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a repeat of the year 2000 - The Rise and Demise of Net Appliances
The Rise and Demise of Net Appliances
Starting back in about 2000 there started an era of Internet appliances! Indeed visions of the future!

There was the Compaq IPaq Home Internet Appliance, Honeywell Webpad and 3Com heralded the Ergo family, including Audrey.


The technology wasn't ready for what people expected. The LCD screens were too expensive to let vendors sell the products at reasonable prices and as time passed... they became obsolete! One would home with the new Intel Origami running windows XP this will not happen.... but wait.... XP is to be replaced by Vista.....

We should hope thee is a way to bring the new operating systems onboard when they arive...

We have a curious collection of these net devices... and of course are always looking for more... the hardware, interviews with developers, photographs, documents anything related.

Ed Sharpe archivist for smecc

www.smecc.org Arizona's communication and computation museum
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Linux on Origami  Protostar | 03/07/06
The EU must take care of it!  Linux Geek | 03/07/06
You Euros...  bill@... | 03/07/06
Only the hardware...  Tony Agudo | 03/07/06
But why would you want...  John Zern | 03/08/06
yeah  zclayton2 | 03/08/06
C'mon ...  gmartins_z | 03/08/06
Re: C'mon ...  Tony Agudo | 03/08/06
If it is a PC then won't it already be linux capable?  alcedes | 03/07/06
Don't forget about video  nomorems | 03/07/06
RE: "Linux on Origami"  ajapierce | 03/07/06
Yuh, know?!?  The King's Servant | 03/07/06
If the hand writing recognition is a kludge then ...  ShadeTree | 03/07/06
I'll keep my day job...  The King's Servant | 03/07/06
My Bad(nt)  ShadeTree | 03/08/06
Only if  nomorems | 03/07/06
Bye-Bye OQO  jpr75_z | 03/07/06
Re-examine your premises  escoles@... | 03/07/06
Does anyone remember...  bill@... | 03/07/06
What type of Internet Connectivity does it have  alcedes | 03/07/06
Message has been deleted.  crankyspanky | 03/07/06
Probably...  Wolfie2K3 | 03/07/06
Just avoid Dr. J. Cramer  weiedm | 03/07/06
Corn  FiOS-Dave | 03/07/06
Thin Screens  FiOS-Dave | 03/07/06
Am I missing something  panic man | 03/07/06
from 1990.... I was goning to claim 2000  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
I have one already!!!  tjasionowski | 03/07/06
the Origami Personal Communicator namesake rises again! How odd!  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
a repeat of the year 2000 - The Rise and Demise of Net Appliances  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
HISTORICAL INTEL WEB PAD YEAR 2001  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
One note on the historical Intel Webpab  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
but the one fron Natnl. Semiconductor DID with the same name  couryhouse@... | 03/07/06
Deal Breaker  fwfulton | 03/07/06
16x9 and 4 to 6 hrs. of battery!  couryhouse@... | 03/08/06
The wintel etch-a-sketch  GoPower | 03/08/06
would like to see the input screen also...  strat99 | 03/09/06

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