[access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 22:14:38 -0000
There is no VAT or Duty on adaptive equipment such as the
Icon.
George.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine
Weetman
Sent: 06 January 2008 19:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
No Ray, "The usual UK price hike" is VAT and Customs so
isn't their fault, its ours! Christine.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray's Home
<mailto:rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 7:14 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Still Steve, its a shame the Americans are keeping
the Icon to themselves in such an apparently insular way,
but that's so often the way with them! progressive tech in
one country! (Oh, was forgetting the USB 1.1 sockets!
Not quite so progressive!
What appeals to me about the Icon range is that
they're based on Linux I believe and so should be more
stable and very likely much more secure. I think it would
be such a nice machine to base an international note taker
and audio player on and avoiding all the nasties we're so
accustomed to with MS Windows.
The price looks quite reasonable too, no doubt in
part due to not paying licence fees to Microsoft.Still, come
the day - if it ever should arrive - that the Americans
decide we can have the Icon family here, what's the betting
that there'll be the usual Uk price hike!
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Steve Nutt
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Hi Christine,
Bear in mind that no attempt at
internationalisation has been done to the Icon, so you have
to enter dates in American format. Also, the address book
does not accept UK post codes, only Zip codes, which are in
a different format. I wouldn't go there.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine
Weetman
Sent: 06 January 2008 15:48
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable games.
Hi thanks for this, I need a new note taker
Desperately, (second hand would be best but I can't find one
so searching for the cheapest) I have a BN classic so I want
similar so I'm really interested in this icon, do you have a
website on hand by any chance? I never know my luck, I've
got a friend coming over from the states in the summer so
maybe able to get her to fatch it over for me. Fingers
crossed. Many thanks again for the help, Christine.
----- Original Message -----
From: ari
<mailto:aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 2:57
PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessable
games.
Hi Christine,
This Icon thing is a notetaker, made
by a company in America, but for some reason last time I saw
they didn't want to send it to anywhere outside the US. It
has speech and I think a braille keyboard, but not a
display, and I have no idea if it has a Word Processor or
how good it is for people who love grade 2 braille, I've
seen a manual, but the whole thing seems unclear, but I
didn't read the manual properly either.
Ari
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