[bookport] Re: no upgrade path
- From: "Suzanne" <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:22:40 -0400
Quite true! And, at least the Boor Port works. Suzanne
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Allen
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 12:17 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
Hi Suzanne and list:
The good news is whenever the BP2 comes out, you still will have shat you
have and it will reliably do what they and we've told you it would.
I'm thinking about the people who bought computers around Christmas time and
yes, they are getting Vista now, just as they were promised. Many are
finding they aren't necessarily finding Vista as useful as they'd hoped
because drivers for many devices have yet to be written.
Cheers,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzanne" <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
> Thanks, Dave. That's a good point; but, in good conscience, I could not
> sell it for near the amount I paid, even though it's a new machine, since
> the new model will be out soon, and I don't think it would be ethical for
> me
> to do that. Cheers, Suzanne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of David Allen
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 11:12 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
>
> Hi Suzanne:
>
> Perhaps you can sell your unit for nearly enough to buy you a BP2 if
> that's
> what you think you really need. This list has got perspective buyers and
> sellers together before. There's always Ebay or ocutrade and numerous
> other
> possibilities. There are many options for channeling your disappointment
> into action.
>
> Cheers,m
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suzanne" <suzerb1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 2:03 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
>
>
>> That's why I'm disappointed, as I just bought mine a little over a week
>> ago.
>> I'm not saying the Bp is a bad product, In fact, as I said, I am enjoying
>> it
>> immensely; however, had I known about the soon to be released Bp II, I
>> would
>> have waited. A Book Port is not the equivalent of an IPod; while it can
>> be
>> used for pleasure, for many of us, it is an accommodation for work or
>> school.
>> Suzanne
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Walt Smith
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:57 PM
>> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
>>
>> Frankly, I'll be surprised if there are any additional firmware upgrades
>> for
>>
>> the current Book Port. Support isn't planned for more than another year
>> or
>> two--Pamela said until existing part stocks are exhausted, so I very
>> seriously doubt that there will be further development effort put into
>> the
>> present device. I consider it to be a perfectly parallel case to the
>> original PAC Mate...when the newer BX and QX models were released, all
>> development work on firmware for the original BNS and TNS models was
>> stopped
>>
>> and those models were frozen at the code level that existed at that time.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Clark" <rclark0276@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 5:09 PM
>> Subject: [bookport] Re: no upgrade path
>>
>>
>> Dave,
>> I would be surprised if there was an upgrade policy. ;) On the other
>> hand, I would not be surprised if there were upgrades to current firmware
>> that the current BP could support.
>>
>> Richard, that is a given, anyone who wants to get the latest always
>> has
>> the option to put a used, ooops, preloved, BP on the market. But I would
>> think buying and selling would not go over too well on this list.
>>
>> Really, what APH does and so many other companies do, is not in the
>> least unusual. Its also not at all unusual to set a release date then
>> push
>> it up, again and again. If people cant wait, well, it amuses me every
>> Christmas when I hear ofpeople lined up in subzero tempuratures, waiting
>> outside stores at 3 in the morning, for the doors to open so they can go
>> into debt ever deeper with their credit cards, buying up the specials.
>> Then
>> they struggle for the next decade to pay off that debt. LOL
>>
>> Dont buy the BP2. Wait a couple more years and there will be devices
>> coming out that are controlled by the mind. Oh the release date? Heck
>> if
>
>> I
>> know, I dont have a crystal ball handy. LOL
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