My Nokia cellphone accepts a direct charge, and current cellphone batteries
are remarkably robust. I wouldn't mind that sort of battery if replacements
were readily available. I think the reason most of us want replaceable
batteries has a lot to do with the down time involved, not to mention how
frankly difficult it is for us to prepare, package, and ship units which
require service. However, I, too trust APH to do a fine job of figuring out
works best for the majority of people.
If a new, thinner unit is eventually marketed, I'd like to see hard plastic
buttons which are more or less flush with the unit, rather like many
cellphone buttons. To my way of thinking, this would make for tougher
devices which would function remarkably well during travel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Goodine" <al419@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:48 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: power
If you're thinking about using something similar to what cellphones use, we'll
have to have a cradle type gizmo into which we would plug in the bookport or
its battery pack. Comparing that situation to the current one, that's adding a
nuisance gfactor. Personally I like the present situation. We just have to be
gentle with replacing batteries. I probably sound like a party pooper here. But
I'm so in love with the bookport the way it is! That doesn't mean that I don't
think some changes could be great. Bare in mind that I've had my bookport only
since September and I feel like a kid in a candy store when I go to the web
braille and bookshare sites. (big Grin.)
Lois
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