Bestest Birthday Present EVAR!!!

[captain_slinky]

For the longest time I've been back-and-forth on the whole issue of if I even really wanted some sort of hand held "Smart" device. Phones seemed to tiny and the touch screens never worked properly for me. Tablets seemed nifty but expensive. E-Readers seemed close to what I wanted, but to get one in color cost WAY more than I'm willing to pay for any one device.

So a day or two before my birthday, Woot.com was selling the Pocket Edge Entourage (seen above). IT IS AWESOME!

In short, it's an e-reader stapled to an Android tablet!

You can fold it over to use either the reader OR the tablet, or you can leave it open-face to use the two screens in conjunction. The interaction between the two screens is awe-inspiring. Come to a bit of text you want to know more about? Highlight it and search - the results come up over on the tablet. Is there a picture in the .pdf you're looking at that you wish you could see bigger/better/in color? Highlight it and move it over to the tablet. Want to make notes, take notes, annotate, doodle, see video, listen to music WHATEVER while reading? YOU CAN DO THAT!!!

This is quite possibly the greatest thing I've ever owned :)

Comments

[saintsalike.livejournal.com]

That looks amazing. /I want one now.

Happy Birthday! :D

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Its almost like you're TAUNTING me....

[lynna12000.livejournal.com]

It does look nice. And eReaders are great. All those books, and so little space used.

[thehobbit.livejournal.com]

I am nosy enough to want to know the price point on that. I know you said it was on sale so really it's just to taunt me more and make me cry since my kindle was $114 US (basic, boring, not special edition).

That's...such a thing of beauty.

[xerhino.livejournal.com]

It is a pretty cool device. I think you get some ultra nerd points for having one (though I'm not being entirely altruistic by saying so). We'll have to compare notes next time we see each other.

[jocosa]

Where do you get the books from? I adore my Kindle but this seems like a nifty upgrade. What can you do with it beyond reading and music/video playing? Sell me on it! :)