The enTourage pocket eDGe is a discontinued combined

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and

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made by enTourage Systems Inc., a small company based out of

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. It is the first follow on to the original

EnTourage eDGe The enTourage eDGe is a dual-panel personal device, combining a tablet computer on one screen and an e-book reader on the other. Since 2011 it has been developed by Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. The device runs Google's Android OS. At present Foxcon ...

released earlier in 2010. The device runs

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platform, version 2.2. It is called by the manufacturer as the world's first mini-dualbook". On May 23, 2011 the company announced that it would no longer manufacture and distribute the Pocket Edge.

Features

The Pocket eDGe is a dual screen device. One screen is a touch-sensitive 6.0 inch E Ink display, while the other screen is a full color 7.0 inch LCD touch screen. The color display side runs

. Unlike most android devices, entourage pocket edge has its own suite of applications, rather than using the

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. Both displays are touchscreens, and the interface of the device provides interaction between the two according to appropriate actions and data formats. The LCD is designed for multimedia display, whereas the e-Ink screen is designed for reading and, in the corresponding mode, the ink can be marked as handwriting, indexed, searched, and even converted to text.

External links

* Official website

Reference list

{{Ebooks Dedicated ebook devices Electronic paper technology Linux-based devices Tablet computers Touchscreen portable media players Tablet computers introduced in 2010 Products and services discontinued in 2011