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February 26th, 2010, 15:50
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_entourage-edge.jpgThe half ereader/half netbook from enTourage eDGe (http://gizmodo.com/5444059/hands+on-with-the-entourage-edge-dualbook-if-you-want-a-tablet-and-ereader-this-is-for-you) was one of the best gadgets CES threw up in my opinion. While the sale date (http://gizmodo.com/5442555/entourage-edge-dualbook-on-sale-in-february-for-490-combines-ereader-with-tablet) has been pushed back by a month to March, some more details have been drip-fed to us.
In an interview with e-reader-info, enTourage's President and CEO Asghar Mostafa detailed when the two different displays could be used together:
* Drag the stylus across grayscale images on the E-Ink screen to view them in color on the LCD screen
* Attach Web pages, notes and video on the WiFi-enabled LCD screen to passages in an e-book
* Export PDF notes or revised documents (such as contracts that are marked up on the E-Ink side) so that they can be emailed to colleagues
* Open hyperlinks or view video embedded in an e-textbook on the netbook side
Tackling the omnipresent iPad issue, Mostafa fingered the larger e-ink screen that "offers a comfortable reading experience," and because of the LCD screen it makes it "simple to mark-up documents and books with the stylus to save notes or export to colleagues."
At $490 though, it'll be going head on with the iPad, so enTourage has got a tough ride convincing people to go for a chunky, clunky, plastic device rather than a sleek iPad. During my hands-on at CES (http://gizmodo.com/5444059/hands+on-with-the-entourage-edge-dualbook-if-you-want-a-tablet-and-ereader-this-is-for-you) I felt it was the build quality which was the only downside to it, but there's enough features and capabilities tucked within that it should do well. I want it to do welI, anyway—I fell in love with it last month and have the slightly zany device's best interests at heart. [e-reader-info (http://www.e-reader-info.com/interview-entourage-edge-team)]
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In an interview with e-reader-info, enTourage's President and CEO Asghar Mostafa detailed when the two different displays could be used together:
* Drag the stylus across grayscale images on the E-Ink screen to view them in color on the LCD screen
* Attach Web pages, notes and video on the WiFi-enabled LCD screen to passages in an e-book
* Export PDF notes or revised documents (such as contracts that are marked up on the E-Ink side) so that they can be emailed to colleagues
* Open hyperlinks or view video embedded in an e-textbook on the netbook side
Tackling the omnipresent iPad issue, Mostafa fingered the larger e-ink screen that "offers a comfortable reading experience," and because of the LCD screen it makes it "simple to mark-up documents and books with the stylus to save notes or export to colleagues."
At $490 though, it'll be going head on with the iPad, so enTourage has got a tough ride convincing people to go for a chunky, clunky, plastic device rather than a sleek iPad. During my hands-on at CES (http://gizmodo.com/5444059/hands+on-with-the-entourage-edge-dualbook-if-you-want-a-tablet-and-ereader-this-is-for-you) I felt it was the build quality which was the only downside to it, but there's enough features and capabilities tucked within that it should do well. I want it to do welI, anyway—I fell in love with it last month and have the slightly zany device's best interests at heart. [e-reader-info (http://www.e-reader-info.com/interview-entourage-edge-team)]
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