If anyone paid $500.00, then he/she paid too much! If you want an
external speaker, buy one. The one I have costs $20.00. David, with all
the complaining you are doing, why buy a BP at all?
At 08:00 AM 9/5/2005, you wrote:
When I examined a book port for several weeks beginning around memorial day, I was most put off by the fact that I had to augment the unit with something else before even beginning to use it. Yes, it's lovely, but no walk man that I know of costs 500 dollars. I know that the IPod and its kin require augmentation too, but we are talking about a classic need here and that is one of being able to hear the audio and for 500 dollars, you'd think we'd get something with a speaker in it.
Further on the discussion of what should be in the book port, I was disapointed that I could not just load something into the book port without yet another augmentation which granted like headphones was supplied but unnerving nonetheless especially if you need better headphones or an external speaker or a bigger card. I was fully informed and it was no surprise but the reality was a bit different from the knowing in advance. Were a speaker emplanted into the bp we could have error tones and other tonal indications augmenting our experience.
I'd love to hear the wisdom behind the current design other than perhaps better bat life and a more compact design?
Thanks!
-- Jonnie Apple Seed With his: Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
