[Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the standardreader?

[tribble]

I am thinking that whatever hardware you get will be out of date in the 
not-too-distant future.  So whenever you take the plunge and buy a unit, 
within a year things will expand out in another direction.  I am just 
wondering how much longer the classic model will be supported actively.
I'm comparing this to freedom scientific and their notetakers.  I took the 
plunge and bought a Millennium back when packmate was on the drawing board, 
and figured I was out of luck when it became obsolete, but they are still 
supporting it even now, and while it is kind of a joke, they still sold it 
last year at the $5000 price tag, despite being hopelessly out of date.
As for the knfb reader, I predict the classic model will be supported for a 
while -- hopefully a long while -- but that its feature set won't be 
changing -- bug fix only maintenance. This is not because they won't want to 
spend much effort on it so much as that the newer hardware will have many 
more bells and whistles and power to exploit, and so new features will 
appear not possible or at least implemented on the lassic model.
Happy reading all.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin at kevinrj.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the 
standardreader?


part of the problem beyond that the reader software has pretty much
maxed out the hardware, is 1 Fujitsu has completely stopped making
pocket pcs. 2 pocket pcs don't have usb host which is what is needed to
use an external camera. The mobile market basically goes through a
generation every 18 months. The industry is all going towards
convergence which means everything all in one device. I think in the end
moving to the cellphone platform will clearly be for the better.


Tracy Carcione wrote:
> Are you saying that, if we want to continue to get improvements in
> scanning accuracy, we have to change to the cell phone model?
> Tracy
>
>
>> Hi James:
>>
>> We haven't reached any conclusions about future upgrades for the KNFB
>> Reader
>> Classic.  The problem we have been facing is that there is only so much
>> more
>> we actually can do with that hardware.  We are probably pretty much maxed
>> out.  That doesn't mean we won't have an upgrade, but I just can't say 
>> for
>> sure or when.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, J. G.
>> *************
>> James Gashel
>> Vice President of Business Development
>> K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc.
>> telephone (443) 854-0854
>> toll free (866) 836-9988
>> fax (781) 263-9999
>> jim at knfbreader.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:reader-users-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Jolley
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:49 AM
>> To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
>> Subject: [Reader-users] Are there any updates due for the standard 
>> reader?
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I know we're all going mad over this new mobile reader thing but are
>> we going to see any updates for the standard units? Anything been
>> demoed or what?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> -James-
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