EPods

ePods, Inc., was a short-lived American technology company active from 1999 to 2000. Its flagship product was the ePodsOne, an internet appliance. ePods was founded in 1999 as a subsidiary of Salton Inc. during the dot-com bubble era. ePods and the EP1 was discontinued in 2000. The EP1 was described as:

Compact and light Internet appliance, about the size of a magazine
Requires only power and a phone line
256-color, 8.2-inch, 640 x 480 LCD touchscreen controlled by stylus; also includes onscreen keyboard
Customized Internet content and 5 e-mail accounts
129 MHz, 32-bit RISC processor, 16 MB RAM, 56 kbit/s modem, rechargeable NiMH battery,
PCMCIA Slot II port, 2 USB ports, a serial port, IrDA 1.1 port, internal microphone, headphone and microphone jacks
Windows CE operating system
2.2 pounds
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Originally $199

The product lives on as a hacked platform.

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