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Old 11-03-2010, 04:34 PM   #12
sarah11918
Edge User
 
dontpanic, I watched the full 39 min. clip from HSN and I must say it seemed wildly successful! (Both the presentation and the sales counter.)

I hope I'm not going to have to start putting "I don't work for entourage" in my signature, but I think there are going to be thousands of very happy pocket edge owners, provided that they find their way to these forums to get their questions answered and to the alternate app marketplaces to get at least most of the apps they really need. After using my edge as my only computer for weeks, I can see how someone with relatively basic computing needs really could do just about everything on that machine... and carry it around in a purse or "man bag." And if the typical crowd is coming from a Windows laptop or netbook, maybe they won't notice it's a tad slower/chunkier than most Apple devices. (Just keepin' it real.)

I know there's a link to the pocket edge user guide posted (I'm sure by boris!) which I haven't yet checked out, but I really hope there's a link to these forums in there. I don't know if entourage could have predicted how successful this message board would be, but if it were me, I'd be putting an insert in the closed device upon shipping with this URL in big letters. My fear is that a large portion of the HSN crowd might not be as technical as those of us who stalked the device on tech sites from its pre-order days, and heck, even some of us need to ask each other questions from time to time. (OK, me more often than I care to admit.)

I hope the new buyers find themselves here so they can get the most out of their experience. It's great that the products are making their way into a more mainstream audience, and if this community can help with the inevitable increase in routine customer questions then entourage can keep focused on developing some of those features we've been waiting for, right?