[bookport] Re: New features that would be AwesomenessCoolness
- From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:52:21 +1300
Hi!
I don't use the radios I have enough to justify having another.
My wife has two small devices that include FM radios--a Braillenote mPower
and a cell phone. Naturally, we played with them a little initially to
verify that they worked more or less as the manufacturor promised. Since
then, she don't use either because she doesn't like needing to use the
headphones cable as an antenna.By the way, the presence of an antenna is
absolutely essential in these limited devices. I thought I could connect the
Imaspeaker to the Braille note's headphone jack in order to play the radio
in it without the need of using headphones. Reception was even poorer.
When at home, there are numerous radios already handy. When in a car, there
is a radio built in. Most hotels here offer one or even two radios per unit
as standard equipment for no additional charge. We can't benefit from the
clocks in them, but the radio is easy enough to use, if only there was
something on it worth listening to.
It is true that if my book port had a radio, I could tune in my own FM
transmitter to receive information from my sound card anywhere in the house.
But then how would I get my reading done?
If adding this function to the device will not add cost, I would not object,
even though what I've observed convinces me that it would not be useful.
Cheers,
Dave
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