Just a footnote to the main thrust of this discussion. When I spoke to tech support on a minor problem with my PE about a month ago I directly asked about a newer model of the PE being offered, and the techman said that a new model or models of these Entourage devices was in the works. If I was lied to purposely then my certainty that I will be buying this new hardware or using my existing PE drops to zero and I'll be investing in something else. I have to assume that stock clearence would be the first step in an offering of new eDGe devices for the uncertain future. I think that if the company was going bye-bye the Ermine update not would have been released. All of this is wishful thinking. This eDGe user community is vibrant and seems to be as devoted to these devices as I am with my Pocket eDGe. These devices seem to have users from the young post-Kindergardeners to the academicians to the various age groups of business and netbook type users. It would be rediculous for the developers to spend all this energy, only to find that this hint I received from the technician of future new models being in the works, it would be foolish for this information being shared with me to be a complete fabrication. I love my PE and would be very interested in a new, even more well-rounded PE model in the future.
I will remain loyal to my PE until I find out that they have made a fool out of me and my belief in the information given to me by multiple techreps that things are lumbering along in a positive direction.