Super interesting, thanks Mike! Sean
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 5:21 AM, Mike Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > I just caught this via an article on Wired News: > > Dual-Screen Device Combines E-Reader, Netbook > http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/edge-e-reader-netbook/ > > The company's web site has this to say: > > The enTourage eDGe™ is the world’s first dualbook, combining the functions > of an e-reader, netbook, notepad, and audio/video recorder and player in > one. It’s a comprehensive device that lets you read e-books, surf the > Internet, take digital notes, send emails and instant messages, watch movies > and listen to music anywhere, at any time. This is nothing you've ever seen > before! Get books wirelessly, move files onto your enTourage eDGe™ using an > SD card or a USB flash drive. And with a netbook built in, you can forget > the limitations of other e-readers, the enTourage eDGe™ does it all! > > http://www.entourageedge.com/entourage-edge.html > > This weird hybrid runs on Google Android, but I imagine it could boot Sugar > on one of the screens. The product is positioned as an ebook that's > secondarily a netbook with virtual on-screen and optional Bluetooth > keyboard. They compare this device to other ebooks like the Kindle DX at a > time when there is a price war brewing. By February, I'll wonder if their > $490 price holds up in the marketplace. Along with the Asus dual screen > prototype, it does look like the manufacturers are taking on NN's call to > copy the XO-2 concept. This may force OLPC to innovate beyond. > > Interestingly, the company is based in McLean, Virgina, so it would be easy > to pay them a visit. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > Marketing mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing > > _______________________________________________ Marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/marketing
