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...tough to feel affection for a trapezoidal slab of metal and plastic. In fact, when I first laid eyes on Audrey, the new Internet appliance unveiled by 3Com last week, I was underwhelmed. Here we go again, I thought: yet another overpriced, underperforming PC wannabe. Like many of the so-called Net appliances that preceded it (see below), Audrey promises the joys of the Net without the cost or unwieldiness of a full-featured computer. Given the lackluster company it keeps, though, that's not saying much...
What makes Audrey different is that it offers enough stylish touches to make what few functions it delivers feel like luxury. Not only can you type e-mail on its petite, wireless keyboard, but you can also send a voice message or scribble a note directly on its 8-in., touch-sensitive screen using the glowing Plexiglas stylus. A blinking green light alerts you to new e-mail even when Audrey is turned off. To get the news, you simply turn a knob in front to flip through any of nine "channels" featuring customized Web content from sites such...
Equipped with a built-in 56K modem, the 4-lb. Audrey lets you check all your news and mail offline by scheduling as many as five automated downloads a day. I loved rolling out of bed in the morning, reading the latest news and peeking ahead at a detailed, four-day weather forecast almost instantaneously--without the hum, whir, delay and bother of booting up my home...
Palm users will appreciate the ability to synch their schedules with Audrey's built-in family calendar, while anyone with high-speed access can buy an optional adapter for $59 that will plug into an Ethernet connection for zippy Web surfing...
...Making Faces, Aucoin devotes several pages of his new book to portraying his celebrated friends as Hollywood icons from the past: Winona Ryder as Elizabeth Taylor, Calista Flockhart as Audrey Hepburn and Martha Stewart as Veronica Lake. Yet the rest of the book shows Aucoin's makeup wizardry on women of all ages, ethnicities and body types (including a transgender friend). The goal, he insists, is to "empower women through showing them possibilities, not making judgments...