Meet Audrey
Busy families can use help with organization, communication, and convenient access to the Internet for news, weather, shopping, and Web surfing. Enter the 3Com Ergo Audrey ($499 direct) new Internet appliance.
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Available in five colors, The Audrey is designed to meld with home d in high traffic locations, coque iphone 6 swag homme such as the kitchen or family room. The device measures 9.0 by 11.8 by 3.0 inches (HWD), weighs 4.1 pounds, and can be used either upright or laid flat. The unit’s 7.6 inch diagonal touch screen, which has 640by 480 dpi VGA resolution and 12 bit color, is legible from a distance of several coque iphone 5s silicone chien feet.
A 5 inch translucent stylus mounts in a top panel slot and flashes bright green with the e mail button when a message is received or to signal an coque huawei p8 appointment. The 9.6 ounce (with two double A batteries) infrared keyboard has adequate 17 mm key spacing (versus 19 mm on desktop keyboards). The keyboard isn’t immersible, but it can be cleaned with window cleaner and a damp cloth.
The Audrey includes a 200 MHz Geode GX1 processor, 16MB of ROM, 32MB of RAM (1MB for e mail), and an upgradable version of the QNX 2000 OS with HotSync capability. There are two stereo speakers on the coque iphone 7 cerisier top panel, an external speaker jack, a microphone, and coque iphone 6 silicone ebay a 56K V.90 modem. Under a removable plastic shield that doubles as a keyboard rack, you’ll find two USB ports, one serial port, two RJ 11 phone jacks, and a power port. Attaching cables was tough with the shield on; take it off during setup.
The interface includes a main menu with links to six iconlabeled buttons and an Internet dial positioned around the base of the display. Screen navigation by large action buttons, horizontal and vertical scroll bars, and menu lists smooth. The Audrey’s applications are family friendly, including a clipboard feature coque huawei mate for transferring information between applications.
From the Date Book, you can check your appointments and a ZIP code weather forecast. Multiple calendars have color coded views with an option to view a consolidated household schedule. You can either type or “scribble” (hand write) Date Book entries; Address Book entries require keyboard use. The Audrey’s Address Book integrates with coque iphone 6 transparente avant arrière its Date Book, Browser, and Mail applications.
You can access the Internet via the browser or use the Channel dial to view Web sites formatted specifically for the Audrey, including ABC News, AccuWeather, CBS MarketWatch, and ESPN. Channels are updated automatically according to coque autres galaxy samsung a schedule that you coques personnalisees iphone 5 5s se determine; the operating system and browser are updated during channel updates.
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ISP coque iphone 6s dimension setup via the Audrey wizard is quick with coque iphone 6 plus est either a phone line or a broadband connection. For a broadband connection, you need an Ethernet cable and a 3Com USB Ethernet adapter ($60 street); other USB Ethernet adapters are not supported. The Audrey can’t, however, function as a client on your home network.
We tested the Audrey with an [email cable modem connection through our home network and with a telephone line connection to EarthLink; we found reliable Internet access with both methods and fantastic performance with the broadband connection.
Internet browsing, PIM synchronization with a coque samsung s6 Palm III, and two way coque iphone 6 plus pokémon e mail in typed, cdiscout coque iphone 6 handwritten, and audio (3 minute WAV file) formats worked without error. We hit the Audrey’s 400K per message limit when retrieving e mail with large digital image files; this required us to go to our PC to retrieve long messages.
Accessories (pricing to be announced) include a wall coque iphone 6s music mount, extra styli, a travel case, Palm serial cradles, and a USB Ethernet adapter. AT WorldNet Service is available at a $5 per month discount to users of the Audrey. Phone support free for the first 90 days, then available at $2.50 per minute.
There were good reasons to hold off from purchasing earlier Internet appliances, such as limited browsers and the need to set up yet another ISP and e mail account. The 3Com Ergo Audrey succeeded in changing our attitude on Internet appliances from “wait and see” to “buy it now.”..