Paul,Everyone is entitled to their opinions about products, however you have not personally had, operated, or used an icon, and therefore can not judge the quality. Everything you pointed out with the exception of the LCD display is included on an icon. Also, I am not sure who put you under the delusion that the Icon has a flash disk. The Icon doesn't even use flash except to store its software and firmware, although they do give you a little space for storage on flash, I wouldn't use it though. They provide you with a 40 GB hard drive, which is five times more than the Braille Sense. Do I like the Braille Sense? Yes, I do. However, the Icon is more powerful and is not even half the price. Some of this is due to the lack of a screen and a braille display, however icons have braille display support for external displays, and most individuals would have no need for an LCD. If I wanted someone else to see it, I would just email it.
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Come on dude.I've heard some crhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrhrappy things about the Icon and Braille plus. I've heard that their flash disk is small. Is that true.I like Gw micro a lot more. They actually care about their customers and update their windows opperating system. I'de rather have a Braille sense plus than a Braillenote. When you type in the word processor in your Bn, it saves it as a kwb file. Who uses that?I mean, the Braille sense plus didn't even recognise that file type. Here are some reasons why I like the Braille sense plus. 1. They have three built-in alarms.2. Their wireless is grhrhrhrhrhrhrhrate. It works even when you have a rhrhrhrhreeeeeeeely low signal.3. You can record and m p 3 and wave.4. There radio is out of a scale of 1-to10 is to 11 out of 10. That doesn't make sense I know, but it is. You can record the radio in m p 3 and wave. 5. You can have up to seven tasks open at once by using all special keystrokes that are easy and short. 6. You can order a battery for the Braille sense plus. You may be thinking, this is just a waste of money. Most companies make you ship your unit to the other ends of the world to their company. But with Gw micro you can order a battery and put it in your unit when your previous battery is shot. 7. The keys are really quiet. They're so quiet that once I was at a meeting, and no one even could tell I was typing. 8. The Braille sense plus has two speakers, one on each side which has great quality. 9. There is an lcd display on the top of the unit. This is useful for people who are visually impaired and can't read braille very well. They can simply look at the lcd display and can see what they are writing on the screen.Maybe all companies want money, but some really care.Gw micro and Hims really care. Whatever we want and need, 99 percent of the time, it's on the new upgrade. They have a list where people ask and answer questions and the technical support team is really great. They answer all of our questions. If your on the Braillenote list, you know that Humanware hardly ever responds to our questions.Paul----- Original Message ----- From: "Nimer Jaber" <nimerjaber1@xxxxxxxxx To: <blind_html@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:58:55 -0600 Subject: blind_html Re: my concerns with bookshare and HumanwareI fully agree with your statements here. Humanware is out therefor profit,and bfore anyone tells me that all companies are out there forthat, Iunderstand. There is a difference, though, between profit andcheating. TheBn is one of the most out of date piece of shit. It used to be agooddevice, the operative phrase here is used to. The disk space issmall, thebrowser is out of date, the hardware sucks, and every time theycome outwith a new update, people are forced into a hardware upgrade.How about theydo it right? I mean, look at the icon here. It is much cheaperand does azillion more things than a BN will ever do.Nimer J-----Original Message----- From: blind_html-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blind_html-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Tandy Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 22:33 To: blind_html@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: blind_html my concerns with bookshare and HumanwareHi all, I wrote this before I knew when keysoft 8 was coming out. So in other words, it's kind of old. I sent it it Humanware. It was directed at them. It's kind of mean I know, but I'm not rhrhrhrhrhreeeeeely happy with their service and things like that.If ya all want, I can send ya all the What's wrong with Humanware thingy I wrote again to refresh your memory.Injoy.Hi, my friend and I and many people all think the same about your company.You guys don't care about your customers. For, your going to put bookshare on keysoft 8? How are we suppose to un-zip the zipped books right now with bns? I suppose your probably thinking, why don't you just un-zip them with your pc?Just to let you be informed, a lot of people that use bns do not have a computer to un-zip the files. Yes, I know that we have the old bookshare site, but, it's not being up-dated with the latest books and newspapers. For how are deaf-blind users suppose to know about the modern day issues? Are they just going to have to pay for keysoft 8 and pay a ton of money just to have accessibility to bookshare? And what about all those people that are losing their jobs? How are they suppose to pay for keysoft 8? They don't have that kind of money. And for the classic bn users, i assume that some of them don't have that kind of money already. Maybe that's why they haven't upgraded their bns to keysoft 7.5. Have you ever once thought of that?I, however am a person that just has my Bn. I don't have a personal computer to un-zip the files with. And also, I am one of those people who can't afford new upgrades for my bn. AM I just going to have to wait until I have enough money for keysoft 8? But what am I suppose to do til then? Am I just suppose to wait and take the braille notes advice? The bn always sayseaplease wait. please wait. You know, we've been waiting for keysoft 8 since last fall.I understand you guys would like to make money with your products. But do you feel for those who suffer? I don't believe your company does. That's one of the things I like about gwmicro. They really care for their customers and warn them of up-coming events. Oh, I wish Humanware could do that. You guys used to care. Why don't you care any more? Is it because your company has to much pride in your unit of the braille note? If that's the reason, let me tell you that your unit has it's little share of bugs. I'm not saying that every computer is perfect, but I'm saying there's a pretty long list of bugs on your product.Did you know that gwmicro makes a product called the braille sense? It's cheaper than a braille note and you know? It actually works with bookshare.You need to fix this for all the bn family including the classics. Other companies are fixing this problem. For right now, no one knows when keysoft 8 is coming out. It could be a week, month or even a year. If you don't care for your customers than why do you make products like the braille note? Oh, that's right, just to make some money. I understand you have your products, but honestly, why can't you just put bookshare on the m-powers and the classics? Is it because you can't? No it's not, I believe that you can. Can't yMake it another build or something? You made build 29 for keysoft 7.5 free. So why can't you make a build 30, so we can access bookshare? Or make a build for the classics too. I believe you should make this build for free.Paul blind_html To unsubscribe, please send a blank email to blind_html-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line. 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