[bookport] Re: bookport versus book courier

  • From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:17:26 -0500

that raises an interesting question. Does springer design, which is who
makes both products actually produce the firmware for the book port, or do
the folks at aph do this? I will second the idea that book port rocks, I
olove mine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:27 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport versus book courier


> Hello.
>
> While I have no wish to bad-mouth any product or any company, I have had
> both the Book Courrier and, now, the BookPort. Suffice it to say that
there
> is a universe of difference, both in the quality of the software, the
> interest in updating this software and the willingness of BookPort people
to
> support their product. Understand that the Book Courrier people are small
in
> number, trying, as best they can, to produce a product that users will
> appreciate. Doubtless, due to the much greater facilities at a p h, the
> BookPort is far, far ahead in both firmware and, most assuredly, in
software
> development. I would very strongly recommend that several weeks of
waiting,
> hard as this might be, are more than worth the trouble. More than this,
> although I could supply many more details, I would prefer not to say,
other
> than to, again, urge you to wait, wait for one of the most forward-looking
> and exciting developments since Blazie's contribution with the Braille
> n'speak. As others have very succintly expressed it, BookPort rocks!
>
> Regards to everyone,
>
> Jerry
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Geraldine Meeker" <gerichas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:03 PM
> Subject: [bookport] bookport versus book courier
>
>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I am also disappointed I was not able to receive the bookport promptly.
> >
> > What are the differences in the bookport and the book courier?  I have
> read
> > information on both of the units, but I am not able to find the
> difference.
> >
> > Would the bookport be available anywhere other than APH?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Geraldine Meeker
> >
> > Gerichas@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>
>


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