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STL Droid · 03-01-2011, 12:05 PM

Ok, I just got my Pocket Edge last night, ordered through Amazon as I had a lot of credit there.

First impressions, FAST compared to my Archos 5 IT. The icons are huge, but I use an App called Multicon that alows me to put 4 app icons in the place of one, so no problem there.
I love the size and weight. Very comfortable. My upgrading to 1.13 took maybe 7-8 min, very nice. The Reader side locked up after the upgrades, but a reboot resolved the problem. I was easily able to add apps from my 5 IT though the use of the microSD card and am going to try the USB connection today. Books, music and avi movies of 1.5GB all run flawlessly. If Entourage is asking for unsolicited TV ads, email me... I got it out of the box, charged it, and was running on WiFi, reading new books and watching fils in under a hour after the charging period (which was 3.5 hrs). Of course, I'd been using Android 1.6 for a year, so no big whoop, but if you have used Android and have looked at this, it is great. The speed is remarkable compared to my 600MHz Archos. I am old school though and did print the manual...
BTW the boot up time is the same as for the Archos 5 IT. It just seems to be an Android issue, but it is MUCH faster than my Windoes Mobile device.

I have read through the Forum but still have questions that either I can't find answers to or I misded understanding:

1. I love the ability to add links to my PDF books. Why can't I do that in Journal?

2. Is anyone successfully using a notes application that allows for image insertion, link insertion, connection to calendar, in short, acts like MS OneNote? That allows for handwriting as well as USB keyboard entry?

3. Easy WiFi connection, am ordering the ethernet connector today. Anyone have a good reason to NOT do so?

4. My Archos 5IT (android) has a 500Gb drive with all my movies and music loaded on. Is anyone aware of an app that would aloow me to connect to it via secure BT or WiFi and stream the files to the Pocket Edge saving me storage space?

5. The onlyureal issue is the Sandisk 16Gb microSD II card I got from Amazon. Copying files to it through USB is sooooo slow. It looks like this could be the bottleneck of my file transfers, so I am going to try using USB exclusively.

6. I saw a forum note on exporting the file structuire to a 32Gb card and the provisos re the fact that THE CARD is now in control. Whar happens with the 3Gb left on the Pocket Edge? How is it used if the CARD is now the file system? Has anyone had a disaster occur doing this? Has anyone done it and found it to be a great idea?

Apologies to anyone who thinks asking questions is wrong. i did read the forum, really, and I recommend Multicon, Advanced Task Killer, Aldiko, Kindle for Android, App Monster, Astro Pro, BatteryLevel, Android comic Viewer or Perfect Viewer for CBZ and CBR, and Thinking Space, all of which seem to be running well on my Edge in full screen using 1.13.

03-01-2011, 12:05 PM	#1
STL Droid Edge User	Just Got my Pocket Edge Ok, I just got my Pocket Edge last night, ordered through Amazon as I had a lot of credit there. First impressions, FAST compared to my Archos 5 IT. The icons are huge, but I use an App called Multicon that alows me to put 4 app icons in the place of one, so no problem there. I love the size and weight. Very comfortable. My upgrading to 1.13 took maybe 7-8 min, very nice. The Reader side locked up after the upgrades, but a reboot resolved the problem. I was easily able to add apps from my 5 IT though the use of the microSD card and am going to try the USB connection today. Books, music and avi movies of 1.5GB all run flawlessly. If Entourage is asking for unsolicited TV ads, email me... I got it out of the box, charged it, and was running on WiFi, reading new books and watching fils in under a hour after the charging period (which was 3.5 hrs). Of course, I'd been using Android 1.6 for a year, so no big whoop, but if you have used Android and have looked at this, it is great. The speed is remarkable compared to my 600MHz Archos. I am old school though and did print the manual... BTW the boot up time is the same as for the Archos 5 IT. It just seems to be an Android issue, but it is MUCH faster than my Windoes Mobile device. I have read through the Forum but still have questions that either I can't find answers to or I misded understanding: 1. I love the ability to add links to my PDF books. Why can't I do that in Journal? 2. Is anyone successfully using a notes application that allows for image insertion, link insertion, connection to calendar, in short, acts like MS OneNote? That allows for handwriting as well as USB keyboard entry? 3. Easy WiFi connection, am ordering the ethernet connector today. Anyone have a good reason to NOT do so? 4. My Archos 5IT (android) has a 500Gb drive with all my movies and music loaded on. Is anyone aware of an app that would aloow me to connect to it via secure BT or WiFi and stream the files to the Pocket Edge saving me storage space? 5. The onlyureal issue is the Sandisk 16Gb microSD II card I got from Amazon. Copying files to it through USB is sooooo slow. It looks like this could be the bottleneck of my file transfers, so I am going to try using USB exclusively. 6. I saw a forum note on exporting the file structuire to a 32Gb card and the provisos re the fact that THE CARD is now in control. Whar happens with the 3Gb left on the Pocket Edge? How is it used if the CARD is now the file system? Has anyone had a disaster occur doing this? Has anyone done it and found it to be a great idea? Apologies to anyone who thinks asking questions is wrong. i did read the forum, really, and I recommend Multicon, Advanced Task Killer, Aldiko, Kindle for Android, App Monster, Astro Pro, BatteryLevel, Android comic Viewer or Perfect Viewer for CBZ and CBR, and Thinking Space, all of which seem to be running well on my Edge in full screen using 1.13.