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
