The news items are short articles from Reuters that are automatically downloaded four times a day so the computer always has fairly fresh items waiting for you. The device automatically dialed out to a preset local telephone number and connected itself to the Internet-all before I even realized that it was ready.Įxperienced computer users will faint when they see the i-opener’s blue opening menu with just eight circular icons leading to general news, weather, shopping, sports, finance, e-mail, Web browsing and entertainment. Even the cables connecting the keyboard and the optional mouse already were connected at the factory. Step 7 was just there to inform you that the installation process was over.
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Step 6 was how to plug the computer into an electrical wall outlet. Step 5 was on how to plug a telephone line into the computer. Steps 1 through 4 were on how to unpack the computer, so those didn’t count. I reached for the i-opener’s quick-start poster, which covered installation in seven easy steps. My first step in installing the i-opener was to toss away the manual. I even had it sitting on the breakfast table for a while before I finally settled on putting the i-opener next to my bed so I could wake up to the Web. It could fit on a bedroom night stand or under a kitchen cabinet. But I realized that the i-opener is so small-a bit smaller than a notebook computer-I didn’t have to set it up in any of the traditional spots. My first thought was to put the computer in my office. The actual computing guts are built into the 2-inch-thick monitor. Speakers are built into the LCD screen and a little pointing device, which can be used instead of a mouse, is fitted onto a corner of the keyboard. The device is made up of a 10-inch liquid crystal display screen and slightly shrunken keyboard. The fact is, you don’t need much of a computer to do some of the most fun and useful activities in computing. I have been using the i-opener for basic Web surfing and e-mail, but also for listening to the BBC radio broadcast each morning over the Internet, checking stock prices on Yahoo and even trading stocks on ESchwab. In a lot of ways, they are correct.īut despite all the missing doodads, the i-opener packs a surprising punch. Hard-core computer users will scoff at this machine as a wimpy, do-nothing box that is just a cut above a coffee maker.
Wimpy Little Box Has Surprising Versatility
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