[bookport] Re: Bookport II?
- From: Rik James <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:58:38 -0600
This was so well said, Gary, that I just have to echo my shared adoration of
the Book Port. For all the reasons that Mr. Wunder said. I have gotten some
of the other devices, but nothing, but nothing, has the ability to quickly
navigate in a way that I like as well, and I have always liked the
simplicity of its keypad design. It is hands down easier to learn, and to
teach others how to use, too!
I will also be very apt to check out and try whatever new device the APH
releases, just based on how well I love my Book Port.
But part of me is so worried about what will I do when this machine finally
gets tired that I am shopping for a second unit with low mileage to have
when this one goes.
Outside of a few transfer software bugs which have always been resolved by
Pam or another at APH, my unit has needed to have the soft and easy push
buttons repaired or replaced, and this was after like 3 or 4 years of daily
use, lots of 4 and 6 key punches, I guess. So I know that at some poit this
will happen again. So if someone has one they want to sell contact me off
list at d28rik@xxxxxxxx
Thanks, Pamela, and APH, and thanks Gary Wunder for your eloquent and most
agreeable comments.
Rik James
of Montana
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From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:43 AM
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookport] Re: Bookport II?
I think that there is some part of the market which has already been taken
over by other players in the field, but I have to say that nobody seems to
understand text manipulation and the ability to quickly move through it in
the same way that the people who develop the bookport do. I will sing the
praises of a competing product when it comes to how well it handles audio
formats, but for text reading there is nothing any better than the bookport.
I love the ability to move by character, word, sentence, paragraph and page.
For me there is nothing better than the binary search when I get lost in a
book. Being able to ascertain the percentage of the book or document I've
read is fantastic. I hope APH does bring another offering to the market, and
while that market will probably be smaller than it would've been for the
original bookport two, I think there are still dedicated text users out
there who believe in the creativity and the tech support that APH is known
for.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Torpey" <ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:09 AM
Subject: [bookport] Bookport II?
>I haven't heard anything about the possibility of a Bookport II for some
> time now. Has APH abandoned plans for such a product?
>
> Since APH began prototyping of a Bookport II, there have been several
> interesting introductions to this market. Perhaps APH sees the market as
> being flooded, making it difficult to introduce yet another such product.
>
> Anyway, I still enjoy my original Bookport and have read well over 150
> books
> and many, many podcast on it. I think APH's software development team did
> a
> superior job of introducing new features, fixing bugs, and generally being
> extremely responsive to user's needs and request. I'm sure if APH decided
> to continue their efforts in this area that they would do a great job
> again.
> I would certainly understand, however, if there is to be no Bookport II
> since it's a big development effort and there is already a lot of very
> good
> competition out there.
>
> Anyway, good luck in whatever transpires!
>
> --Pete
>
>
>
>
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