[Trainer-Talk] B2G Thoughts

[Reginald George]

Well Dean,
You asked for if. I would appreciate it if all of us could take a little time to consider this device. I had two clients request it lately. 
First, what I like. I think NBP is sincere about wanting to create an affordable product that fills some gaps. I like the smaller size, and that Dean Blazie is involved in design. I like the keyboard much more than on the Focus because its a little quieter. It can do so much more than the Vario Ultra for less money, and right now they include the Executive Products case. They have been fairly responsive, and changed their 1 handed mode in the UI to be persistent due to a client concern very quickly. It's also supposedly Apple certified for pairing. And they offered 4 hours of free phone training, though this isn't stated on the web site. Now, lest you think this is turning into some sort of advertisement, 
Things I don't like:
The documentation, maybe its trying to do to much. Why do they promote it as a phone? They say it will work great with Office 365 on Android, but No documentation on this. There is a camera but its not convenient, and after being out for a year no OCR solution? Composite video out. Who supports that anymore? And a big one for me. After being told it will work as a braille terminal turns out no USB ID hence no driver. You can use with Jaws as a Bluetooth display, but that is a pain because no multidevice support. This feels like bad planning. When I raise these issues I am told they are all being addressed. The LBraille Focus doc isn't much better with its slow processor and lack of RAM. Because of these things I am pretty disillusioned with notetakers in general.  I want compact, smart, modular, affordable. We get large, clunky, heavy, dated, expensive. Thoughts???