http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
@Engadget, I think it's a little early to call the ereader market over-saturated. Sure, I get that there are a lot of announcements and copycats these days adding nothing new, but *practically speaking* there's a) the Kindle (with unacceptably intrusive DRM) and some minor revisions, and b) Sony (with unacceptably intrusive DRM) with slightly more than one option. B&N (hopefully using the eReader format they recently purchased with mild and unintrusive DRM--just enough to keep publishers from wetting themselves and not enough to make users do so) is not yet an option. Counting a bunch of useless also-rans useful for little more than public domain reading doesn't seem rational.

At this point, the eReader market is so dramatically under-saturated it's astounding. In terms of "needs met" vs. "needs identified", the eReader market seems to have actually solved 3, 1) e-ink for daylight reading 2) omnipresent wireless access 3) small medium and large sizings, where the e-ink solution leaves out half your audience (surely I'm not the only one who does more reading not in direct sunlight than in it?) as well as making reference materials and textbooks persona non grata (refresh speed might not be important for pleasure reading, but there's more than fiction in the world), the cellular radio raises costs unnecessarily, when really, wifi alone would be sufficient for half the ebook audience. Anyone who got screwed on music a decade ago is still waiting for a solution to DRM that has already been discovered repeatedly -- need not met. Cost -- need not met, b/c hey, e-ink is the only possible tech allowed and Allah knows you have to pay a lifetime fee to a carrier for ubiquitous 3g access in case you absolutely have to buy a book while sitting in traffic.

You could drive a football stadium through the holes in the market left by present day ereaders.]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
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If they put a sweet looking case on it (red shiny plastic isn't my thing), I'd really be interested in this. ]]>Oct 19th 2009 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
But the Wacom pen input is interesting. I didn't realize it was possible to get Wacom technology into a relatively low cost device, since they usually charge a premium.

I think 9.7" is too small, personally. But it's not too bad.]]>Oct 19th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Since it has USB connection, I wonder if there's an android version of PDAnet. I'll be set]]>Oct 19th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
What is the "3mb" of memory referring to? The hard drive? Isn't that a peculiar number for a hard drive or ram for that matter?]]>Oct 19th 2009 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
However, it could use a re-design and squish those screens together a bit more.]]>Oct 19th 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/for user input." for the LCD]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Btw, have you ever tried browsing the web on a Kindle?]]>Oct 19th 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
Perhaps someone is looking for a buy out!]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/microsofts-courier-booklet-emerges-said-to-be-in-late-prototy/]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
This is the ebook reader that Princeton should have used in their trial textbook/ebook replacement program. This device is obviously aimed straight at high schools and universities. It has a large enough screen to display text from a textbook. It automatically shifts color pictures onto the color screen. It allows annotations on the textbook.

Pen input to highlight/annotate the e-ink screen, capacitive input for the color screen (which means decent on-screen keyboard).

For those individuals worrying about battery life, it seems like you can live with just the eink screen if needed.

I like the part where it says "You can watch a movie while taking notes". I know that half the students in my classroom would be using that option to "enhance" their education. And/or browsing the web during class. The penalty for living in the web-enabled age.

This is a great textbook replacement (9.7" eink, 10.1" lcd screen), but not so good for those who want to use it for recreational reading. Hopefully they will release a 5" or 7" version (the size of a paperback). I think this will be a winner. If B&N is smart, they will adopt/subsidize this.

Entourage Systems is not publically traded; if they were, I think it would be a smart place to put some money... heck maybe I will just invest $490 into them anyhow...]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/

The bezel seems awkward at first, but some of that is used with hardware keys (which are _very_ welcome; I hate all-touch devices), and the margin is good for gripping it with one hand while leaving it clear, and especially (on the e-ink side) to rest your hand on when writing.]]>Oct 20th 2009 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/how come nobody else has thought of this?]]>Oct 19th 2009 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/]]>Oct 19th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/
- color photos or video from the ereader automatically show up on the color lcd screen
- documents are automatically sent to the ereader to allow you to save battery life
- highlight a phrase (or link) in the ereader, search for that phrase online in the android tablet.

$490 isn't a bad price, considering you get two devices for that price ($300 ebook reader + $300 android tablet).

the other cool thing is they talk about collaborative efforts, where you can share your notes with your classmates and/or your teacher.

What I don't like is that it's list of supported ebook formats is lame: epub and pdf. They are leaving everything else out in the cold: html, txt, mobipocket, prc, doc. Also I don't like that they haven't given the real key specifications (what kind of processor is in this thing)... the android tablet could be a dog.

But $490 is starting to burn a hole in my pocket. And I don't need one... definitely not one this big...]]>Oct 19th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/19/entourage-edge-is-the-red-headed-stepchild-of-two-oversaturated/Oct 19th 2009 11:26PM