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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...
...furnishings are self-consciously expensive and up-to-date, from quietly ornate hardwood desks to glass-backed carrels with individual modem access. The library even boasts the requisite huge, unattractive art installations of the kind found chiefly in modern civic buildings. And it's crammed with helpful amenities, including a top-floor exhibition gallery, a roof terrace, an auditorium, an "educational guidance center" and a cafe...
SIERRA WIRELESS AIRCARD 300 $400, plus $20 to $55 a month Pop this 19.2-Kbps modem into any Windows notebook for untethered Net surfing...
PALM VII $450, plus $10 to $45 a month for e-mail and Web access This version of the best-selling handheld computer comes with a wireless modem that lets you send e-mail and tap into...
COMPAQ IPAQ H3650 $499 or $799, plus $30 a month (with modem); available in June Look out, Palm! Here's a silvery, sleek pocket PC with a built-in MP3 player, full Web access and a gorgeous color screen...