[bookport] Re: Request for next version
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 08:07:35 -0600
Well, hey now, getting older and wiser by the second seems to be a part
of living, eh? Personally, I love the Bookport, and I am amazed at how
many improvements have come down the old pike since the device was first
introduced.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marlaina Lieberg
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 10:21 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Request for next version
Hey Rich, no wonder we share the same birthday! You are a wise old man,
LOL!
I agree with your sentiment and that of those who so wisely state that
this
is a reading device first and foremost. I second your thoughts
regarding
additional file types, etc., but please folks, this isn't a PDA, it's a
reading device! Let's do APH, ourselves and future users the favor of
remembering that as we help craft next generations by sharing sound,
reading-device related ideas for their consideration!
And with that, I shall now step down from my soapbox; blame it on Rich,
he's
my birthday twin!
Marlaina Lieberg
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Request for next version
> I would like to state the following. The Bookport is a device for
> reading and playing files. I believe that this is what it was
designed
> to do, and I believe that it does a wonderful job. If we decide that
it
> should be a note taker (not that we have anything to say about it) we
> are changing the core functionality of the device. If we wanted a
note
> taking device, we would have to build in some kind of text editor, and
> we would also have to add a port (or, perhaps Blue Tooth
functionality)
> for a keyboard. This will dramatically increase the cost for the
> device, and although that may not be an issue with some folks, it
would
> be an issue with me. =3D20
> I would rather see developments that improve the functionality we
> already have. =3D20
> For example, support for .ogg files, direct html support, perhaps even
> limited PDF support.
> These are areas that would increase the functionality we already have,
> they would not attempt to remake the device into something it was
never
> intended to be.
> I am not attempting to shoot anyone down, I simply don't believe that
it
> is realistic to change this wonderful reading/playing device into a
> notetaker. And, I suggest that if this were a goal that APH decided
to
> consider, it would mean a far more expensive Bookport that might well
> rise above the price range of even more consumers.=3D20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Jolley
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:57 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Request for next version
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Good suggestion, but your waisting your time on this list as
anything=3D20
> remoatly inovative or different gets shot down.
>
> -James-
> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> From: "James Nuttall" <jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:34 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Request for next version
>
>
> >I have been a bit reluctant to join this conversation, since many
> people=3D20
> >don't want new features to actually overburdened the BookPort.
> However,=3D20
> >something I'd like to see in BookPort would be the ability to connect
a
>
> >portable keyboard as with Palm Pilot. So one would have the ability
to
>
> >take notes at meetings while carrying the BookPort. I've been
looking
> for=3D20
> >a convenient device that is REASONABLY priced which allows me to
take=3D20
> >notes. Most of these devices are outrageously expensive. This is
the
> only=3D20
> >improvement that I would have for BookPort. That way I could both
take
>
> >notes and read by notes when I am done.
> > Jim Nuttall
> > East Lansing, Michigan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >=3D20
>
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