Edgetech unveils unsightly mini internet machine, dubbed The Edge

by Darren Murph, posted Jan 10th 2007 at 11:26AM

We fully understand how hard it's going to be for anything to top this in terms of handheld sexiness, but Edgetech International must be using a design team stuck in the early '90s, and a marketing squad not too far removed from the Phantom confines. The firm's latest handheld, simply dubbed The Edge, is a smallish portable internet machine that bears striking resemblance to a old fashioned pocket organizer, and reportedly provides true wireless internet all the time. Claimed to be "non-carrier specific," Edgetech doesn't exactly expound upon how its fliptop machine can consistently pull in internet access from anywhere, and doesn't even feel the need to describe the specs for us. Nevertheless, we do know that it can purportedly enable subscribers to "conduct a wide variety of e-mail and voice mail options, all by voice command." The strangely mysterious device reportedly comes with a $200 pricetag, while the wireless connectivity runs you around $50 per month, but until our current selection of smartphones forget how to access those 2.5G, 3G, and 4G networks, we're good.

[Via TGDaily]

Filed under: Handhelds

Tags: CES, ces2007, communicator, edge, edgetech, egil, gimmick, internet, SpeechPhone, stupid, the edge, TheEdge, ugly

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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chaosrain @ Jan 10th 2007 11:32AM

Too funny: Error...this page cannot be displayed. We offer ubiquitous, always-on internet connectivity. Of course, always-on is a relative term.

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sdfs @ Jan 10th 2007 11:53AM

looks HORRIBLE!!!

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arkowi @ Jan 10th 2007 11:38AM

Looks like it pairs with your cell phone data service over bluetooth...Check out their "infomercial" hahahaha

http://www.edgetechpc.com/video/POCKETSURFERHI.WMV

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DAKH @ Jan 10th 2007 12:06PM

What do Adam, Larry, and Bono think about this side-venture?

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Keith @ Jan 10th 2007 12:10PM

This looks and sounds like a PocketSurfer, not new at all. I think they just changed the name. I've had one for at least 3 years myself.

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Mischa Lockton @ Jan 10th 2007 12:26PM

lol @ 404

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buster @ Jan 10th 2007 1:16PM

i kind of feel sorry for these guys at edgetech. hopefully this is some sort of joke they are pulling on us.

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Vaughn @ Jan 10th 2007 2:18PM

Bummer of a release date. Jobs' iPhone was "unveiled," The Edge: not so much.

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Charles R Hamilton @ Jan 10th 2007 4:08PM

My Jornada 720 does the same thing. It is over 6 years old.

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Armando @ Jan 10th 2007 6:52PM

Looks similar to the Pocket Surfer from Datawind:
http://www.pocketsurfer.net

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