Or how many people does this type of conversation discourage from even wanting to consider buying a product that the noisy public might limit from developing to it potiential. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:15 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion I promised I would no longer talk about features that have yet to be implemented. And I won't. But what I will say is, have faith in APH. Let them listen to the suggestions, let them decide which are affordable and which are not. They, more than any of us, know what the costs in adding a feature are. People making suggestions should not be shushed by people who are terrified of change. Larry has made it clear on this list before that people are free to make suggestions, and while APH staff are not at liberty to discuss these suggestions, they are read. You guys have effectively shut me up from ever making a public suggestion for improvement. How many other people are you going to shut up because of your fears? Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Walt Smith wrote: > Because every suggestion is going to require _at least_ the time of > the programmers who write the firmware. Whether a feature has been > implemented on some other device is totally irrelevant to implementing > it on the Book Port. This is aside from issues such as memory > requirements, possible hardware changes, etc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:37 PM > Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion > > > And why would my suggestions make the price higher, if what I am > asking has already been done and implemented in the 1993 braille 'n speaks? > It's not like I'm asking them to make it into a windows ce notetaker. > I'm just asking it to have some more of the functions that the braille > 'n speaks have in them. > > > Josh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shannon A. Reece" <shazza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:31 PM > Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion > > >> Absolutely positively right! Thanks for saying so well what I've >> been trying to think of how to say for hours. >> You will not be disappointed with your BP, believe me! It is the >> best $400 I have ever spent and I love mine. But you are correct, if >> all these wanted suggestions by a very few persons were to make the >> BP, say even a couple of hundred dollars higher instead of the $400 >> it is, I, as a stay at home mother, could not have afforded it. I >> sure as heck cannot afford a BrailleNote or a BrailleLite. I have >> kids to feed and clothe. >> Long live Book Port as a Book reader! >> Shannon >> From: "Eric StevenS" <sseric57@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >>> I am just curious, for those paying for these products themselves, >>> with >> all >>> of these features, how much higher would you be willing to go for >>> such a device? >>> >>> I haven't received mine yet, so maybe I'm mistaken thinking the >>> value is >> so >>> good as is. But, it almost seems like people want a Braille N Speak >>> with book reading, recording, and MP3 capability. Let's see, that >>> $1,500 plus? >>> How many would they sell at that price point? >>> >> >> > > > >