[SaraD]

Robert B,

Thank you in advance for the pictures. Since they are something that you can mostly control, I know you will deliver. By "mostly" I refer to the timing issue you mentioned since that relies on somebody else's list of priorities. The Astak and Mobiebook sites are among those I check weekly for any updates so I will probably see the pictures sooner rather than later when they do appear.

A related idea that I don't see often is a nice diagram that tells what the buttons do (primary and secondary functions) with the little lines or numbers on the item and a list next to it like you generally see in the owner's manual, but most people never bother opening. I now make a point of actually reading the owners' manual when I buy an item and again later. It is amazing how many additional things I've learned about my KitchenAide blender and Bunn coffee/tea pot. I pick those items as examples because they are straightfoward to operate, but have additional options or little ways to improve performance that are not obvious. Sometimes I will download the owners' manual just to look at those diagrams when comparing items before purchasing and just did so with a crockpot (don't laugh - the fancy ones have temperature probes, smart timers, and lots of options operated by just a few controls). However, other times I will remove an item from consideration because a diagram of the functionality is too hard to find.

Off-topic pet peeve: Why do automobile companies make is so hard to find how much ground clearance a vehicle has? On-topic reason I bring it up: I read about certain vehicles types like I read about e-book readers and generally skip over certain companies because I cannot find the type of information that will interest me enough to read further.

These points are more marketing/presentation related than about how it works, but I do find them to be imporant factors in my decision making process.

Thank you for listening!