Registered: May 2001
Location: Arizona
Posts: 29

Got My Edge Stowaway

It came yesterday (Mon.)!!!!
I ordered it last Wednesday night, sent via UPS ground.
It's cool! Finally!!!

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Jenny

Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Them Twin Cities
Posts: 1758

Re: Got My Edge Stowaway

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Originally posted by JennyKitten
It came yesterday (Mon.)!!!!
I ordered it last Wednesday night, sent via UPS ground.
It's cool! Finally!!!

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Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 13

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It came yesterday (Mon.)!!!!
I ordered it last Wednesday night, sent via UPS ground.
It's cool! Finally!!!

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Registered: May 2001
Location: Arizona
Posts: 29

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Originally posted by bob.os
Pictures?

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Sorry, I think I'm the only person on the planet w/o a digital camera! I only got a cell phone last month!

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Jenny

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 56

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Originally posted by bob.os


Lucky you. UPS decided to sit on mine in Indiana for an extra day.

Pictures?

Now, all I need is my Xircom 802.11 card and, um, then I've spent a lot of money....

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Mine is sitting in Illinois... and it looks like I won't get it until Friday. I'm going crazy with excitement!

You have my jealousy Jenny!

-chris

Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Mine came today too! 2-day fedex - it's soo cool!

Plus it works with the standard 1.6 driver...

I'll see if I can get pictures up on the main site....

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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 56

got mine this past friday (12/14)

Well... except for choosing the slowest shipping possible (I know one week isn't slow, but I realllly wanted it immediately!) I got my stowaway for my edge this past friday (12/14).

Exactly one week after it was shipped (or 5 business days). So it works just as I expected it to.... just like my wife's stowaway that she uses with her platinum. At least she can't rub in that she has one and I don't anymore.

And today I get to use it a meeting for the first time... I can't wait to see the ooo's and ahhh's.

Why would anybody want pictures? It really looks exactly like it would with a normal visor... except it's an edge sitting there...

-chris

(wonder how many have been sold so far... )

Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Denver
Posts: 46

I received my stowaway last night. I have to tell you- I'm VERY unimpressed. I had the regular stowaway for several months and liked it a lot. It was easy to use and had that distinct 'cool factor' when you opened it up.

The Edge stowaway retains the coolness factor, but as for ease of use, it sucks. Could they have designed a worse connector interface? It took me 20 minutes last night to get my Edge seated so I could use it. The little metal spring clips that help hold the Edge in place kept getting caught and bending back. I managed to get them back into place, but I have a feeling it won't be long bfore one snaps off. It's an absolutely terrible interface. I wish I had not sold my visor stowaway and just made my own adapter for it.

And for the $100 I paid for it, would it have killed Think Outside to throw in a disk or CD with the keyboard drivers on it? I know you can download them off the website (which I did), but for the new users of stowaways how would they know that? The (really) basic instruction sheet makes no mention of drivers. Overall very disappointing.

Mike

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Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Mike - not to be in favor of one compaany or antoher but two things...

I myself had no trouble getting the edge intothe kb - it was different than the Prism, but nonetheless provided a strong fit. Maybe you have a defective unit?

Abotu drivers, when yo upurchased the stowaway off their site it was made celar that no drivers come with this - yes it makes no sence that they didn't write a 25 cent floppy with teh drivers, but oh well...

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-miradu

Registered: Jun 2001
Location: Hampton Roads, VA
Posts: 56

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I myself had no trouble getting the edge intothe kb - it was different than the Prism....

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Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 1429

Not only are the connections totally different, the pins are slightly different - not sayign that you couldnt' make an adaptor, but it would be almost impossible to maek it work with the prism....

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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: I'm from Idaho (yes we do have technology here...)
Posts: 38

The Visor Pro is rechargeable as well....
it's nice so I don't have to buy batteries.

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Plainview, NY
Posts: 116

Visor to Edge Stowaway

If you have a Visor Stowaway and want to use it on an Edge.
Targus Tech Service sell an adapter for $15.
I received mine and it works fine
dabirk

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