Resources for New Edge and Pocket Edge Owners

Welcome all new PE and EE owners. Here is a consolidated thread of useful information that will help you get the most out of your device:

Entourage Support and Videos:
https://www.entourageedge.com/support/
https://www.entourageedge.com/edge-live
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...ACD88BB53D6385
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...33F2B46141B52A

Welcome Basket:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Basket-Part-1
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Basket-Part-2
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Basket-Part-3

Android 2.2.1 / Froyo / Ermine:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ne-experiences
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ingo-to-Ermine

Extended Warranty Information:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-and-EE-Owners

Transfer Files From PC to EE or PE Using Wireless:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...8821#post18821
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...8901#post18901

3G:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-3G-USB-Modems

Calibre: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...hlight=calibre

Cool stuff:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...OIP-Phone-Call!
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...he-Pocket-eDGe
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Voice-Calling


Another Forum for Edge owners: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=218


Accessories:

The EE and PE support up to a 32GB SDHC or micro-SDHC card. How to move your library to the SD card: https://www.entourageedge.com/suppor...barticleid=151

Full Size Edge Cases:
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Multifunction
http://www.roocase.com/-/cat-c/c103348.html

Europe: http://www.ebookreaderdiscounter.com...soires/covers/


Cases exclusively for the Kindle or Nook will not work with the Pocket Edge.

PE cases that fit like a glove (without charger):

Rocket Fish Model: RF-LYCB01
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....egories&ks=960

Platinum Series - Case for Most 7" Tablet Mobile Phones
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....egories&ks=960

E-Reader Travel Hard Shell Case that should fit the Pocket Edge:
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Glove-Rea.../ref=pd_cp_e_1
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Glove-Uni.../dp/B003UYU422
http://www.bodyglovemobile.com/


The stylus that comes with the Edge and Pocket Edge are pretty good but, if you are going to do a lot of writing using the Journal App you might want to consider a better Wacom Penabled Pen like the Motion Computing LE1600 & LS800 Series.

http://www.compusa.com/applications/...?EdpNo=1433829
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-with-the-eDGe
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ing-implements


Decal Girl has cool skins for the PE and EE:
http://www.decalgirl.com/category.vi...ket-eDGe-Skins
http://www.decalgirl.com/category.vi...age-eDGe-Skins

http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...1552-DecalGirl

Gelaskins are high quality skins for the PE and EE:
http://www.gelaskins.com/store/skins...ge_Pocket_eDGe
http://www.gelaskins.com/Search?q=entourage+edge



Apps:

There are plenty of Android Apps on the Internet. Many are low cost or FREE (my favorite kind).

My favorite Apps include:

Amazon App Store App - U.S. only. *** Requires Ermine ***

Amazon Kindle App

Quick System Info Pro (Free from Amazon) or http://mobileplanet-waryam.blogspot....r-android.html

Bible.is (Read and listen to the Bible. Free from Amazon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B16TDOQhfpA

Nook Android App (Books from Barnes and Noble CAN be read on e-Ink side. Books can be found opening Library App from Home Screen, select Storage (top left pull down), then sdcard/Nook/Content/ Press and hold downloaded book and Add to Library. Use First and Last Name as it appears on the credit card used to purchase the book for Username and Credit Card # for Password.) https://www.entourageedge.com/suppor...barticleid=169


Evernote: http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/evernote

Maple Paint http://majjj.com/apps/all.html

Dropbox http://www.dropbox.com/

SugarSync: https://www.sugarsync.com/free/

Thinking Space http://www.thinkingspace.net/?q=node/8

DailyStrip Comic Strip Viewer http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...aded-Via-PC%29

Andy-86 (TI-86 emulator) http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...hing-Calulator

Voice Search by Google and Talk to Me Cloud: Real-time speech to speech translator for Android.
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...he-Pocket-eDGe

DioPen: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...d+July+2010%29
http://www.4shared.com/file/Znxc3NA2/DioPen_111.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBm2_...eature=related

ezPDF Reader http://www.forum-bec.com/f244/ezpdf-...android-37856/ FileSonic, select Slow Download.


Android PICO Installer Language Pack (Not an App. Works with other Apps like ezPDF reader).

*** Download using your device ***
http://areacellphone.com/2010/01/dow...age-installer/

Download via PC: http://www.1mobile.com/pico-tts-lang...oid-62221.html Select Samsung S8000 (doesn't matter), Download, Transfer, Install.


Mobile Systems Office Suite. Select Slow Download: http://www.filesonic.com/file/236215...14.Android.apk


Books:
http://books.google.com/ebooks
http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/kobo
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...hlight=e-books
http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ghlight=aldiko

Magazines: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...ghlight=aldiko

Productivity: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...he-Pocket-Edge

Dictionaries:
http://slideme.org/application/free-dictionary-org
http://www.4shared.com/get/EWKmqEiC/...giate__21.html

http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-com...f=pd_sim_mas_1

Download via PC and Transfer: Select Samsung S8000 http://www.1mobile.com/dictionary.com-79203.html


Browsers:
Dolphin Browser: http://www.4shared.com/file/5WYi5KYf...droid_311.html
Opera Mini 6: http://www.4shared.com/file/MUQCim95/OperaMini6.html
xScope: http://www.mediafire.com/?ldi2xlmnxcx084z
Miren: http://www.4shared.com/file/XdfiVOIe/cnmirenbrowser.htm


Home Screens:

ADW Launcher: http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/adw.launcher

Zeam: http://www.freewarelovers.com/android/app/zeam

Android Seven Lite: External Mirror http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Sy...e-112920.shtml


Videos: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...-Video-Content

Games: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...k-and-No-Play-...

More: http://www.entourageedge.com/forums/...d.php?522-APKs


*** The Edge and Pocket Edge Do Not Have Access To The Android Market ***

App Websites With Lots of FREE Stuff. Most have Store Apps that can be installed on your PE or EE:


http://slideme.org/en

http://www.freewarelovers.com/

http://www.1mobile.com/

http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?...ode=2350149011

http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/

http://www.androidpit.com




Download FREE Themes, Apps etc. via PC and transfer to your EE or PE.

http://www.android-themes.com/

http://majjj.com/

http://www.handango.com/catalog/Soft...oductType=free


Have fun !

Between this and your excellent guide to updating to 2.2, I think we're all set! Many thanks, sir.

Thanks obsessed2! This will be very helpful for the coming small horde of Woot buyers.

Never mind all you new people, this is helpful for me! . . . er . . . for everyone!!

Can we make it sticky??

Thanks. I bought two PEs about a month ago and started compiling this information in one convenient document even before I had received the PEs. I have to give credit where credit is due. I have learned a lot and continue to learn from the users on this forum which allows me to get the most out of my PE.

obsessed, one think you should mention for completeness of your list is that the Amazon app store is only available to those users that have a US address as is Google voice.

I know this does not apply to the new users that bought from woot but it appears there are still EEs and PEs available here in Europe albeit at the original price.

Originally Posted by ivan

obsessed, one think you should mention for completeness of your list is that the Amazon app store is only available to those users that have a US address as is Google voice.

I know this does not apply to the new users that bought from woot but it appears there are still EEs and PEs available here in Europe albeit at the original price.

Thanks for pointing this stuff out. I wasn't aware that Amazon would only be available to U.S users since they ship internationally. You are correct about Google Voice and I think this is mentioned in the posts linked to. The posts also talk about alternative methods of making phone calls for international owners so I hope they may still be useful to our friends worldwide.

Thank you for this list. As a new user it is very helpful.

The EE and PE support up to a 32MB SDHC or micro-SDHC card. Here is how you move your library to the SD card:

Should the above be GB instead of MB?

Thanks

Originally Posted by JJDRP

Thank you for this list. As a new user it is very helpful.



Should the above be GB instead of MB?

Thanks

Yes it should. Good catch, I'll fix it.

Woah!! Thanks a lot for this!!

I was thinking of doing something like this once I got me PE, you saved me(& a whole lot of others) the trouble!

Now if only that package arrives soon & I can stop lurking hopelessly around here...

Obsessed, to be even more efficient in advice-providing, I suggest that you include SugarSync as an alternative to DropBox which is equally powerful and easy to use, and also free,
but has two very big advantages which make it a winner in the contest:
it offers 5,5Gb+ for free (when DropBox offers only 2,3Gb), and you can choose ANY folders in your hard disk and point them to be synced as you please.
In DropBox, you have to put contents to be shared in a separate specific folder, and this is quite limitating.

Since I was referred to SugarSync, I've chosen it as my first cloud-sync site and left my DropBox account for other stuff.
It works splendidly in Android (/Ermine) and you can sync many devices simultaneously.
I have three in sync (notebook, PC and Edge), and it's the perfect companion for the Edge.

Originally Posted by paula-t

Obsessed, to be even more efficient in advice-providing, I suggest that you include SugarSync as an alternative to DropBox which is equally powerful and easy to use, and also free,
but has two very big advantages which make it a winner in the contest:
it offers 5,5Gb+ for free (when DropBox offers only 2,3Gb), and you can choose ANY folders in your hard disk and point them to be synced as you please.
In DropBox, you have to put contents to be shared in a separate specific folder, and this is quite limitating.

Since I was referred to SugarSync, I've chosen it as my first cloud-sync site and left my DropBox account for other stuff.
It works splendidly in Android (/Ermine) and you can sync many devices simultaneously.
I have three in sync (notebook, PC and Edge), and it's the perfect companion for the Edge.

That's what I love about this forum. The users always have excellent suggestions that help other users, like myself, and we always learn new things. I never heard of SugarSync until you mentioned it here. Thanks again for the tip. Keep them coming because we all benefit from each other on this forum. I added it to the original post and at the end of this reply.

https://www.sugarsync.com/free/

Originally Posted by paula-t

Obsessed, to be even more efficient in advice-providing, I suggest that you include SugarSync as an alternative to DropBox which is equally powerful and easy to use, and also free, but has two very big advantages which make it a winner in the contest:
it offers 5,5Gb+ for free (when DropBox offers only 2,3Gb), and you can choose ANY folders in your hard disk and point them to be synced as you please.
In DropBox, you have to put contents to be shared in a separate specific folder, and this is quite limitating.

Thanks Paula-t, I am downloading and will try out today.

Regards,

Micheal

Thanks for putting this together.

I just thought I'd mention that for people with a slow internet connection or a daily download allowance like I have on satellite, SugarSync doesn't appear to have a LAN mode like Dropbox does. And I'm not entirely sure Dropbox's LAN mode actually looks to the LAN first like it's supposed to.

If you have a NAS or a PC that's usually on, there's a wireless sync app called Syncness on the Amazon market that will sync between any network device with an IP address and share. I use this to pass files between my PC, EE, and PE using my NAS as the storage folders and it works perfectly. You install it on your eDGe and just point to source and target folders to keep synced.

It also has a sync to/from dropbox mode that I haven't tried yet since I'm using it to keep my network traffic down.

Originally Posted by janhall_us

Thanks for putting this together.

I just thought I'd mention that for people with a slow internet connection or a daily download allowance like I have on satellite, SugarSync doesn't appear to have a LAN mode like Dropbox does. And I'm not entirely sure Dropbox's LAN mode actually looks to the LAN first like it's supposed to.

If you have a NAS or a PC that's usually on, there's a wireless sync app called Syncness on the Amazon market that will sync between any network device with an IP address and share. I use this to pass files between my PC, EE, and PE using my NAS as the storage folders and it works perfectly. You install it on your eDGe and just point to source and target folders to keep synced.

It also has a sync to/from dropbox mode that I haven't tried yet since I'm using it to keep my network traffic down.

I usually use my PC to download Apps and then transfer them to my PE wirelessly. Most of the Apps I referenced in this thread can be downloaded using a PC. In fact, I rechecked all the links using my PE to make sure they would work from a PE as well. The nice thing about Android Apps is most of them are very small file sizes so even downloading with dial-up shouldn't be a problem

Syncness, sounds pretty cool. This is definitely good information for those who either have dial up or satellite with download limits. I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks.