indicates a line break >>>>>>between the >>>>>>>ou sign and the ch sign in "touchy". > >>>>>>>My working theory is that the planner forgets to >>>>>>start the second and >>>>>>>later appointments on a new line, so that even short >>>>>>words in the >>>>>>>title are or can be broken by a line break, at >>>>>>least as far as the >>>>>>>translator and speech are concerned; and this occurs >>>>>>even though the >>>>>>>word looks unbroken on the braille display. > >>>>>>>Has anyone had similar experiences or found a >>>>>>work-around? > >>>>>>>Steve > > > >>>>>>>___ >>>>>>>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/brailleno >>>>>>te > > >>>>>>___ >>>>>>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 > > > >>> ___ >>> 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2666 - Release Date: 02/03/10 > 19:35:00 > > > No virus found in this incoming message. 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