Pocket eDGe Dualbook

After spending 5 days with the DualbookJr, I found its tablet quite usable even if it's only Android 1.6. Its reader is clunky -- a far cry from the Kindle 2 or 3 -- for paging and zooming. ePub is fine. PDF is unusable on the reader but works great on the tablet. The reader's saving grace are its tablet integration and touch screen.

I won't be disappointed if iPad 2 would have the form factor of the DualbookJr. At 7.5"x11"x.5' unfolded and 7.5"x5.5"x1" folded and 1.35lbs, the DualbookJr is quite mobile. Such an iPad 2 would be much easier to hold and type when folded. Apple could integrate the two halves even better.

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The Pocket eDGe is an interesting little device. This photo shows the bottom with the stylus on the lower left. Starting the setup is easy. WiFi selection and entering key using the soft keyboard was intuitive. Very light. It is being charged.

Flipping the folded eDGe over and we are looking at the e-reader. The hinge contains the speakers. It looks clunky but it is not. In fact so far I am delighted by its feel.

The e-reader folds over completely! The Tablet side is shown here.

On the left is the e-reader using e-ink with a camera, mic, and speakers. The Android tablet is on the right. Nice and bright screen. I think it's meant for 16x9 video form factor.

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The first thing I'd noticed after the update and set up is that the e-reader itself has a touch sensitive interface! The second thing that really impressed me is that the reader and the tablet are integrated to work together.

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Android is V 1.6. Sigh....
No Hulu on Andoid?!
No Netflix on Android?!

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Am not a very fast. thumb typist. Not too difficult. I suppose. Stylus works better for me.

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FB for Android is much easier to use than using the iPod Touch. The Dualbook works exactly like my KindleTouch, but better. An A5 notebook cover with face-to-face iPod Touch & Kindle, my wife calls it my Touchkin.

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The Pocketedge Dualbook is well integrated. I could capture Web page to either epub or image and read it on the reader. Snapshot of reader page shows on tablet.

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Perhaps foreshadowing the Android-based Kindle 4 that I'd predicted earlier?