I am a happy camper now. My BP arrived yesterday in the mail. Needless to say I have been playing with it since. What an awesome device, and it just keeps getting better and better. The only thing I really really miss is not having a built-in speaker. I know this has been discussed at length on the list, but now that I actually have a unit, my desire for a built-in speaker is quite strong. I have plenty of portable external speakers I can use but I would love to simply pick up the BookPort and just use it without having to connect either a set of headphones or speakers to it. There used to be a little speaker you could get at Radio Shack that had a 3.5mm plug built right into the body of the speaker. No wires, you simply plugged this little thing directly into a mini jack and it worked. Does anyone know if this is still available? The speaker was no bigger than perhaps 3 inches wide and long, and maybe 1 inch thick. --Best regards, --Rick Alfaro --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Massey Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:09 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Disappointment Hi, Rick and Bruce. Bummer is right. When the Book Port arrives, there is a difference in the type of box it comes in compared to the REader's Digest, smile. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Alfaro" <rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 11:44 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: Disappointment > Bummer! I feel your pain. (lol) I'm waiting for mine as well. > > > > > --Best regards, > > --Rick Alfaro > --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:04 PM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Disappointment > > So this box arrives in the mail from APH. Excited, i open it ... Reader's > Digest. <GRIN> Oh well. > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Toews > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: water_drinker@xxxxxxxx Web Site > (including > info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV > Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com > >