The enTourage eDGe store has closed as of 05/21/2011

It's official, just check out the home page http://www.entourageedge.com/

Bummer. It almost seems like I lost a friend.

I felt a little sad and worried about it as well, but then I remembered that there are better places to get almost anything they had on offer there, but it is a little troubling that they keep removing things from their site. I think that I'll try and start backing up the forums in case they decide to remove these as well.

Originally Posted by emusan

I felt a little sad and worried about it as well, but then I remembered that there are better places to get almost anything they had on offer there, but it is a little troubling that they keep removing things from their site. I think that I'll try and start backing up the forums in case they decide to remove these as well.

It's not so much about what the store had to offer; I had always hoped that my first generation device would evolve into something spectacular. The EE is great and the PE is fun, but, the device had so much more to offer than what it was given.

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Seems like the automated censorhip is still active. When robots will run companies there wil be less shutdown.

Originally Posted by cheyennedonna

It's not so much about what the store had to offer; I had always hoped that my first generation device would evolve into something spectacular. The EE is great and the PE is fun, but, the device had so much more to offer than what it was given.

Yea. I did hope the same.

Originally Posted by cheyennedonna

It's not so much about what the store had to offer; I had always hoped that my first generation device would evolve into something spectacular. The EE is great and the PE is fun, but, the device had so much more to offer than what it was given.

Agreed. I got my PE off Woot and I'm happy with it for what it is. It would have been nice to see a 2nd generation: capacitive multi-touch, slimmer, lighter, faster, newer OS... would have been pretty cool. Sounds like the smaller guys are going to have trouble moving forward with competitive Android devices given that Google is restricting at least early access to honeycomb.

Anyway, I knew when I bought that this might happen but I'd been wondering for at least a year why the tablet makers didn't throw e-ink screens on the back. For the Woot price though, I still think it a good first reader/tablet that I can eventually try rooting or other stuff.

Originally Posted by cheyennedonna

Bummer. It almost seems like I lost a friend.

And loosing a lot of friends..... very sad.

Well, there it is. Don't forget to go to the Mobile Read site, everyone!

They finally put the Product pages back on the Support page (via Knowledge Base tab)!
http://www.entourageedge.com/support/

On the other hand, no link to the forums.

With the closing of the Entourage Store and other parts of the website, is it still possible to register a new EE or PE, and to download the Beta Version of Ermine? I was actually thinking about buying another unit, but all this "closing" stuff kind of freaks me out. Also, found an extra battery overseas from a dealer in Holland, but the price in Euros made things (with shipping) a tad expensive, but what's a fella to do...all US based outlets appeared to be out of stock and not planning on order more. Take care, Roger

Originally Posted by socman123

... download the Beta Version of Ermine?...

Try going to the "My Account" link it may still be available there.

My five cents:

1) Qué lo parió, como diría Inodoro Pereyra. Fue lindo mientras duró, pero ya lo ha dicho Rubén Blades, se acabó lo que se daba...

2) Mannaggia, Lorenzo! Ma infine questo scassacazzo ha finito pertutti... I censori parlano italiano?

3) Now, Ivan, is your turn. Say it in Russian, man, and be our Epic Win!

4) It just occured to me that Guyjack will get an impressive award as the Timeliest Seller Ever.

5) On second thoughts about the lack of future upgrades and updates, my grandmother was never upgraded nor updated in her life, but she was the greatest creature on Earth, providing multiple benefits to everyone. Even if I had been able to replace her by a Quad-Core new granny , I would have stuck to her forever. So if something is good and we love it, my guess is I will respect it and enjoy it to the end, "as is"! (I will lock myself in the restroom later and cry my life out).

Ditto!

Originally Posted by Gunnerp245

Try going to the "My Account" link it may still be available there.

Yes...it's still there with the Beta option. I love, love, love my Edge and I'm thinking about buying another just to have in reserve if something should happen to the first. Any ideas or comments as to why this might be a bad idea? I love my Edge so much I am not certain that I can be as objective as I need to be since this will be another $450.00 purchase for a new EE. Any thoughts will be appreciated. Roger

Look on the bright side. Maybe we can make peace with Google and get Market running on the eDGe now. If Entourage's "member" has been measured and found wanting, doesn't that mean the <ahem!>-measuring contest is over?

On the subject of alternate "markets", I'm using Amazon already, and the emulator-based Market works to a degree.

I get .apk files (backuped up/off) that won't install to the PE. if only those that will run on the emulated system are offered on Market, and some of those don't run on the PE, I suspect the emulator-based system is not being offered other apps that won't run on the emulator but WOULD run on the PE, so the loss is probably something like double. If we had a system.img file that MATCHED the eDGe architecture, the emulator would probably get more useful apps.

Android Freeware (Freewarelovers.com) is a good resource, but lacks many newer free apps and versions.

AndAppStore has a client -- I'm using 1.6.8. It's ok, but doesn't give too much info on the apps offered, and doesn't mark them as free, paid or crippleware well.

Slideme is interesting, using it's own market app called "SAM" (slideme android market). The latest is 4.1. The site is slideme.org.

I've tried AppBrain, but their site doesn't recognize that their "market" app is installed, on the emulator OR the PE. They have a green box referring to a direct download from Market, but it never works, even on the emulator.

AndroLib has info about apps. but I haven't figured out how to actually download anything from there.

Does anyone now BUY apps from Android Market and get them working on their Entourage? if so, what process is used?