A Replacement for the i-Opener?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 9, 2006 @10:08PM from the a-no-hassle-internet-appliance dept.

kenh writes "For years my father has gotten along the Information Superhighway with just an i-Opener and an Earthlink account. However, the internet has moved too far ahead for his burned-in-ROM browser to be useful to him anymore, and dial-up is a bit slow these days. While investigating various options (Apple Macintosh, Knoppix Linux/Ubuntu Linux with USB key file storage, WebTV) I didn't find any that were very appealing, for a variety of reasons. Right now, I'm looking for something that has: dial-up support, no update/anti-virus/etc pop-ups, and no software 'update' downloads, support for PDFs, Flash, Javascript, and other features necessary to accommodate more modern websites. The i-Opener was 'foolproof', and if things went wrong, you could just shut it off and try again, Everything I see today lacks that ability (to varying extents)." What decent i-Opener replacements, if any, exist today?

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try a-Opener by larry+bagina · 2006-09-09 22:12 · Score: -1, Troll

a-Opener is a real eye-Opener.

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MOD PARENT DOWN!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-10 00:02 · Score: -1, Troll

What a fucking whore!
Re:somewhat off-topic by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-10 00:19 · Score: -1, Troll

very off-topic. mod down please. i didn't come here to read classifieds, i came here to read about natalie portman and hot grits.
Re:Pepper Pad HAHAHAHA by Anonymous Coward · 2006-09-10 02:59 · Score: -1, Troll

Read the reviews on Amazon, you won't want one.