Brainstorming...

I offered in March-April last year to boost sales in Europe, but they didn't want that. Even an other member of this forum wanted to do that.
Instead, they went for a Dutch-Belgium company. Only based on internet. A pitty..

Fortunately, I still believe strongly in Entourage eDGe and there possibilities. They just have to change there selling & promotion philosophy.

I have the same experience as guyjack. I use my Pocket eDGe wherever I go that requires waiting time, and get a lot of curious inquisitors. I show what I feel are the main positive and unique features of this wonderful device, and people often exchange e-mail addresses with me. I have a fairly severe spinal disease and the pictures of my spinal scans and x-rays are stored on the Pocket eDGe. I have had two neurologists opt to view these images from the eDGe to assist in ongoing diagnoses. There are more stories in this regard, but this blob should suffice to laud the equipment!

Here's something: I just checked the buy.com website after reading that they have a good deal on the Pocket eDGe (which they do!), and I saw that only one person has reviewed that product. Buy.com sells 6 different eDGes (I think) and only two of them had customer reviews. I shop newegg.com a lot and have seen the same 2 reviews for the PE and (I think) only 2 reviews for the EE there since November when I first became interested. I think it would be great if everyone who has the time and an opinion would post a review on whatever website they used to purchase their eDGe, or any website that will let them post.

I have not done this yet myself (shame, shame!) but I will!

I don't think it matters whether our customer reviews are positive or negative so long as we give potential buyers a realistic picture. And while we're at it, the number of reviews gives people a crude idea of the popularity of the device. Agree??

Amazingly, I have had the same idea today, and in fact I have left my review in Amazon, wondering how on Earth we didn't think of this earlier.

I logged in to suggest it and see Filark thought of the same thing. Of course, I endorse it.

If each of us leaves a realistic, informed review, in all those e-sales sites with feedback review options, it would help immensely to open up people's eyes to the possibilities of the Edge and awaken them from their IPad slumber which is mostly uninformed and imaginary. (Remember reading here that there were people who found the Ipad didn't have a USB slot only after they had bought the device!!)

Let's start a campaign! I will write a separate post. I have seen JooBooNeedsARefill (or however the name is written, sorry) has also left his feedback in Amazon, and it would be great to find us all there. Let's be objective, but share our experienced enthusiasm. Some people who post negative reviews in Amazon really haven't given it an honest try or have had issues which are not related to the Edge itself, and they render a wrong impression of the reality of the device, I have seen.

In a hilariously apropos coincidence, I just received an announcement from our campus faculty development center announcing an "iPad party":

"Join us for a brown bag lunch to discuss the latest in tablets and e-readers and how you can use them in your teaching. Everyone is welcome, whether you have an iPad, nook, Kindle, Motorola Xoom, or Samsung Galaxy, or you just want to learn more about them!"

I replied that I don't have one of those silly tablets or readers -- I have an EE and am expecting a PE soon, and I will bring them to the party and make everyone envious!

Now I have to study up by 4/27 so that I can show off effectively.

Good stuff. As mentioned several times, people need to *see* the device in action to appreciate it.

Last week-end I held a Discussion Group with graduating doctors. This was part of my research, but I wasn't very sure about how to proceed without an assistant, for the note-taking, recording, observation and all, as there was no one available to help me on Sunday evening.

Then I thought, well, let's have the Edge pay off and jump to the ring.

So I was there surrounded by my group members, all computer-savvy people, and flashed my EE out.

I opened a Journal, created a Journal file, opened the Audio Recorder in the tablet side, and starting taking down fluid 8 pages of handwritten notes while the Audio Recorder was capturing the whole 98-minutes session, and I didn't have to do anything but open the app and hitting Play. No audio configurations, plain simple and effective.

They were absolutely dumbfounded. "Wow! How come? Does thing ALSO record audio? What do I have to do to get one of this?" and the expected like.

So I also agree that seeing the Edge in action worths a thousand posts for many people, and when they see it, they "get the whole thing" in a glimpse.

I later checked the audio file, and it was saved in the Library in good condition. I didn't know beforehand if it would support such a long recording, but it did and it saved the day for me.

I continue to be amazed (yet I shouldn't be surprised, should I?) with stories like this. Your story is consistent with many others, and yet EE sales aren't what they should be. It seems to me the EE should be selling like crazy via word-of-mouth (or viral marketting, I guess is the "modern" term). I've drawn the attention of Zem, one of the Forum administrators, to your post, hoping to give enTourage some encouragement about what may still be possible.