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Internet appliances struggle for acceptance

ComputerPublished 1 July 2001
George Lawton
Citations39
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.55
SNIP1.02

TL;DR

The paper discusses the three primary types of Internet appliances and their marketplace performance.

Abstract

Internet appliances were conceived as simpler cousins of the PC with no hard drive and a minimal operating system that permitted almost instant bootup. Consumers could access their applications, such as e-mail and appointment calendars, via a Web browser. The simple browser interface was expected to make appliances more popular with technophobes. The paper discusses the three primary types of Internet appliances and their marketplace performance.

Keywords

Engineering