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Written by: Ian Markowitz
I have very little faith in ebook readers because I just don’t think they will be as successful as everyone thinks they will be. e-Ink was a big step forward for the ebook readers and aside from 3D HDTVs ebook readers are the major trendy product at CES this year. The problem with ebook readers is that they are far too similar to the pasta maker sitting in your cabinet collecting dust, they mostly serve one purpose and while they do an excellent job at that one task, they are far too expensive to do that single task. Not to mention multifunction tools (netbooks and tablets for example) are around a similar price point, have more features and can also serve as an ereader which is why it caught my eye when I saw enTourage’s eDGe dualbook (I assure you that isn’t a typo, that’s how they spell the company name and the product name unfortunately).
Retailing for just under $500, the dualbook has two screens on it, one is an e-Ink touch screen and the other is a fairly standard LCD touch screen. The main netbook runs Google’s android operating system so any of the android apps already on the market will work with the eDGe. As is fairly standard in a netbook, the computer has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and they expect to have support for data cards from cell phone companies available in a later model. The device should be available in the next few months.
Ian can be reached at markowi_ian (AT) bentley.edu
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