I got in on the $80 woot deal for an Entourage Pocket Edge. I was interested in its big brother (the Edge) when it was released but balked at the price. So did everyone else. Now that the company’s defunct I got this for a song.
There is a little bit of a community for the device. Check here:
It ships with Android 1.6 (entourage’s code name: Dingo) but there is a beta of Android 2.2 (code name: Ermine). You can find links to download it above or here at my mirror:
http://bellybuttonporn.com/edge/dustyfeet.com/edge/ There’s a zillion threads above asking for the update but hardly any tell you how to do it.
- Download the pocket edge ermine zip file from one of the above links.
- Rename it to update.zip
- Copy it to a microSD card or USB flash drive. Insert it into the pocket edge.
- With the PE off, hold down the MENU and ROTATE buttons on the LCD side.
- With your other hand, hit the power slider.
- HOLD the menu and rotate buttons for quite a while. Really.
- When the “Updating Software…” screen comes up, you can release the buttons.
I bricked my device (rendered it inoperable) by playing around with android and trying to enable the google apps (market, gmail, etc). To fix it I had to reflash the dingo ROM. It was a pain in the ass. If you have to do it, you will have to keep retrying several times.
I have an idea on how to enable the market. I’m going to try it (again) on my PE after I’ve got it reupgraded to ermine. When I figure it out I’ll post.