[bookport] Re: against a proprietary battery pack
- From: "Paula Mack" <pmack1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:01:00 -0400
Hi listers,
Please let's keep the regular, easy-to-obtain Alkaline batteries! That is
one of the main advantages of the Bookport, particularly if it is used for
note-taking .
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angie Matney" <matneyar@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:01 PM
Subject: [bookport] against a proprietary battery pack
> I don't think this is reason enough to change the current system. One of
the biggest selling points for me about the BP
> was that it used AA batteries! So many of the assistive devices we use as
blind people have proprietary battery packs.
> Most of the time, this is OK. But it's great to know that if my BP's
batteries die, I can be operational again almost
> instantly. This is even more impressive now that the BP has a notetaker. I
would be saddened to lose this kind of
> flexibility.
>
> Maybe APH could consider including a charger and a couple of NIMH
batteries with units, even if this upped the price a
> little. Or you could make it an option so that people could purchase this
at the same time they bought the BP. I love
> using NIMH batteries in the BP. I feel like I have the best of both
worlds, since I'm not always replacing batteries but I
> have the ability to use off-the-shelf batteries at the same time.
>
> Please don't take this away from the BP! It's one of the unit's best
features, IMHO.
>
> Angie
>
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 10:29:24 -0400, LARRY SKUTCHAN wrote:
>
> >One other thing in the favor of using a rechargable system is that the
> >unit could be much thinner than it is now.
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