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Sony Axes eVilla, Offers Refund

Posted by michael on from the another-surfing-appliance-bites-the-dust dept.

Matey-O writes: "C-Net is reporting Sony's dropping of the BeOS powered eVilla internet appliance. Saying it wasn't performing as planned. Am I the only person who LIKES having a small internet terminal in the kitchen/family room?" Apparently, yes. I suspect that laptops with wireless cards are filling the role that web appliances were supposed to fill.

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  1. Re:iCEBOX may be your answer by Locke_CJ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The FlipScreen version looks almost perfect. Too bad there's no prices/purchase options.
    There's also no mention of what hardware/software it runs.
    The weight listed(40lbs.) seems a bit worrysome as well.
    Definitely something worth watching, though.

  2. Re:What I want by Accipiter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How about one of these?

    There are no loud fans and no loud disks. Power-up is almost instant. Full networking support is available, is tremendously compact (while still having a large, readable display), and it has an available Linux Port.

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