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To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (1289)3/20/1998 9:34:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 4231
 
WebFiler's Killer App:Personal WebFiler for Internet Appliances.

Huge market seen for Net appliances

"...A new research report has found 85 million U.S. adults are at least somewhat receptive to one or more Internet appliance concepts: Internet TVs, screenphones, and portable Internet devices. Internet TV is the best-positioned of all Internet appliances over the short term, said Cathy Santosus, author of the report for market researchers FIND/SVP and Cyber Dialogue. She reported 32 percent of adults "express personal interest in accessing the Internet from their television," compared with 26 percent for screenphones and 18 percent for portable devices. By year-end 1999, more than one million adults will access the Internet via television, she added..."

&copy 1998 Finance Internet Daily Frank Barnako CBS.Marketwatch.com

...how about an alliance with WebTV et al so ALL home owners can use WebFiler for their Home Inventory, Insurance etc. [and even small business records] along the lines of WebFiler's current alliance with Installshield installshield.com re: RegisterOnTheWeb ...what better [intuitively obvious?] remote off-site [virtual] place to inventory everything including tax records?...possibly brand the new product Personal WebFiler or private label with all potential alliances so said OEM (e.g. WebTV, Aetna, Farmer's, Travelers, et al...) can use 'Personal WebFiler' as an incentive for said customer to 'signup' for say, WebTV, Aetna, et all...accordingly WebTV would offer WebTV Personal WebFiler...furthermore, said 'Personal WebFile' could be accessed from any Internet Appliance incl. WebTV, AT&T PocketNet...this is huge and instant market share, brand equity...