[bookport] Re: Interesting rumor
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:30:19 -0600
Believe me we in the U. S. face the same issues with products from Europe and
New Zeland. So, don't think you are in a boat by yourself.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:27 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Interesting rumor
: Thanks dave,
:
: I'll certainly look into that because you can see for us outside of the US,
: it's really difficult when these things go wrong.
:
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
: On Behalf Of David Allen
: Sent: 18 January 2007 06:15
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Interesting rumor
:
:
: Hi James and list:
:
: I have had similar problems to what you describe with my headphone
: connector. It required two trips to APH (and then to Springer I presume) to
: fix it. But it did fix it.
:
: My sense of your issues is that distributors probably can't do repairs. APH
: couldn't even tell me what had been done during my repairs, but it has
: worked well since the second trip. I wonder if you couldn't have saved some
: time (and money?) by dealing directly with APH rather than including yet
: another link in a long chain? If I did that from New Zealand, I suspect it
: is an option open to a consumer anywhere. Distribution chains only add
: another step of bureaucracy and money into the mix which APH itself doesn't
: actually encourage, to their credit. Now I'm sure your distributor may have
: the best of intentions, but you know, the road to Hell is paved with them,
: as a good old country song suggests.
:
: Cheers,
: Dave
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:42 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Interesting rumor
:
:
: > Hi,
: >
: > It will be interesting to see what APH come up with, because
: > personally, I find that the Bookport is rather badly designed. It's
: > tacky rubber keys for a start have lead me to have to question that
: > decision when they designed the unit. One wonders wether or not they
: > suspected that longevity wouldn't be an issue, and as usual as blind
: > individuals, we have to make yet another
: > purchase to keep up with the joanses as it were.
: >
: > Secondly, my unit has developed a rather interesting problem in that
: > the left channel drops out periodicly. This is plain rediculous as
: > it's never been dropped or anything. The entire design of the board is
: > suspect in my view.
: >
: > I don't deny that the software that allows one to transfer files is
: > ok,
: > but
: > it's not quite as sophisticated as we are lead to believe. For instance,
: > when transfering HTML files, the system is unable to read tags for
: > headings
: > and so on, rather pointless. What always interested me is why APH didn't
: > parce the HTML directly, instead of having to rely on word for it's
: > output?
: > Also, why should one be required to use a secondry daisy reader, when
: > surely
: > good programming practice would have the book port transfer include an
: > appropriate DLL with the appropriate library functions to accomplish those
: > tasks?
: >
: > To be absolutely honest, I have had no end of trouble with my unit.
: > I've sent it back to our destributer in the UK, had it repaired, and
: > after 9 months of use, it is faulty again. One wonders wether
: > springer's design team took into acount how mutch these units would be
: > used.
: >
: > Interestingly, I own a Book courier also, and although not as feature
: > ritch,
: > it's overall design is significantly better, plus I have had no problems
: > with my unit.
: >
: > What do people think? I am naturally expecting the usual that goes on
: > on most blindness lists, the inevitable winers, but here's hoping eh?
: >
: > -James-
: >
: >
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
: > On Behalf Of Richard Ring
: > Sent: 17 January 2007 22:49
: > 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.
: >
: >
: >
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