[Reader-users] Let's get some discussion going

[James Jolley]

Yes, it will be interesting to see what is happening with it. For me,  
the reader is fine for now but it's something to consider later on and  
i'm guessing that updated software will be released now and again for  
the PDA versions.

Best

-James-
On 26 Jan 2008, at 13:43, Cindy Handel wrote:

> Well, I really think I need to hear more about what's being released  
> before
> deciding what I might do.  I have a friend, however, who has a lot of
> difficulty with her Reader.  She's an older lady and has trouble  
> installing
> the camera battery and can't do the updates on her own.  So, I don't  
> know if
> the new device might work for her.  I'm looking forward to hearing  
> more
> about it.
>
> Cindy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley at homecall.co.uk>
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> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 6:28 AM
> Subject: [Reader-users] Let's get some discussion going
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I got to thinking about this after the news regarding the mobile
> product line. What do people think to perhaps buying it as a secondary
> machine if they could afford it? For me, thinking on what Jim said,
> the A and B units surely would continue to have updates as the PDA in
> both of them is fast for what we're doing. After all, it doesn't take
> 600 MHZ or so of processing to do OCR, indeed I remember doing it on
> open book years ago with a 486 DX33. In honesty, do people think that
> the unit is small enough as it is? Getting these things onto mobiles
> is all well and good but as you know, aiming and holding a mobile
> phone straight is difficult for some. My only worry about all this
> miniaturization is that we may forget that these are reading machines
> first and foremost.
>
> What do people think?
>
> Best
>
> -James-
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