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