Hello, I've had my edge since March of last year, and really enjoy it for school.
1. When Entourage updates to whichever version of 2 they intend to use we will get that update on the current 1.6 system.
2. If you have an Android phone or use the Android Emulator on a PC you will have the ability to download, backup and send apps to your edge, this applies only to non copy protected apps.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21862...roid-emulator/
3. There can be a slight lag as the ink refreshes, but barely noticeable most times.
4. Flash does not work on 1.6, we have Flash light and a YouTube app.
5. The camera is about useless right now, but why would you carry a large book to take pictures with anyway, my phone does that and I have a camera. Right now there are few Android video chat services that work with 1.6 anyway. I hope they can make the camera play nice with 2.2
6. There is no accelerometer, so yes, you switch from landscape to portrait with a button.
The edge is not perfect, but , it has proven to be very useful for me. I have all my textbooks and school notes on it. I rarely need anything else in class. No paper, no pencils, no heavy books. I can search info while reading a text and attach web pages to the book for future reference, I can convert my notes/homework/assignments to a PDF image and mail them to my teachers.
There are a few things I wish it had and hope for a 2nd generation model that addresses these. But I would not give it up for anything.