Hi, I'm from Calgary Alberta and although I have not had many comments, I'm the classic lurker, always checking in for great ideas. I'm still learning more each day but have not immersed myself yet. I'm looking forward to many of the new updates all of you have requested as it will definitely help my organization in a number of ways. We are a small engineering textbook publisher and see the eDGe as an ideal replacement for our books. We have been looking for several years and have tested a number of products (Desktops, Laptops, Netbooks, IREX DS 1000S and Iliad, Kindle DX, Sony PRS600) It exhibits all the features that learners using our texts desire; need to study intensely for more than 1/2 hour, foldability, ability to annotate, note taking, highlighting, colour options, access to links. With the Android OS and Wifi we are also able to provide links to our complete set of online resources. The only thing it is unable to do is survive the 3 1/2 foot drop test (the IREX DS 1000). We see it as the ideal use of new technology as a modern option for the ideal invented thousands of years ago - the book. If our client schools adopt the eDGE they will also preserve about 1500 trees a year as we currently print about 10,000,000 pages.

My only current issue with the eDGe, apart from the anticipated updates, is my inability to keep one in my office. I've now managed to purchase 15 and have had to leave town to keep one with me. Good news, many of the schools that have seen it intend to investigate its use. Two will be using them in the fall, in conjunction with our texts and so we should have a good field trial to talk about (approximately 160 students) over the next year. It may be useful to have an active discussion with many of you who have had time to delve into intricacies of optimizing the eDGe experience.