<s>
An	O
Internet	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
is	O
a	O
consumer	O
device	O
whose	O
main	O
function	O
is	O
easy	O
access	O
to	O
Internet	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
WWW	O
or	O
e-mail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
was	O
popularized	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
somewhat	O
overlapped	O
in	O
meaning	O
with	O
an	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
,	O
Internet	O
computer	O
,	O
network	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
or	O
even	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
,	O
but	O
now	O
it	O
has	O
fallen	O
out	O
of	O
general	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
was	O
contrasted	O
with	O
any	O
general	O
purpose	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
design	O
idea	O
behind	O
Internet	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
is	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
made	O
cheaper	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
usable	O
by	O
narrowing	O
its	O
functionality	O
and	O
limiting	O
available	O
configuration	O
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
smart	B-Application
phones	I-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
do	O
approximately	O
the	O
same	O
things	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
more	O
powerful	O
,	O
more	O
successful	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
generally	O
not	O
classified	O
as	O
Internet	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Device
appliances	I-Device
were	O
promoted	O
by	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
technology	O
companies	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
but	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
full-featured	O
computers	O
dropped	O
,	O
never	O
met	O
the	O
market	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Internet	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
a	O
mobile	O
Internet	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
the	O
Sony	O
Airboard	O
and	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Device
Internet	I-Device
Tablet	I-Device
series	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
N900	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
the	O
21st	O
century	O
a	O
new	O
breed	O
of	O
household	O
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Vonage	O
Internet	B-Application
Phones	I-Application
,	O
PenguinRadio	O
's	O
Internet	O
radio	O
,	O
and	O
IPTV	O
boxes	O
,	O
began	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
broadband	O
connections	O
in	O
PC-independent	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
