3Com Audrey

3Com's Audrey is the sexiest new Internet appliance on the market. This countertop family organizer/Internet appliance looks great in the kitchen. Her best feature is allowing up to two Palm pilots or Handspring Visors to synch with it: Her dark side is a slow modem and difficult online connection process.
With Audrey, the family can view up to three separate schedules/phone lists on screen simultaneously and even write scribble notes on its touch screen with a translucent pen that resides in a blowhole on top. Audrey comes with a wireless keyboard that mounts on the back for easy storage and a channel dial for easy web site surfing. She's pricey at $500, and unless you have some degree of computer experience, it's not the best bet for the first time user. Decorators will love it. It has a 56K modem, Ethernet adapter and USB adapters for printers. Audrey costs $499. For color, she's $549. www.3Com.com.