http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/ Engadget Comments for Entourage Edge review 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/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/No comments? this has been exactly two minutes (after I post this) and there are already few people commenting, seriously how many people are online surfing Engadget right now?]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
People were trying to make it passed the Bezel.

2010 - Return of the giant Bezel!]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/I didn't notice the time of posting... I found this article among the older posts, so I just assumed it was posted half a day earlier.

With this thing's remote resemblance to the Courier, I thought people might be enthusiastic about comparing this thing to it. Was interested in reading what people may have to say about it.]]>Mar 12th 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
However, as an eDGe owner and *user* (rather than a casual reviewer) I can say the eDGe is a *delight* to use. And, no, it's not heavy! If you actually sit and read with it on the couch, you rest it in your lap and don't hold it up in the air (at least I don't :-) ). Remember it's designed to replace 3-5 lb textbooks in terms of weight and form factor, not half-pound paperbacks (though I do enjoy novels on it).

As a first generation model, it's pretty good, and it's shipping (unlike others demoed at CES), and it has content partnerships in growing numbers (again, unlike others demoed at CES), and this summer will see brick store retail sales (again, unlike the majority of others demoed at CES).

Lastly, the unit can use "Adobe Digital Editions" DRM-ed PDF and EPUB books from any source, not just those from the enTourage store (I've tested this).

If you're bored and looking for eye-candy, you can move on, but if you need a little device that's actually practical for the use intended, try one out :-) The way it handles annotations (not just writing, but things like bookmarks) is unlike anything I've experienced before.]]>Mar 12th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://groups.google.com/group/entourage-edge-fan-forum and you'll see that people who own an eDGe do like it. Ultimately, I have no vested interest :-)]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Yeah... I call shill.]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Priceless.]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/So obvious written by a company man or insider. [desperation?]

End-users just don't write like that. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
I'll wait; This certainly isn't the first device I'll see with this form factor.

With an admittedly limited version of Android, an E-Ink display, and no drastic content partnerships, the appeal of this device is ultimately slim in respect to forthcoming technology. This meaning that much of the limitations presented by the device are most likely soon to be quelled by more advanced and desirable offerings from other vendors.]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
I totally agree...]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://groups.google.com/group/entourage-edge-fan-forum) . I have already ordered mine, but he received his before me (I still haven't gotten mine). Pay a visit to my site and you will see true person reviews of the Edge. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Coming from a guy that is SICK AND TIRED of lugging around 5 pounds of books, this thing is amazing... and isn't vaporware like all the other comparable devices.]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Ban this *fOOl* !!]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 13th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
The Koolaid is yummy. I placed my order about five minutes after watching the iPad launch. Mine is also in the March manufacture run.]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/I'm surprised there are still people out there that think the courier will actually be released.
You do know it was only mocked up to divert attention away from another tablet device? Right? ]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/+1]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Sonny, you'd better stop buying computing devices for a while and start working those biceps at a gym.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
They seem to spend a lot of effort aiming this toward students as a text book replacement. What's a typical college text book weigh? Is this more or less than an edge? How about a backpack full of college books? Arg, my aching, elderly back.]]>Mar 12th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
It's like the Courier had a sibling separated at birth.. but the Courier went off to finishing school and this thing dropped out of the fourth grade and started sniffing rubber cement.]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
I think 2 years from now we will still be waiting for the Courier...
]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
I will, however, say that while this product may technically be "released".. According to the review things like the camera, sim card, youtube/flash lite and marketplace don't work and there are future promises about content partnerships which also haven't materialized.

I'd prefer that companies complete a product before bringing it to market.

that said, you're bang on about the courier..]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Sucks to want to get xyz product and then find out that the manufacturer either stripped out the feature you wanted or decided the product shouldn't be released.

I believe when a company shows of a product it should have all the things they advertise and more... Never less...]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 14th 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Let me lead you in the right direction.

*points to the iPad articles*]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Why point them in the right directiont? This is the age of the internets! Hyperlinks are all the rage now. :P
http://www.engadget.com/tag/apple+ipad/]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
You and your future thinking... Get that out of here!]]>Mar 12th 2010 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Mar 12th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
Why? Because you never just have one textbook open, and being able to put different books side-by-side makes a huge difference.

Maybe that isn't what the general public needs, but universities, and science and technology professionals would eat it up.

That being said, I think the side-by-side e-ink and LCD display is a gimmick, which is only offered because of the inherent immaturity of e-ink displays manufactured today,

Two pixel-qi screens would rock. I would like to see a dual 7" device with minimal bezels.]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/
That all depends on if the Courier can live up to its concept. Even so, early devices like this are niche products without specialized software capable of accommodating users with a fun, intuitive, and interactive experience. The Courier is supposedly a device with a more polished OS designed specifically to marry the hardware and software in a trimmer design. This makes it more desirable for people whom wish to use the device for certain intended purposes.

Couple that with the sexiness and sleekness of it's design, suggested ease-of-use, and a level of geeky thrill you get from seeing people pin stuff in the center of the Courier, and it comes out a more desirable device.

Now, that being said, I don't think most end-users care about the cheapness of a PixelQ screen, mostly because few are likely going to see that translate directly into the costs. Manufacturers, on the other hand, are going to love it because they can charge heaps for new technology. The battery-saving ability of the PixelQ screen is a more consumer-desired feature, but even that is only so desirable if compared to a more vibrant, desirable display, like that of the iPad.

As for the size, even though the iPad has a big bezel, it's pretty thin. This device is twice the thickness of an iPad. A device that's better designed for this purpose probably isn't going to exceed that 1" mark and probably isn't going under that .5" mark soon. That being said, I think we can expect the Courier to be within those two dimensions as a specialized device and that is congruent with the rumors I've heard of it.

That being said, I carry around my 2007 Macbook Pro with little trouble other than in respect to its weight, and it's roughly an inch thick and has a huge footprint over either device. Suffice to say, either device is going to be more comfortable to handle, but at a (supposedly) 5"x7" form factor, the Courier is undoubtably more portable and from the press data, makes better use of its size without such outrageous bezels. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/entourage-edge-review/Oh, come on! How many times do we have to repeat that THERE IS NO COURIER DEVICE IN DEVELOPMENT - http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/29/microsoft-confirms-kills-courier-in-one-fell-swoop/ ! Officially it was just Microsoft researchers bouncing ideas off the wall; unofficially, most likely it was an attempt to divert attention from *that other* tablet device.]]>May 13th 2010 2:21PM