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Z3r0r3aD'/ · 04-17-2011, 09:53 PM

I did everything I could think of, including a bake sale and cleaning my neighbors windows, to come up with $200ish for the Pocket Edge. I'm a full time college student, I will be for the foreseeable future. I just quit my job (as a high-rise window cleaner) so I can start getting serious about school. So any students that are having an awesome time using their PE in a college setting, tell me why I should buy this! I have a Kindle, and I think that little guy is about the greatest piece of tech I've ever seen. But it has it's limits. Those limits are blown away by the Pocket Edge, right? How much better is the PE than my outstanding pencil/eraser combo, and my bazillion, unorganized, often illegible notebooks. Seriously, I have notes EVERYWHERE! All over my house! Unit circles here, trig functions there, history notes on the floor, a wrinkled up English paper draft sticking out of the couch. It's driving me CRAZY! Is it actually helpful being able to annotate in textbooks and pdfs?
Most of my questions were asked and answered by others on the forums. That's awesome! Thanks! The community is a big part of my reason to buy, despite EnTourage possibly shutting down. I know the concept of it is exactly what I need in college right now, but I'm still nervous about a couple things. If you guys can live with or have found solutions to the following, then I'm clicking buy.

Have the updates solved the long (60+ seconds) boot time that early reviews complained about? would it really be a problem anyway? since I'm assuming it doesn't just shut off when you close it in between classes right?
Is it risky getting the 200$ one on Amazon from Worldwide Distributors? Someone has had success with this one right? Actually received a working item? Other option is 229$ from buy.com. I'm fine with either one, never used buy.com but I use Amazon a lot, so I'm partial. But Worldwide Distributors?
Some people complained that the buttons had an obnoxiously loud "click" when pressed. I hate that. I find it's often a sign of shoddy construction all around. But I guess this one isn't a deal-breaker. Is it true? Does the thing feel like a toy? I liked my old Android G1 phone because it felt solid, how to describe? Had a certain heftyness to it that I felt comforting. Does the PE feel like a toy when you hold it? Or a good tool that you're going to be using the hell out of everyday? I guess I'm trying to compare my G1 to a hammer . But I like hammers.
Is anyone still frustrated by lag on either side? EReader/Tablet? The updates make it at least a little more responsive than initial reviews showed right? Am I going to be frustrated trying to take notes in calculus because I can't see what I'm writing for a second?

I'm kind of stretching to find faults here, because It seems to be a solid product, despite the flaws, and I was sold on it as soon as I saw a student with one at my school a couple weeks ago. I'm just nervous about spending the money on it I guess. But the PE is awesome right? Just takes some getting used to right? You just have to use it to know if it's for you right? Thanks in advance for the help. You guys rock! I'm going to meditate on this for the rest of the day, and hopefully order tonight. Still nervous.

Also, I find it interesting that there are so many other threads from people who, like me, have never done this much research before buying a(n) (almost obsolete) product. I've never gone so far as to create an account on a site, just to get feedback on a product. Is it solely because, upon doing the research people, like myself, eventually find out that it's the greatest thing they'd never heard of, and then "OMG EnTourage is going under? NNOOO!" Or does it have to do with the type of personality that's attracted to something like the Edge/Pocket Edge? Being drawn to a fundamentally new type of tool in education, with a great battery life! By the way this part does not affect my decision to click that stupid buy button that I've been staring at. Nor does it really need to be answered I guess.

Thank you.

04-17-2011, 09:53 PM	#1
Z3r0r3aD'/ Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Pocket edge	Ok I'm really gonna do it this time (maybe) I did everything I could think of, including a bake sale and cleaning my neighbors windows, to come up with $200ish for the Pocket Edge. I'm a full time college student, I will be for the foreseeable future. I just quit my job (as a high-rise window cleaner) so I can start getting serious about school. So any students that are having an awesome time using their PE in a college setting, tell me why I should buy this! I have a Kindle, and I think that little guy is about the greatest piece of tech I've ever seen. But it has it's limits. Those limits are blown away by the Pocket Edge, right? How much better is the PE than my outstanding pencil/eraser combo, and my bazillion, unorganized, often illegible notebooks. Seriously, I have notes EVERYWHERE! All over my house! Unit circles here, trig functions there, history notes on the floor, a wrinkled up English paper draft sticking out of the couch. It's driving me CRAZY! Is it actually helpful being able to annotate in textbooks and pdfs? Most of my questions were asked and answered by others on the forums. That's awesome! Thanks! The community is a big part of my reason to buy, despite EnTourage possibly shutting down. I know the concept of it is exactly what I need in college right now, but I'm still nervous about a couple things. If you guys can live with or have found solutions to the following, then I'm clicking buy. Have the updates solved the long (60+ seconds) boot time that early reviews complained about? would it really be a problem anyway? since I'm assuming it doesn't just shut off when you close it in between classes right? Is it risky getting the 200$ one on Amazon from Worldwide Distributors? Someone has had success with this one right? Actually received a working item? Other option is 229$ from buy.com. I'm fine with either one, never used buy.com but I use Amazon a lot, so I'm partial. But Worldwide Distributors? Some people complained that the buttons had an obnoxiously loud "click" when pressed. I hate that. I find it's often a sign of shoddy construction all around. But I guess this one isn't a deal-breaker. Is it true? Does the thing feel like a toy? I liked my old Android G1 phone because it felt solid, how to describe? Had a certain heftyness to it that I felt comforting. Does the PE feel like a toy when you hold it? Or a good tool that you're going to be using the hell out of everyday? I guess I'm trying to compare my G1 to a hammer . But I like hammers. Is anyone still frustrated by lag on either side? EReader/Tablet? The updates make it at least a little more responsive than initial reviews showed right? Am I going to be frustrated trying to take notes in calculus because I can't see what I'm writing for a second? I'm kind of stretching to find faults here, because It seems to be a solid product, despite the flaws, and I was sold on it as soon as I saw a student with one at my school a couple weeks ago. I'm just nervous about spending the money on it I guess. But the PE is awesome right? Just takes some getting used to right? You just have to use it to know if it's for you right? Thanks in advance for the help. You guys rock! I'm going to meditate on this for the rest of the day, and hopefully order tonight. Still nervous. Also, I find it interesting that there are so many other threads from people who, like me, have never done this much research before buying a(n) (almost obsolete) product. I've never gone so far as to create an account on a site, just to get feedback on a product. Is it solely because, upon doing the research people, like myself, eventually find out that it's the greatest thing they'd never heard of, and then "OMG EnTourage is going under? NNOOO!" Or does it have to do with the type of personality that's attracted to something like the Edge/Pocket Edge? Being drawn to a fundamentally new type of tool in education, with a great battery life! By the way this part does not affect my decision to click that stupid buy button that I've been staring at. Nor does it really need to be answered I guess. Thank you.