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First, do they have plans to work with the Major ISPs. If this can't hook to AOL or MSN [I know, don't mock me] then many people simply can't use it. Ideally, it would share the connection transparently, so your PS2/xBOX as well as AltOS PC could all be online! I'd suggest they start dealing with Lindows because they have already tried to get deals with major ISPs and have the propeietary software for their OS.

Also, they need to go one step further with it! It really should have home office connectivity too. It's already able to connect to DSL/broadband [& dial-up?] but to be really successful, it should be able to act as voice mail/answering machine, fax server, phone hub perhaps with speed dials for pizza, and call tracking. That way it could manage your land-line data as well. The problem with PCs for those tasks [why it hasn't taken off yet] is that PCs are still to buggy for 24/7 operation, and most people don't leave them on to always be available...this would fit that usage perfectly and reduce the number of machines you need at home too!

I didn't see that print serving was featured..again, another major selling point, always on printing WITHOUT a PC. Changed over at work to network printer and am never going back! Now we just need network scanning to complete the home office suite! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any network scanners for cheap. Even the All-in-ones require the USB connection for scanning, not ethernet. [I'm wrong?...please!] But then you'd have to add OCR to this also, or again, it'd just be a toy.

I only bring up networking because that's the point of the device. Toss it in a closet and forget it, all the updates are automatic. if you can't have EVERYTHING network connected, then it ends up being "just another toy" rather than a really useful tool. It's really, really close though!