[bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:51:40 -0500
Not being a programmer, I don't know how much code it would take.
You know, I've come to believe that what a lot of people want is for APH
to produce a $400 PDA, and nothing less will do.
I already have a PDA, and I paid a good deal more than $400 for it.
But the real question is, how much room is there in the current version
for any more code?
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Tanner
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 4:07 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
Following your argument that it is a book reader and music player then
Book Port shouldn't have an alarm feature or a notetaker.
why are some people so insistant that the Book Port should not be
flexable? You would think I were talking about some big expensive
addition. I doubt that it would take much more programming code than
the alarms feature, and probably would not be as difficult to write and
make it work right as the alarms feature.
Your excuse that it will drive the cost up seems to have become the
standard excuse for those who want no change.
Frankly, a lot of college students are using Book Port, and for them the
devices that will perform the most functions without having to carry
around tons of things are what are going to be successful. I also have
my doubts that one of the primary objectives of APH was to make an
accessible MP3 music player. I am sure the idea was to play books that
might be in MP3 format, but so long as there is sufficient memory why
not include another feature that I think most users would find useful.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 3:13 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
: I'm not fighting it, and it would be a nice feature to have, but let's
: remember what the bookport's primary function is, namely, to read
books and
: listen to music. Putting an address book templet in a Braille 'n
Speak
: makes since, since it was a PDA. If I need to take down a quick name,
: address, phone number, etc. with my bookport, I usually record a memo
and
: transfer it to something else when I get home. I guess what my point
is how
: much will this feature be actually used? Before long, the bookport
will
: become more a personal data assistant than a book reader. The more
features
: are added, the higher the price will be. I don't want the bookport to
one
: day cost as much as a Braille note. It would be very nice to have an
: all-in-one device that fit in a pocket that you can use to do
everything
: from reading books to taking notes to making phone calls, etc.
: Unfortunately however, more features mean higher prices. I understand
that
: this is the 21st century, and technology is getting smaller, faster
and more
: flexible. However, with adaptive technology as high in price as it
is, it
: doesn't become cheaper.
:
: Mark
: ASK, "WHAT GOALS WOULD YOU SET FOR YOURSELF IF YOU COULD NOT FAIL?"
Don't
: ask if it's possible or impossible. Don't worry about failing. Focus
on what
: you want, and let that be your guideline.
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:06 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
:
:
: > Nothing, but I guess I would ask you what is wrong with a small
: > address/phonebook application. I can't think that it would need to
take
: > much more code than the alarms app, and could make management of
names,
: > addresses and phone numbers easier.
: >
: > I heard the same question as yours when an address/phonebook was put
into
: > Braille 'N Speak.
: >
: > My other most immediate response was to ask what's wrong with coming
into
: > the 21st century? But, some people will fight making things easier
at all
: > costs.
: >
: >
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 12:51 PM
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
: >
: >
: > : What's wrong with putting names, phone numbers, etc. into a notes
file
: > and
: > : searching the file with the search feature?
: > :
: > : Mark
: > : ----- Original Message -----
: > : From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > : Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:21 AM
: > : Subject: [bookport] Suggestion for New Feature
: > :
: > :
: > : >I would like to see a simple address-phonebook on the Book Port.
Let
: > me be
: > : >a bit more spacific about what I would want it to do so that you
: > realize
: > : >that I am taking into consideration memory limitations on the
current
: > Book
: > : >Port.
: > : >
: > : > I would like this simple address/phonebook to be able to enter
first
: > and
: > : > last name, address, home - work - mobile phone numbers and a 200
word
: > memo
: > : > memo field. The database could be searched by first and/or last
name.
: > : >
: > : > The idea would be to keep it simple, keep it small, and if it
makes a
: > : > difference I could see a limit of no more than 200 entries.
: > : >
: > : > Skype user name: dtat100
: > : >
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