But let's not adopt that "I don't need it, so it's not necessary" attitude
that's been scuttling DVS attempts in the States.
Bruce
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Richard Ring wrote:
You'll probably be jacking up the price to about $600, but hey, it's only money! I like usb 2.0 support, And I like 4 gig card support. Frankly, the rest of the features you want don't make much difference to me one way or the other. I understand why they might be on a wish list, but for me, I am not all that concerned about many of your requests chiefly because I don't read audio books with the machine nor do I play mp3 files very often.
-----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:24 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Realistic Wish List
Here is my more realistic wish list for the BP. I have a dishwasher now. I realize that some of these suggestions would require a hardware change, but for what it's worth, here's the list.
HIGH PRIORITIES: 1. USB 2-enabled; the speed difference is substantial. 2. A true lock mode that doesn't activate the unit every time a key is pressed; 3. Seek to time feature; seeking by time is fine for short files, but seek to time would still, in my mind, be desirable. 4. Direct, no-vonversion-necessary, OGG Vorbis support. 5. Option for an externally audible beep to indicate recording. The record feature is really nice, but it gets less convenient if you have to put on a pair of headphones each time to get the audible varification that you're recording. 6. Independent volume controls for voice and audio. 7. More memory in the unit and a more modern processor, so that things like necessary conversions, grade two translation, etc. could be done in
the unit and on the fly. 8. 4-GIG CF card support. 9. Correct mapping of the stereo channels to the correct speakers. 10. Still-finer control of volume. 11. Eliminate transfer limit of 250 MB 12. Ability to sort directory listings automatically so files play in correct order.
Lower-Priority: 1. Third battery to run the clock. 2. Ability to write error messages to files so that line numbers need not be memorized. 3. Memorize latest point read in a file in case that point was inadvertently navigated away from; should work for audio and text files.
I would gladly pay for a new unit incorperating these features, and I would gladly beta test those new features.
Just my wish list. I'M NOT WHINING.
Bruce