[bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker:
- From: Chris Hill <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:21:36 -0500
If the unit had a speaker, it'd be too small and you'd complain about
how it sounded. It'd also make the unit larger, and I'd complain
about that. The speaker idea is a bad one.
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:00:39 -0400, you wrote:
>When I examined a book port for several weeks beginning around
>memorial day, I was most put off by the fact that I had to augment
>the unit with something else before even beginning to use it. Yes,
>it's lovely, but no walk man that I know of costs 500 dollars. I
>know that the IPod and its kin require augmentation too, but we are
>talking about a classic need here and that is one of being able to
>hear the audio and for 500 dollars, you'd think we'd get something
>with a speaker in it.
>
>Further on the discussion of what should be in the book port, I was
>disapointed that I could not just load something into the book port
>without yet another augmentation which granted like headphones was
>supplied but unnerving nonetheless especially if you need better
>headphones or an external speaker or a bigger card. I was fully
>informed and it was no surprise but the reality was a bit different
>from the knowing in advance. Were a speaker emplanted into the bp we
>could have error tones and other tonal indications augmenting our
>experience.
>
>I'd love to hear the wisdom behind the current design other than
>perhaps better bat life and a more compact design?
>
>Thanks!
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