[Reader-users] classic

[J.J. Meddaugh]

I think that's an unfair comparison. If I trade my car in for a new model, I 
don't count the original cost of the car I'm trading in towards the cost of 
the new car.
The cost of upgrading is really $1,100 compared with more than $2,000 for a 
new user. It's a given that there's a cost to being an early adopter, but 
you've also been able to enjoy the reader for the past year and a half where 
others will just now be joining in.




J.J.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith and Tracy" <hear2c at mchsi.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] classic


>I get $4100, by doing simple math.  My classic cost me #3000.  The upgrade
> price is $500, plus the cost of the phone #600.  You have to trade in the
> classic , which doesn't give you a discount per sae, so you add it all up
> and it's $4100.00
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 1:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] classic
>
>
>> Where do you get the price of $4100? You're looking at more like $1100 
>> for
>> the upgrade or $1400 with Mobile Speak or Talks. And of course, the
>> classic
>> will still function with its current feature set.
>>
>>
>> J.J.
>> www.BlindBargains.com
>> Deals, news, and resources for the blind and visually impaired
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Keith and Tracy" <hear2c at mchsi.com>
>> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
>> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 2:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] classic
>>
>>
>>> as of today, on the KNFB reader listserv, the classic, as it is now
>>> called,
>>> will not have updates to the software.  Officials at the KNFB HQ state
>>> that
>>> the hardware will not support any more software updates, as they say,
>>> they
>>> have tapped out what the hardware can handle.  The phone does not have 
>>> to
>>> be
>>> activated, to be used as a phone.  It does have a GPS receiver, which,
>>> when
>>> loaded with waypoint software, will allow someone to know where they 
>>> are,
>>> but I haven't used the software, and don't know how useful it is.  I
>>> personally think that those who got the classic version are getting
>>> screwed,
>>> the upgrade will cost a total of about $4100 US total, so it's kind of a
>>> kick in the butt for us who decided to help the company out and buy it
>>> when
>>> it first came out.  Buyer beware I guess.  The same happened when 
>>> sighted
>>> people first bought hybrid cars.  The batteries in the engine would 
>>> catch
>>> fire when they first came out...
>>>
>>> Keith
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "william lomas" <lomaswilliam at googlemail.com>
>>> To: <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 11:04 AM
>>> Subject: [Reader-users] classic
>>>
>>>
>>>> hello to all
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am a potential user of the KNFB reader
>>>> for some time now here in the united kingdom, i ahve been considering
>>>> this fabulous sounding product to aid in my indipendance
>>>> what though is the status going to be if i get the classic, as it is
>>>> now known. will i get future upgrades
>>>> if not, why not. not everybody want a mobile phone do they? surely the
>>>> reader using the classic runs on a much higher specification PDA than
>>>> any phone?
>>>> will
>>>>
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