At last, the industry makes a simple device that challenges the PC
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Compaq and Microsoft's new Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance is the best Internet desktop appliance to date, and can be recommended to anyone who wants to get onto the Internet or send e-mail without having to buy a personal computer. The device can be set up easily and quickly. Currently it can connect to the Internet only via a dial-up phone connection, but high-speed DSL connection for the device should become available within a few months. The speed is comparable to that of most PCs. Drawbacks include inability of the device to handle Web sites that rely on Java programming language or to use video and audio files made with RealNetworks' technology. The companies plan to fix these and other problems in the second software version, to appear in December or January. The price is $599, but comes with a significant rebate that accompanies the required Microsoft Network online service subscription.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2000
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Apple's iBook laptop has a cool, crisp look and performs to match
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After 2 years on the market, Apple Computer has reinvented the iBook, its laptop with a sleek cold-white frame weighing in at 4.9 pounds, already nicknamed the IceBook by fans. At $1,299 to $1,799, the iBook has all ports, drives for CDs, USB, DVDs and whistles in a slim design, 1.35 inches thick and a 12.1 inch screen (which offers tighter video resolution). With 500 MHz Power PC G3 processor, 128 megabytes of memory, a FireWire port, modem and 5 hours of life between battery charges, iBook stomps on the more expensive Toshiba Satellite 2805-S302.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2001
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New Sony appliance doesn't match Compaq in price and simplicity
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In a comparison of two Internet appliances, the Sony eVilla and Compaq iPAQ Home Internet Appliance (in its second edition), the iPAQ retains its title as the best Internet appliance to date. While the eVilla is large, expensive and plagued with frustrating problems for the user, the iPAQ lets up to nine users share a machine and can be directly hooked up to a DSL line or cable modem. Despite a few drawbacks, the iPAQ is a good choice at a good price for the new user who does not want a PC, or as a secondary terminal for e-mail and e-commerce in a home that already has a personal computer.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2001
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