Hi, Kirk: Hmmm. Should this be Texas Kirk as opposed to Ontario Kirk -- Is that Texas part right? I have no interest in ownership on the available hardware side. It sounds like you may move something to prototype fairly quickly. Go for it. I'm just not in a position to spend a lot of time specifically on this right now. My product overview would, therefore, take far more time. Perhaps the best that I can do quickly is to probe and suggest. Let me do that now and ask a question that hasn't popped up yet. What is the competition for this PDA? I would suggest it is not the BNS, but rather devices like the Parrot. From that vantage point, your list of functions has two clear advantages to the Parrott -- email and longer battery life. I would suggest the consideration of three additional features: Clock/Calendar and the ability to calculate times and dates--plus the presence of alarms. By calculate I mean divide 1:00 hours and get 0:20 minutes back, etc; Web Browsing -- with Lynx, probably Streaming Audio -- which should work OK if not stored locally beyond what's needed for buffering. Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 cpt.kirk at 1tree.net wrote: > I know I was not the designated hardware guy. But in looking arround I > found a SA1100 based board that while not in production may be doable. It > was designed at a university and the schematics are on their web site. I > do have at least some access to pretty high level PCB production. A friend > of Buddy and I is working on building a computer for himself. This is > including his etching his own board. He has indicated a willingness to > help prototype a project along the way. > > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > ------------------ > > Your fly might be open (but don't check it just now). > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
