[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport

  • From: Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:17:13 -0600

And the only thing the Bookport has done to you is... love you unconditionally... as much as a tech toy can, anyway. For shame! (Smile!)


It goes to show just how durable the BP is! Glad it's still alive! I don't know what I would do without mine!

At 03:48 PM 3/1/2007, you wrote:
Hello:
The subject line is misleading, but when you read the message you will
appreciate how fortunate I believe I have been.
Last Thursday, I brought my Bookport to work.  I wanted to show it to
one of my students.  I was attempting to hold three or four things at
once, when suddenly gravity exerted its mastery.  The Bookport and I
rediscovered that gravity is not just a good idea, it's the law.  The
bookport cracked into the hard tile floor, the batteries went one way,
the battery cover went the other way.  I scrambled around and recovered
everything.  I noticed that there was a small sliver of plastic broken
off of the bottom of the unit.  I replaced the batteries, restored my
settings, and my Bookport functioned just as it should.  That was
fortunate.  However, now for the truly amazing part.
I was carrying a carafe of coffee in one hand, and a full cup of the
same wonderful brew in the other.  I somehow managed to slosh some
coffee into my shirt pocket, where resided my Bookport.  I immediately
put everything down, opened the unit, and removed the batteries.  They
were wet, and I was fairly sure that this was the end of my Bookport.
Because I have the patience of a five year old at a birthday party,
about ten minutes later, I tried the machine.  It stuttered, and made a
high whining noise.  Could this be the death rattle?  I then placed the
open Bookport in a warm dry place.  After about an hour I reinserted the
batteries.  Nothing happened.  I tried again, and got that most
welcoming of messages. "Defaults restored"!
To make this long story short, a few of the keys didn't seem to be
functioning correctly.  After inserting my 4 gig card, I performed a
couple of resets.  And, all has been fine ever since.  To say I'm
fortunate is an understatement.  To me, the Bookport is the best thing
since Talking Books, and I would sorely miss the device if it were to be
taken from me, especially because of my own folly.
Perhaps in writing this, I'll be charged with Bookport abuse, but I am
so glad my unit is working correctly that I'll gladly confess to
anything!
(smile)



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Sandy Licht

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