With a few taps of the stylus users can confirm a flight s departure time, check current sports scores, buy a book, and even send and receive e-mail. In the future, the service will offer wireless group meeting scheduling, context-sensitive notifications, instant messaging and limited voice input of data. Palm Pilots, even with this service, don t directly access the Internet, at least not in the same way as desktop PCs do. Web clipping provides a fast, efficient way to clip specific information from over 450 popular sites. And there s more.
Users can swivel the LCD panel and mount the unit beneath a kitchen cabinet if desired.
And it doesn t offer instant messaging and calendaring. Lastly, it doesn t support e-mail attachments or online video. Netpliance is by no means the only player in this game. But Netpliance has succeeded in producing one of the first Internet appliances that actually lives up to the promise of easy, affordable Internet access. Users will soon be able to access the Web from their wrists.