[access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:21:12 -0000
Yes I know where you are coming from Steve.
Let's hope they justify the price of the new platform, and see if it can be
opposition for the SiRecogniser (smile).
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 1:05 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
Hi Jackie,
I know I am a dealer of SiRecognizer, but this is the advantage of the
modular approach. With Recognizer, the camera is not attached. This means
that as cameras get better, you can buy a new camera, without buying the whole
kit again. Also, the PC is a standard UMPC, which means nothing is bolted to
it. So again, as PCs or UMPCs get better, you can buy the UMPC new without
buying the software again. This is one reason I don't like things bolted
together in such a way that the only way to upgrade it, is to rely on the
manufacturer. The only down side I could see, would be if Recognizer itself
stops being developed, which is of course, not what is happening to KNFB.
Here, they are kicking it, because the hardware is not upgradable. Just my
opinion.
All the best
Steve
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Jackie Cairns
Sent: Sunday 10 February 2008 10:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
Hi Paddy
I think, trying to be devil's advocate here, that the PDA is probably going
to be too difficult to continue getting hold of. If you could see the K-NFB
Reader, it is a PDA and a camera that have been attached by a USB, then put
together in a case. Having said that, they must have known that it would be
difficult to continue maintaining the hardware when they launched it.
I guess their way of looking at it is that they are moving forward, but
taking the software to another platform, the mobile phone. But it is a shame
for those who have bought the original and will no longer enjoy the benefits of
being able to upgrade the software. After all, 18 months isn't that long for
something of its price, but it is a long time in the technology industry when
hardware changes just about every week.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: Dj Paddy
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
Wooo, that's a bit of a shocker.
I think these companys should have a life plan for their software, similar
to Microsoft with Windows and other products.
This screams of unprofessionalism IMHO.
We've a new product so lets drop this like a brick because we can make more
money perhaps of the other?
If they were going to drop it a nicer gesture would have been to make all
or part of the softwares code public available so that the community could keep
the software upgrades going.
It worries me when companys do this. It's not a confidence builder.
Dj Paddy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
Terry, my sentiments exactly. We are not talking about a few pounds
here. A real pity, and perhaps a concern for the future for anyone thinking of
embarking on the mobile phone version.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Clasper
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: K-NFB Reader update
This is indeed very disappointing.
People invest in technology that isn't quite there because they trust
the developer to continually improve the software.
Even if they didn't want to continue to develop the hardware plattform
they should have agreed to develop the software for it for a reasonable period
of time.
This is one of the reasons why users get so upset and frustrated!
----- Original Message -----
From: Jackie Cairns
To: Access UK Mailing List
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] K-NFB Reader update
Hi Listers
For those who have been following the various threads on this topic,
I have some further interesting news.
I thought you might like to know that I have today heard from a most
reliable source that K-NFB Reader Classic, which is the model I have, is no
longer being developed. There will be no further software upgrades, and
efforts will concentrate solely on the mobile phone version.
I think this is a dreadful shame, given its huge cost, and an
indictment on the company in failing to recognise the end users who bought it
in good faith.
While I am still delighted with my Reader, it is hugely disappointing
to know that it will not be improved upon, and that those connected with the
K-NFB project will now turn their efforts to the mobile phone version. My
understanding is that the current Readers will be sold for £1,300 instead of
the original £2,625.
Jackie
Email: cairnsplace@xxxxxxx
Skype Name: Cairnsplace
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