[gps-talkusers] Re: Trackers
- From: Todd Patkus <tpatkus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:04:03 GMT
Chip,
Just to remind you, the Braillenote PK has USB, yes, while the ooolllddd Bn
does not! And the price for the BNPK will be US$4995 what someone told me last
week. Smile.
Todd
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:38:49 -0400
>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: Trackers
>John,
>I don't know, because the BN lacks a USB port, and the EarthMate comes
>only in a USB version, to use it with the BN means you have to buy a USB
>to serial port adapter, and then also buy an optional battery pack
>(because while USB supplies power to its devices, serial communications
>don't).
>By the time you add these 2 options to the EarthMate I don't know how
>its price compares to the Magellan, it's probably pretty close (but it's
>still smaller, easier to use, and more accurate).
>I think I read the next version of the BN will have a USB port, then
>you'll really see the price difference, as well as having one less set
>of batteries to worry about charging.
>Sendaro should be able to give you exact cost figures.
>Hth,
>Chip
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>> [mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of john goddard
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:53 AM
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>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Trackers
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>> Hail, Chip and all ...
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>> Thanks for your posting about Earthmate/Magellan, Chip. I=20
>> was particularly interested in your reply to Todd, saying=20
>> that Earthmate is not at all pricey. Would it be feasible=20
>> simply to substitute an Earthmate for a Magellan here in the=20
>> UK, can anyone tell me? And how pricey wouldn't one be? No,=20
>> don't answer that one, on second thoughts. But what would=20
>> the cost be (in Sterling, if anyone can give me that; but, if=20
>> not, in whatever)?
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>> Totally off-subject, I noticed when my last posting came back=20
>> to me that I'd written "figs" for "fits". Leaving braille=20
>> configurations and my own clumsiness aside, I wonder if I'm=20
>> getting fixated on the new house I'll be moving to next week=20
>> actually having a fig tree in the garden!
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>> 'Bye for now,
>> John Goddard.
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