[gps-talkusers] Re: GPS AND THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED BRAILLENOTE PK

Since I am the developer of the BrailleNote GPS I should be able to answer 
this question.

Big pause

But PDI hasn't given me ANY information on the new version of the 
BrailleNote GPS, so the short answer is no there will be no blue tooth GPS 
receiver in this version.

I am crossing my fingers that when they do release the new version 
BrailleNote, the GPS option will still work with it!  This is exactly what 
happened to Visuaide working on the Trekker for the PacMate and when FSI 
upgraded to their new Notetaker they didn't keep Visuaide in the loop and 
now there is no GPS option on the latest PacMate.

You all in this list if you feel strongly that GPS MUST be a part of the 
new BrailleNote then you need to contact PDI and make your voices heard.

Now I am not saying GPS will not be part of the new BrailleNote I just 
don't know.  Actually this is the first time I have heard the name "pk 
version".  GPS may just work right out of the box, but experience has 
taught me this is not the case and some development will have to be made to 
make it play nice with the new hardware.

A somewhat frustrated engineer.
Charles LaPierre
CTO SenderoGroup

At 04:30 AM 6/30/2004, you wrote:
>hello,
>
>this is really a question for mike may.
>is the gps package compatable with the newly announced braillenote pk, or=
>  will people have to wait until some adaption has been done before they can=
>  buy the gps package to use combined with the pk model.
>secondly as the pk model of the braillenote has blue tooth built in, is=
>  there going to be an option of a wireless blue tooth gps adapter for use=
>  with this model.
>thanks.
>
>pete gurney.
>

Charles M. La Pierre CTO
Sendero Group, LLC

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