I don't think the Bookport will be useless anytime soon. I know I wouldn't want to be without mine, as it lives in my shirt pocket, and I use it daily. I'm not sure how big any of the newer readers such as the stream are, but I like the convenience of the Bookport as its just a bit bigger than a pack of playing cards. I also don't know what formats others such as the Courier or Stream play, but the following is an excerpt from the Bookport manual on what formats it handles.
Book Port directly accepts files of the following types:
TypeDescription
TXTText
HTMWeb Pages
HTMLWeb Pages
BRFContracted Formatted Braille
BRLContracted Unformatted Braille
aaAudible.com Type 4
MP3Compressed Audio
WAVUncompressed Audio
NCC.HTMLDaisy 2.x Digital Talking book
OPFDaisy 3.X Digital Talking Book
DOCMicrosoft Word 97 or later**
RTFRich Text Format**
**Note that in order to send Microsoft Word? files, you must have Word 97 or
later installed.
Dave
At 09:50 AM 3/14/2008, you wrote:
Hi:I don't have BookPort but I do have BookCourier and the Stream. I don't find navigation more difficult, just different. The Stream can read many more formats than the BC, and is the way digital books are going. As most of you know NLS is converting to digital format and the Stream can read those books, which neither BP or BC can not. I am very much afraid those of us who bought BP's and BC's are going to find they will be almost useless.George R. Marshall marshall.geoma4@xxxxxxxxx
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