I just read in my WIN CE newsletter that Microsoft has announced that there will be NO MSReader fix for the first generation Pocket PC. The second generation,...
Elizabeth Duran Gessner
gastronomia@...
Aug 3, 2001 1:47 pm
587
I join you in your sentiments. As a publisher of e-books, I purchased a $550 Jornada to be able to access e-books on PDA's. That is specifically what they ...
Booksonscreen@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:20 pm
588
... Booksonscreen> Haven't they already been involved in one class Booksonscreen> action suit for another such misrepresentation? Ha, ha, ha! You people crack...
Hal DeVore
haldevore@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:48 pm
589
Please continue to post any items regarding legal action on this gross misrepresentation. I too purchased a Jornada for this sole purpose. My Phillips Nino...
John A. Springer
springer@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:50 pm
590
Ah... But were they specifically advertised to read DRM5 eBooks? Or just "can read .lit ebooks". There are thousands of non-DRM5 eBooks which work just fine...
James Curran
yahooclubs@...
Aug 3, 2001 2:55 pm
591
There was a class action suit against Hewlett Packard, actually, for misrepresenting the number of colors their screens would show. I don't believe it involved...
Booksonscreen@...
Aug 3, 2001 3:00 pm
592
... UCITA has only passed in two states (MD and VA). I'm not sure if it applies to hardware anyway....
russotto@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:00 pm
593
... don't ... board. ... desktop, and ... The DMCA would prohibit such activity....
russotto@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:02 pm
594
Just to play Devil's Advocate here... "Or more likely, just too much trouble for them to bother with." What are you basing this opinion on? Have you tried...
JoAnne Spencer
jospen@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:34 pm
595
... russotto> UCITA has only passed in two states (MD and VA). I'm russotto> not sure if it applies to hardware anyway. Er... last time I checked MS Reader...
Hal DeVore
haldevore@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:40 pm
596
Actually, MS kept promising a fix (on their website and in response to inquiries), so I think it is clear that they knew that people were expecting to be able...
Elizabeth Duran Gessner
gastronomia@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:43 pm
597
They might be held responsible for not adding the hardware key, but it's much more popular to snarl and blame the software, *especially* if it comes from MSFT....
JoAnne Spencer
jospen@...
Aug 3, 2001 4:49 pm
599
If they couldn't fix it, they should have offered some form of compensation, since all of the advertising certainly led one to believe that it would be ...
Elizabeth Duran Gessner
gastronomia@...
Aug 3, 2001 5:03 pm
600
... Elizabeth> So I think there are definitely a number of Elizabeth> things that favor the consumer's position in this Elizabeth> situation. All just too...
Hal DeVore
haldevore@...
Aug 3, 2001 5:25 pm
601
... While agree with your general point Hal, you must not have read any of the press releases from M$ regarding this. They didn't make an *implied* promise....
Fox, David (FTT)
dfox@...
Aug 3, 2001 5:35 pm
602
It's neither a software nor a hardware issue. It's a marketing issue. Microsoft marketed the Pocket PC OS and MSReader platform specifically stating that they...
John A. Springer
springer@...
Aug 3, 2001 5:42 pm
603
"John A. Springer" wrote: Microsoft marketed the Pocket PC OS and MSReader platform specifically stating that they were partnering with Barnes and Noble to...
Doug Clapp
dclapp@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:05 pm
604
Here you go, Doug. Who's "misremembering?" Do your homework. John Springer http://www.microsoft.com/MOBILE/pocketpc/columns/msreader.asp ...
John A. Springer
springer@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:25 pm
605
... Doug> They did? Where? When? To be charitable, let's chalk Doug> this up to "misremembering." Google found this (but it's gone from the MS site) ...
Hal DeVore
haldevore@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:38 pm
606
Ok, I stand corrected, **to a small degree***, John. Your link says, in ... As of this date, August 9, 2000, the Pocket PC and Microsoft Reader teams are ...
Doug Clapp
dclapp@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:39 pm
607
That's a good link, Hal. The most specific part of it seems to be: When will the Reader 1.5 for Pocket PC with Owner Exclusive be available? Our current...
Doug Clapp
dclapp@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:46 pm
608
... First off, please edit your messages! I must have deleted ten pages off of your last email just to reply to this. Again, YOU are revising history. You...
Fox, David (FTT)
dfox@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:52 pm
609
That's not quite good enough: Jason Dunn is not an MS employee, but a free-lance writer. Microsoft cannot be bound by what he says, only what he quotes them as...
James Curran
yahooclubs@...
Aug 3, 2001 6:56 pm
610
I so love these discussion lists wherein the participants turn on one another with pointing fingers crying, "Stupid!" I should think that as a group, we could...
Booksonscreen@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:01 pm
611
Elizabeth-- I would be very interested in reading this newsletter. Would you be so kind as to forward it to me, if you still have it? TIA Regards, John...
John A. Springer
springer@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:06 pm
612
... Doug> Would you rather that Microsoft said **nothing** about Doug> their plans and hopes and efforts? Prediction is a dicey Doug> business. Ah, but...
Hal DeVore
haldevore@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:21 pm
613
Yes, optimism is the curse of the talented......
Doug Clapp
dclapp@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:23 pm
614
[laughs] ... or at least the curse of the crew's Marketers, I'd say... ... From: Doug Clapp [mailto:dclapp@...] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 12:23 PM ...
JoAnne Spencer
jospen@...
Aug 3, 2001 7:27 pm
615
The most important thing I think everyone who is dissatisfied should do it email Derek Brown, head of Microsoft Reader / PPC team. His email is: ...
Mark Hubbard
mhubbard@...
Aug 3, 2001 10:26 pm
616
Derek - I thought I'd forward you a part of a thread from the Yahoo/MSReader group. Early this morning a few people posted messages talking about a class...
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