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I used the eDGe mainly as a document reader - because I'm an academic, I'm continually reading and editing PDF files, and it worked very well for that purpose. Unfortunately, it pretty much sucked as a media device. I couldn't watch movies on it or play even the most simple games. As such, I ended up also buying an HP Touchpad. Sometimes, I'd lug around both to various places.
Because the HTC View has a stylus, it basically combines both these two worlds. I can annotate PDF files on the touchscreen, and I can consume media when I just want to play. So it allowed me to replace both tablets with an all-purpose device.
I originally didn't buy it because of the lukewarm reviews. Most people criticized the PDF software, saying that the stylus made lines that were too long for annotation. The stylus also was only functional in some apps. Recently, though, it got a honeycomb update that made the stylus universal, which is what made my take the plunge. I was actually pleasantly surprised by the built-in PDF software (I didn't have any of the problems mentioned by the critics; the lines always were thin enough for my taste). I still use the packaged software instead of EZ PDFReader.
It also has an awesome note app that syncs with Evernote. In my opinion, it's currently one of the best tablets on the market.
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