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Originally Posted by Tamara
In other words, the engadget people are fake people? I'm glad that you like your Edge but sites that review the device like engadget/cnet/gizmodo/etc base their reviews on actually using the gadget.
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They actually use the gadget, huh? For what, like 20 or 30 minutes -- maybe an hour? On the other hand, mgm1979 and others have been using the gadget daily for hours per day for several weeks now. I would much rather hear their opinions/problems/successes than some dude (generic term) with a definitely discernable pre-conceived opinion.
It's not that those sites use "fake" people. They just don't always use people that are professional or even informed. Their reports
often contain errors of fact in addition to personal opinion, which has
no place in
any review (unless it's clearly stated as such).
As a last note, I don't understand people who concentrate on the negative and insist on comparing apples to oranges. I've decided the eDGe isn't for me for several reasons but this device has a target audience and people who fit that audience seem extremely happy with it.
The detractors who insist on comparing it to every other gadget on the market remind me of someone who would complain that a Freightliner semi truck isn't any good because while it has enough room to haul the whole family around it doesn't perform like their Corvette and it's hard to find a parking spot for it.