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Originally Posted by socman123
.......I did converse with a man from the Partnership for Media department (called the number that was listed on the wesite), and he was about an candid as he could be. I really felt he wanted to come out and talk to me, but he just could not (for whatever reasons/s at his end). I finally asked him, "If you were me, would you buy an Edge right now"? His response - "I'd buy an IPad".....
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I still think the eDGe is a great device, and that buying one now might be OK. But I think your willingness to dismiss the iPad is way off target. Have you ever owned one? The key here is to be analytical and not emotional/political about such decisions. I would ask the same of JL6161 who calls the Kindle and iPad "un-ergonomic painful to us piece of trash". I, personally, own a Kindle, an iPad and three eDGe devices as well as numerous Windows tablet computers. They all have their place and their function. None of them is perfect for everything. But I have used all of them for a long time, and none of them would be classified as un-ergonomic pieces of trash. The only group of devices that bugs me is the small Windows tablets that take so long to boot and dont have enough memory to be a reasonable experience. Running Vista on a small machine is terribly painful.
So, start by analyzing your needs. What will you use it for? Is money a consideration? I really like the eDGe for taking notes and light browsing or checking email. Its a great study tool if you have books in pdf format and want to take notes, do problems etc. Its also fairly inexpensive compared to other solutions. If you are only going to consume media and the net, then the iPad is a great device. Reading pdfs is not so easy on the Kindle, but the Kindle is great for reading DRM books which are sold to be read on the Kindle. There are some great Windows tablets out there now which are terrific because they run OneNote which I think is the best app ever written for the education market. The ASUS EEE Slate is super fast, although a little bit too big. It is a very well-powered machine (i5 processor, 4GB RAM) that runs super fast and is not too expensive with a WACOM stylus.
The current situation with Entourage is unknown, so buying one would be taking a bit of a chance in regard to future service. But I think the number of people that have experienced such problems is relatively small (I had to return one of my eDGe units for repair though). If you need to take notes, read/annotate pdfs and are willing to take a slight gamble on the need for service, then go ahead and get the eDGe. I would add that reading pdfs on the Pocket eDGEe is not so great, for that the full size is much better.
I wish that people would start being more analytical, and less emotional, about these devices especially when they have not owned one or used one for an extended period of time.