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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. wireless laptops in the living room by frknfrk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    this not only affects these internet appliances, but computer desk and chair manufacturers as well. I have this nice desk and ergonomic chair in my office, but I -never- sit there because I can sit on the La-Z-Boy with my wireless laptop. When my wife started law school, I made sure she had a nice desk of her own to sit at with her laptop and books. Of course she has a wireless card now also and there is competition at the La-Z-Boy.

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  2. Note to self... by wiredog · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Gotta buy milk on the way home from work.

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