Internet appliance

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>Internet appliances were promoted by a variety of technology companies during the 1990s but, as the price of full-featured computers dropped, never met the market expectations. <a href="/facts/Jim_Louderback/JrcFMpx4">Jim Louderback</a> would later describe the concept as one of the "eight biggest tech flops ever".
</p><p>An <a href="/facts/Internet_tablet/6pGX2I7b">Internet tablet</a> is a type of a mobile Internet appliance. Examples include the Sony Airboard<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> and the <a href="/facts/Nokia_Internet_Tablet/BpwSnwlM">Nokia Internet Tablet</a> series (including the <a href="/facts/Nokia_N900/fDoT2A07">Nokia N900</a>).
</p><p>Early in the 21st century a new breed of household devices, such as Vonage <a href="/facts/Internet_Phone/5QGBbXYg">Internet Phones</a>, PenguinRadio's <a href="/facts/Internet_radio/XHWyRpcW">Internet radio</a>, and <a href="/facts/IPTV/tHqsXX6h">IPTV</a> boxes, began to use the broadband connections in PC-independent ways.
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<h2 id="notable-devices">Notable devices</h2>
<h3>Current</h3>
<ul><li>aigo MID</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Chromebook/6aAkFzLV">Chromebook</a></li>
<li>Litl Webbook</li>
<li>MailBug</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Personal_Internet_Communicator/bBr74k32">Personal Internet Communicator</a></li></ul>
<h3>Discontinued</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/3Com_Audrey/Mw0mLrPp">3Com Audrey</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Amstrad_E-mailer/xnTFvUtf">Amstrad E-mailer</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Cidco_MailStation/YagBuC0k">CIDCo Mivo/MailStation</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/IPAQ_(desktop_computer)/rsUwWbuX">Compaq</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/EPod/Dmg0TR0d">ePod</a></li>
<li>GlobalPC</li>
<li><a href="/facts/I-Opener/LjThalTN">i-Opener</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/MSN_Companion/GxRrjFd3">MSN Companion</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/MSN_TV/Ff7qokET">MSN TV</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/New_Internet_Computer/MGgz38UW">New Internet Computer</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet/VwhybAQ3">Nokia 770 Internet Tablet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nokia_N800/cng5lHb9">Nokia N800</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nokia_N810/emCL6z4X">Nokia N810</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nokia_N900/fDoT2A07">Nokia N900</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pepper_Pad/WmeApgdb">Pepper Pad</a></li>
<li>Sony Airboard</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sony_eVilla/coULgNJg">Sony eVilla</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Mylo_(Sony)/1rvx2qz1">Sony Mylo</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Virgin_Webplayer/XPbrA9uH">Virgin Webplayer</a></li>
<li>VTech Companion</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Computer_appliance/wJwTJXHN">Computer appliance</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Ubiquitous_computing/KdH2CFrh">Ubiquitous computing</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Intel_Mobile_Internet_Device/WsbHtJBR">Mobile Internet Device</a> (MID)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Server_appliance/wJwTJXHN">Server appliance</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Netbook/aExm3tmc">Netbook</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Internet appliances.

<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070427205314/http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl?Session=">Linux-Hacker.net</a> Community Page pertaining to getting Linux to run on older Internet Appliances</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Bergman, Eric (2000). Information Appliances and Beyond (Interactive Technologies). Morgan Kaufmann. pp. 50–70. ISBN 1-55860-600-9. Retrieved 2008-05-06. <a href="1-55860-600-9" target="_blank">1-55860-600-9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Keen, Peter G. W.; Mougayar, Walid; Torregrossa, Tracy (1998). The business internet and intranets: a manager's guide to key terms and concepts. Boston, Mass: Harvard Business School Press. p. 122. ISBN 0-87584-840-0. <a href="0-87584-840-0" target="_blank">0-87584-840-0</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Martyn Williams 02 November, 2010 Sony's ten biggest flops, Techworld.com.au <a href="http://www.techworld.com.au/article/366537/sony_10_greatest_tech_flops/#closeme" target="_blank">http://www.techworld.com.au/article/366537/sony_10_greatest_tech_flops/#closeme</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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