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The first such appliances to be marketed successfully gave constant information on the weather or on the state of the stock market, by means of changes in colors or by using analog gauges. Another type of Internet appliance is the Internet Tablet. The most famous (or infamous) examples of the Internet Tablet are the Sony Airboard and the recently unveiled Nokia 770 . Internet appliances were promoted by a variety of technology companies during the 1990 s but, as the price of full-featured computers dropped, never met the market expectations. Jim Louderback would later describe the concept as one of the "eight biggest tech flops ever". However, a resurgence in Internet appliances may be underway in 2005-06. With the rise in home networking, a new breed of devices, such as Vonage Internet Phones, PenguinRadio's Internet Radio , and IPTV boxes are starting to use the broadband connections of users in non-PC dependent ways. NOTABLE INTERNET APPLIANCES |
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