[bookport] Re: power
- From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 16:57:15 -0600
OK Walt, I know when I have been trumped. Good one.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 1:54 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: power
I'm afraid that a wind-up Book Port would result in even more crankiness
on
the list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: power
Now there you go. When all else fails, go back to the basics, right?
lol On a serious note, however, I am glad to have the book port. I
remember seeing the old road runner a few years ago and thinking how
amazing that was. I know the only way technology is going to advance is
for people to suggest new and better ways of improving it, but I still
believe that the book port is a grate advance for blind people, and with
Larry and the grate team of developers at APH, I'm sure it will get even
better in the years to come. Thanks very much, APH!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: power
> Hey! There we go, a wind up book port. No batteries, No AC power, no
> hassles, just a lot of broken springs.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:55 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: power
>
>
> I agree that Larry will do the right thing by us - but where in the
> world will you put the crank on the BookPort?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:13 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: power
>
>
>>I have a small radio that has several power options. It has a
>>nonreplaceable rechargeable battery. You can also use replaceable
> double
>>a's. The radio has a built-in battery charger that charges 3
>>different
>
>>ways. First: you can plug it in to the wall. Second, it has a crank.
> You
>>crank it 1 minute for a 20 minute charge. Third, it has a solar
>>panel.
>
>>The radio isn't that large, and it only cost me $34.00. Depending on
> how
>>long you charge it, the battery lasts a long time. I'm not too
>>worried
>
>>about how APH decides to handle the battery situation. Remember,
>>Larry
> is
>>a Bookport user himself! He knows what we need.
>>
>> At 03:02 PM 2/3/2006, you wrote:
>>>Those who bring up the idea of cell phone style batteries may well
>>>have never attempted to purchase replacement batteries. They are as
>>>proprietary as anything can ever be. Companies like Nokia and
>>>Motorola have just a few more dollars to invest in R&D Than APH.
>>>Therefore, they can design sophisticate charging circuitry and create
>>>batteries that have no other function than to power your cell phone.
>>>I use my Bookport far more than I use my cell phone, and although my
>>>cell charges extremely rapidly, it still needs to charge. And when
>>>it
> does, it is no
>>>longer a portable device. My Bookport, on the other hand, is in
> fact
>>>a portable device. I don't need to worry about chargers or AC
>>>outlets. I simply have the ability to read, anywhere. I would hate
>>>to
>
>>>give that up.
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo
>>>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:56 PM
>>>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [bookport] Re: power
>>>
>>>
>>>Perhaps an idea might be to do it the way some police scanners do.
>>>They take regular aa batteries, and you can recharge them if they are
>>>rechargeable, I'm really not in favor of a special battery, I usually
>>>use the energizer e2
>>>lithium batteries, and those last forever, I can't remember the last
>>>time I
>>>changed them.
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Joni Colver" <joni.colver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 5:21 AM
>>>Subject: [bookport] Re: power
>>>
>>>
>>> > I agree with David's post below. Proprietary battery systems are
>>>generally
>>> > inconvenient for the customer and more expensive than other
>>> > options.
>>> >
>>> > I am not familiar with current cell phone batteries, the type of
>>>battery
>>> > used or the life of a charge. Portability is the reason I bought
>>> > the
>>>Book
>>> > Port and I like the availability of off-the-shelf inexpensive
>>>batteries.
>>> >
>>> > It will be interesting to see what a new version of the Book Port
>>> > will offer. Technology is never static. Just some thoughts from
>>> > a
>
>>> > totally satisfied Book Port user.
>>> >
>>> > Joni
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I think one big thing that we all agree with is that we would want
>>>something
>>> > that is not so tightly tied to the BookPort that the only place
>>> > one
>>>could
>>>go
>>> > to get an extra battery or replacement would be APH. If you guys
>>>aren't
>>> > aware, one of the biggest pains with BrailleNote, and to some
>>> > extent
>>>with
>>> > PacMate is the need to go back to the company with any battery
>>> > issues,
>>>and
>>> > the cost for the company to replace the battery plus the amount of
>>>time
>>>the
>>> > unit is out of service are both a genuine pain to the user, and
>>>usually to
>>> > us as a state agency trying to find a way for the person to still
>>> > have
>>>some
>>> > kind of unit that the person can use while their unit is being
>>>repaired.
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>> Sandy Licht
>> Phone: 409-898-8218
>> Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
>> 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are
>> plans
>
>> for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12In
>> those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
>> earnest, you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by
>> you,"
>
>> says the LORD...
>>
>>
>
>
>
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