3Com Web pad!

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/13978.html
3Com Audrey Net appliance to debut Tuesday
By: Tony Smith
Posted: 13/10/2000 at 12:44 GMT


3Com's first Internet appliance, Audrey, will finally be launched next week
after a month's delay, according to company sources sited by CNet.

The etch-a-sketch style Web pad was announced earlier this year, and
described by former 3Com CEO Eric Benhamou as the device that would
out-Palm
Palm.

Audrey was due to arrive early September, but the launch was held back.
However, 3Com mistakenly posted Audrey's promotional Web site, along with
the portal aimed at the appliance's users, onto a live link late last
month,
allowing the world a brief glimpse at the device.

Available in a range of colours, Audrey will sport a 6.25in x 4.75in
touch-sensitive screen, plus a TV tuner knob-style control that calls up
various pre-programmed Web-based channels. The device is designed to be
held
like a tablet computer, or to stand on a desktop like an LCD monitor.

It contains a built-in 56kbps modem, speakers and microphone; serial and
USB
ports; and a wireless keyboard. It can be used as a back-up and
synchronisation system for Palm-based devices - Audrey itself runs a mix of
the PalmOS and QNX's real-time Neutrino OS. ®

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