[bookport] Re: Has an alarm feature suggestion been considered
- From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 13:19:33 -0500
I'm gathering that one of the issues here is what happens when the BP
is reading and an alarm sounds, and what the BP has to do to stop the
reading and sound the alarm. Seems simple, but remember, the BP
wasn't designed to take the place of Outlook.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Rand
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:03 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Has an alarm feature suggestion been considered
Hi Larry,
Could a UNIX approach to the timer help at all with the
multi-threading=20
issues?
I use a UNIX-style alarm on a daily basis that works very nicely: each
"alarm" is
basically a form to fill out with a section for months, days of the=20
weeks, dates, hours and
times.
To set an alarm that goes off, say, every weekday morning at 7:15 am
and=20
again at 12:15pm to remind me of lunch, I mark all the months, the
days=20
from Monday through Friday,
all the dates, the hours of seven and twelve and the minute of 15.
That=20
way, any day of any month which is a weekday will have an alarm go off
at 7:15 and 12:15.
Sounds fairly complicated, but it's really easy to use and minimizes
the=20
number independent alarms one needs to set.
Regards,
Peter
LARRY SKUTCHAN wrote:
>That is probably what we will start out with, but there are still
many=20
>of the same issues.
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>>>>ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:00:09 AM >>>
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>Larry, would it make it any easier if you scaled back the alarm to
only=20
>have it go off once a day as in waking you up? There are other=20
>multifaceted alarm/calendars out there that do all the fancy stuff.=20
>However, in that I take my book port with me when I travel, and in
that=20
>it will give me the time when I want it, if there was a wake up
alarm,=20
>I would have all the traveling alarm clock I would need in just
having=20
>the book port with me. Just a thought.
>Neal
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
>Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:19 AM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Has an alarm feature suggestion been
>considered
>
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>Sorry, I can't put a date on that one.
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>The issues are multi-threading. That is, when you have several
alarms=20
>plus several other activities in process at the same time, scheduling
>becomes problematic.
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>>>>MHingson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:40:20 PM >>>
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>Good point except that the volume might not be loud enough to awaken=20
>=3D3D someone. However, some of us wake up fairly easily so the
internal
>beep =3D3D would probably work.
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>Any idea of when such a feature might be available? Out of curiosity
>=3D3D what are the issues?
>
>
>Nosy Hingson
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 1:36 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20=20
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Has an alarm feature suggestion been
>considered
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>This is something we have had in the planning since day 1, but we
have=20
>run into some technical issues. In fact, you will not need a
speaker,=20
>because there is a beeper built into the device (like what you get
when=20
>you press a key while the keys are locked.)
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>>>>MHingson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:15:20 PM >>>
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>As new features are added to the Bookport how about adding an alarm=20
>=3D3D3D feature? If I travel with a small external speaker, as I do
for=20
>=3D3D3D listening to the BP in hotel rooms, I could set a wake up alarm
>or a =3D3D3D reminder alarm which would play through my external
device.
>Would this =3D3D3D be so hard since we already have a clock on board?
>
>Mike Hingson
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