[bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
- From: "Otto Zamora" <8zamora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:30:06 -0400
Hi,
Thanks Sandy.
Otto
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 2:03 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
Look at a store that majors in selling digital cameras.
At 08:18 PM 6/24/2005, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>You can get 1 gig cards, but what I have not been able to find are 2 gb
>cards.
>Want to get them at a store not the net.
>
>Otto
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of albert griffith
>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:09 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
>
>My experience has been that Best Buy's prices are high and they don't
>stock more than 512 megs.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:00 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
>
>
>: They certainly do, but their prices are high!
>:
>: At 09:18 AM 6/23/2005, you wrote:
>: >I was at Best Buy Yesterday and they had plenty of flash memory
>: >for the BP.
>: >
>: >Gary
>: >
>: >
>: >----- Original Message -----
>: >From: "Sharon McBride" <sharon.mcbride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>: >Cc: "'G Kapperman'" <gkapperman@xxxxxxx>
>: >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:35 PM
>: >Subject: [bookport] Compact Flash and BookPort
>: >
>: >
>: >Hello,
>: >
>: >First I may need to eat a bit of crow about the CF Cards. When I
>: >went to
>: >Best Buy, Circuit City etc...and asked for CF Type I cards, they
>: >all said
>: >they didn't carry them. I think, in fact, they don't carry CF
>: >Type II
>: >cards...at least from what I am reading on the BookPort List.
>: >They are
>: >saying that it is the Type II that is becoming harder to find. I
>: >am not
>: >convinced either way yet and just need to bite the bullet and buy
>: >a "regular
>: >CF card" and see if it works. Still, when spending the money...I
>: >want the
>: >package to say TYPE I. So much for getting technical support from
>: >teenagers!
>: >
>: >Next, I have happened upon a link that you may be quite familiar
>: >with:
>: >www.aph.org/tech/bct.htm Rather than using the podcasting
>: >software, I just
>: >opened the podcast I was interested in. It began playing in
>: >Windows Media
>: >Player and I used a save as command from the file menu to save
>: >the file to
>: >my computer. As these are not zipped files, the download on BP
>: >files took
>: >about 2 minutes each (using broadband).
>: >
>: >These are in MP3 files and there are some excellent instructions
>: >regarding
>: >the BookPort and other topical issues. These are PodCasts and
>: >there is a
>: >way with free and/or cheap software to have the computer capture
>: >the podcast
>: >and send them to the BookPort. Podcasting seems to be the new
>: >wave of
>: >interest and while I am interested (in terms of the instructional
>: >value), I
>: >don't have the time until September to really learn as much as I
>: >would like.
>: >
>: >To my dismay, the BP list was very chatty while I was away for a
>: >few days
>: >but there was some valuable info buried in all the discussions of
>: >"out of
>: >stock" comments (such as an extensive 20+ messages about CF
>: >cards).
>: >
>: >Next, the attachment is an instructional manual/beginning
>: >curriculum guide
>: >from SET-BC specific to the BookPort. It does not cover all of
>: >the advanced
>: >features but is nicely done with JAWS instructions for the
>: >software. The
>: >JAWS instructions have both desktop and laptop instructions.
>: >They used
>: >screen capture images for the transfer software lessons which
>: >adds to the
>: >usability for the sighted TVI's. It was a download thus, this is
>: >NOT a
>: >copyright violation.
>: >
>: >As a final an unrelated comment--laptops have been getting larger
>: >lately as
>: >sighted folks seem to want the wide screen for DVDs. Best Buy
>: >had an ad in
>: >Sunday's paper for an HP with Windows Media Edition for $1100.
>: >The striking
>: >thing about the laptop was that it not only had a keyboard with
>: >regular
>: >sized keys, it had a num pad. The keys for the six pack were
>: >there but they
>: >were above numpad. Interesting way to have the functionality of
>: >the desktop
>: >keystrokes and the portability of the laptop.
>: >
>: >I called FS and they confirmed that they support XP media edition
>: >as that
>: >media edition is XP Pro with some extra bells and whistles for
>: >folks who
>: >want to record live TV using their computer etc...I don't care at
>: >all about
>: >the TV functions but I am interested in the keyboard extension.
>: >
>: >Sharon
>:
>: Sandy Licht
>: Phone: 409-898-8218
>: Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
>: 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
>: are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
>: 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
>earnest,
>: you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says
>the
>: LORD...
>:
>:
>:
Sandy Licht
Phone: 409-898-8218
Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for
good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
earnest, you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says
the
LORD...
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