Hey! GPS is a thought! ...Especially with my mobility skills! (Smile!!!)
People,
I have sat here and read over 74 messages on why we should this and that, why progress is good, why its bad, and some of you crapping all over the ideas put forth by others. What makes me sit here and grind my teeth is the fact that yes we can all agree the BP first and above all was designed to be a book reading device. Why does it have to remain just that and that's all. If you have one and it serves your needs, then don't upgrade, forget the future, keep what you have its doing what you want. I personally see so many possibilites, advantages, and so forth and for that matter some excellent ideas posted. First of all how do any of you know that APH will be working with Springer on the next BP? Has APH stated that onlySpringer would be considered, how do you know APH might just strike out on their own and design a product from the ground up. Larry and company certainly have the technical abilities to do pretty much anything they put their minds too. For one I can address a calculator right off. I was taking a math course and I have some questions on thsi topic, but latter. My point is that I had to drag my laptop to class and you know with the note taking ability of the BP I wanted to use it for that, but I needed a calculator. Now so that means if I wanted to use the BP, I'd have to drag along a calculator, now a student could simply take the BP and it could serve both purposes. Why not? We all want and enjoy the small package of the BP and for a student, this would be a real benefit. So we have mp3 capability, this is good and I for one use the BP for books, podcasts, and sometimes music. So now we have a device that takes care of many needs already in its current state so certainly keeping cost down and providing the unit with its initial intended purpose is important, but to not consider enhancements that would give it more functionallity for a wider user base, just makes no sense. Remembe when you could purchase a car with or without ac? Well I doubt you could get a car without ac. The point is that after a while it became cost effective t just put them in and not charge the customer for the ac. So if the BP went up another $50 or $100, but yet provided some incredible features that maybe not all would use, but made it more useful to those who wanted it, why not. Consider that computers come with all kinds of junk mostly in software you'll never use, do you tell the manufacturer or the place you purchase it "I dont need that take it off." Of course not you buy the whole bag and what about other items we purchase. I mean ay I purchased many things in my life that had more junk than I ever wanted or needed, but it wouldn't make sense for APH to start designing a basic version and pro version of a product. This topic has come up so offtent and results in so much disagreement it makes no sense. All I'm trying to say is before you hit the reply key and just catagorically blow an idea off, think about whether or not you need it, could other use it, and gee would it really be that big a deal. I am sure all that has been added has cost little other than the cost of paying the folks to write code and maybe a number of the features would again only be a matter of cost in programming. I am sure with all the technology available now, I bet APH could add so much into the BP that it would blow your mind and yes it would mean a redesign of the unit, but we can sit and speculate cost and so forth till the cows come home. Imagine this as an idea. What if they could add bluetooth and you could send your books without having to even plug the thing in? Imagine having the ability to have this and usb, just imagine, just think outside the box and let your mind run wild. There's no reason to not wish or suggest or toss ideas around. Sorry I ramble on so, but it really is frustrating when folks only focus on one area and don't step back now and again to consider other possibilities; gee this comes from a ISTJ no less. Ay wouldnt it be cool Larry if you could record your podcasts on that BP? I bet you carry all kinds of things with you everyday. Ok now I'll crawl back into my hole, but at least consider what I have written before you start tossing fireballs at me. Oh and don't forget, inovation is what made this country great. So, now where's my BP with GPS...grin