[bookport] Re: feature idea
- From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:51:51 +0100
Hi there,
I personally do like the notes function as I use it for writing down menus
for video games and so on. It's handy to have.
Best
-James-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
> I'm sorry to say this, but if you were using a Book Port to prepare and
save
> an important work-related document, I simply don't see this as the best
use
> for the device. The fact that it includes the notes feature doesn't make
it
> either a substitute for a good laptop or notebook computer or a first
class
> word processor. This is precisely why I tend to oppose many of the
requests
> for new features that tend to morph the Book Port into a
> mini-computer...people will depend on the BP when they should be using a
> more appropriate piece of equipment and when the BP; which is
fundamentally
> a reading device with a very basic notes composition function included;
> fails in any way to perform in an arena for which it was never designed or
> intended, then there are yet more demands for new functions to overcome
what
> was, at bottom, a misuse of the device. If you want full computer
> functionality (including document security and protection), buy the
> appropriate device.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 6:48 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: feature idea
>
>
> Greetings, All.
>
> Having been severely burned by not having a back-up on a lengthy document
I
> was doing for work, I have to strongly agree that there should be some
sort
> of back-up function (I wonder if it could be automatic including a feature
> allowing the user to set the frequency the backup would occur. At work we
> have a couple of processes that allow us to preset frequency.)
>
> Michael Bowman-Jones
>
>
>
>
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