Well, I confess I missed the sarcasm you alluded to when you asked if you
were being to "catty" but the reason to be sure that the unit for sale is
either the  BX or QX is because the PAC Mate BNS or TNS cannot be upgraded
to an Omni unit. If you are refering to the $699 cost of an upgrade, all I
can say is that this is a very good price. Compare it to the cost of
upgrading a Braille Note, even taking into account the savings realized by
having an existing display transplanted into the new unit. If a PAC Mate
owner has current Product Maintenance and Anual Software Agreements the cost
of an upgrade is only $299.

73


Ron Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Brett Winches
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:54 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: new pacmate omni series

Ouch!  Is this due to declining sales or am I a bit too catty? =20


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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Millers
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 2:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: new pacmate omni series

  Hello Gerry,
what you are saying is basically correct. Current PAC Mate BX and QX owners
will be able to send their PAC Mates to Freedom Scientific for upgrading to
Omni. However, please be certain that the PAC Mate you are thinking about
buying used is either a BX (PAC Mate with the Braille
keyboard) or a QX (PAC Mate with the qwerty keyboard). These are the only
units which can be upgraded to Omni. If the unit is a PAC Mate BNS or TNS,
you will not be able to have it upgraded. Without a current Product
Maintenance Agreement and Annual Software Agreement, the cost for the
upgrade will be $699.

Best regards

Ron Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
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On Behalf Of Gery Gaubert
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 4:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: new pacmate omni series

Not sure if any of you are pacmate users but just in case.  I saw some one
had a pacmate for sale for 599.00.  I tink that is the price without the
maintainence agreement for software and hardware.  I spoke to freedom
scientfic this morning and from what they told me, the pacmate omni will be
the same unit as you have now.  They will take it in and change the chip and
some software.  So if you want to upgrade, you need to hold on to your
current unit.  If anyone knows differently, please let me know.=3D20