<s>
An	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
(	O
IA	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
appliance	O
that	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
easily	O
perform	O
a	O
specific	O
electronic	O
function	O
such	O
as	O
playing	O
music	O
,	O
photography	O
,	O
or	O
editing	B-Application
text	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
examples	O
are	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistants	I-Application
(	O
PDAs	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
partially	O
overlap	O
in	O
definition	O
with	O
,	O
or	O
are	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
,	O
smart	O
devices	O
,	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
or	O
wireless	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
was	O
coined	O
by	O
Jef	O
Raskin	O
around	O
1979	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jef	O
Raskin	O
initially	O
tried	O
to	O
include	O
such	O
features	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
which	O
he	O
designed	O
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
the	O
project	O
went	O
a	O
quite	O
different	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dedicated	B-General_Concept
word	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
machines	O
had	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
attributes	O
of	O
an	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Raskin	O
designed	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
,	O
the	O
Canon	B-Device
Cat	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
described	O
some	O
properties	O
of	O
his	O
definition	O
of	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
in	O
his	O
book	O
The	O
Humane	O
Interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Larry	O
Ellison	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
CEO	O
,	O
predicted	O
that	O
information	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
and	O
network	B-Operating_System
computers	I-Operating_System
would	O
supersede	O
personal	O
computers	O
(	O
PCs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
