I know that APH will be selling an Icon with a Braille keyboard, but I don't think they are doing away with the BookPort. Pam and Company will have to solve this one. "-----Original Message----- "From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Ring "Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 5:49 PM "To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "Subject: [bookport] Interesting rumor " "Greetings all: "I have heard the following interesting rumor. The current "Bookport (at "least the hardware) was a joint effort between APH and Springer Design "Inc. The rumor that is making the rounds is that the Bookport 2 is "being designed by a joint effort between APH and a company called "Levelstar, whose current product offering is a device called the Icon, "which is a rather interesting Linux-based PDA. " "