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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (21859)12/2/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh  Read Replies (2) of 24154
 
Cyrix WebPAD tomshardware.com

And now for something completely different. I stumbled on this on Tom's seldom updated Hardware page, old news from Comdex. Looks pretty cool, though the size is a bit vague. For an information appliance, it looks better than WebTV, which bites on the TV end, the comparison with a notebook computer is harder. Ergonomically, it looks good, another attempt at Alan Kay's ever elusive Dynabook. Something to keep an eye out for.

For me the product that should have won the price for the most innovation and user friendliness is the Cyrix WebPAD. Following Brian Hala's speech at Microprocessor Forum, Cyrix is following new ideas to bring computers to people who can't be bothered to buy a clumsy, super user unfriendly Windows PC. WebPAD is a reference design for a product that will make Internet browsing real fun.

No word on what software it uses. I haven't seen much other news on this, but I've been somewhat remiss in following the broader news. I like the line about "clumsy, super user unfriendly Windows PC". Et tu, Tom? Some people just don't appreciate the integrity and uniformity. . .

Cheers, Dan.
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