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Originally Posted by joenunya
As for the Edge, it's a nice curiosity at this point. I know you like yours but it's dead in the water for the foreseeable future. I won't invest in a device using hardware that is a good two years old not. When I buy as I expect to get use for a minimum of 4-yrs of reasonable useful life.
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I think I just lucked out with discovering the edge a few months before it went on pre-sale. I had one of the very first shipments, so it's been just shy of 17 months for me already with the edge, and it shows no signs of stopping. (My personal device, I mean; not the company!)
There is no doubt I'll get another couple of years out of it, as outdated as it may be by that time. I completely understand why people may not want to buy them now, but a lot of the owners here on the forums are keeping sharp eyes out to buy second ones for spare parts or as an insurance against their main one failing. The devotees are really devoted to it!
I fear this Eee Note is going to end up similarly obscure by not being released in North America, but the difference is that there's a small, active dev. community surrounding it. (The devs never got the source they needed from Entourage in order to really run with it.) So as long as there are crazy enthusiasts, the device will continue to have some life. If, as they were rumouring last year, there is a second device planned (larger screen, colour), then presumably it would be built off of the same OS and the advancements made by the community could be imported to that device as well. It will be interesting to see whether a colour one ever surfaces.