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...that he plans to open a second one. He's hoping to begin shooting music videos of his best acts. "You know the real problem with Vietnamese bands?" says Huy. "They don't smile. When an American band is onstage, everyone is smiling." Sure enough, the guitar, bass and keyboard players look as if they are waiting for a bus. Huy drains his Corona. "I have to teach them that...
CALL IT MINI-PC The i-Opener ($99, $21.95 a month), from Netpliance Inc., looks like a tiny PC, with a sleek flat-panel screen, attached keyboard and 56K modem for Web access and e-mail. Surfing may be sluggish at 200 MHz, and the browser may gag on fancier websites. But for folks with limited needs, it's like a Yugo: for the money, it's an adequate way to get where you want...
...TVemail ($79.95, $9.95 a month) goes even further to solve the "footprint" problem that many seniors have when it comes to putting something new in their home. It's a small, paperback-size black box that sits on top of the TV and comes with a curvaceous wireless keyboard. No Web access, though maker eNote.com will send news, scores and weather reports to users over e-mail...
What really seemed cool to me was the Talkabout T900, another gizmo from Motorola that's also going on sale this week. A tad larger and heavier than the V phone, the T900 opens up like a makeup case to reveal a miniature keyboard and screen about twice the size of the V phone's display. You can't make calls with the T900, but you can send and receive e-mail. You can also get daily news, sports, weather and entertainment updates. Even better, it costs half as much as the V phone, and monthly fees from PageNet start...
...after a while, I got bored with the T900. I wanted the news headlines I cared about, not the generic stuff. And while it was easy to get the hang of the petite keyboard, my e-mails got cut off after about 1,000 characters (shorter than it sounds), and several times I typed an entire message, then accidentally (and irretrievably) deleted it. Other messages never arrived in friends' In boxes...