ApplianceAdvisor Appliance Report ICEBOX

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ICEBOX (a brand of Salton Inc)
877-463-7637
Makers of internet connection equipment not packaged in major appliances

2006 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
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2005 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
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2004 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
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2003 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
Prices reduced to $2300 so moving towards a less stupid-zone.

2002 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
A Little Too Much Coffee in Seattle
The Icebox people added touch screens and the Windows CE operating system to their neat but yet very expensive kitchen internet appliance.
Available 4th Qtr 2002. MSRP at $3000. It sounded like a good idea in 2001, but now we know the price, and the price is beyond absurd.
For $3000 you could buy a fully loaded PC with giga-gobs of memory, CD burner, DVD player, modem, the Windows XE OS, a color printer and a monitor, then, in a fit of rage, bash each of these components into sub-atomic dust with a pie roller, then replace all of this equipment only to lose it again, (and the kids I might add), in a very nasty divorce, which as part of the decree, required classes in "anger management" and yet, yet, yet, get this, yet still have enough left to replace all that freaking equipment for a 3rd time. It really fries my eggs.

2001 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
The Real Kitchen Internet Appliance
ApplianceAdvisor is ready to take a stand on internet connectivity in the kitchen. While it likely that our major appliances will be integrated into the future wired home, we do not believe that bundling expensive flat screens and touch pads on your refrigerator and clothes washer will ever make much sense. Leaving video messages for family members on a refrigerator's $400 video screen is a dumb idea. Make that DUMB! Never mind the service implications of a bundled piece of equipment. Instead, dedicated products configured similarly to the Icebox are the future of the world wide webbed kitchen. With a broadband connection, Icebox provides the internet, DVD, TV, and home monitoring. We suggest that Electrolux, Maytag, GE, and Whirlpool let their engineers work on something more productive.

2000 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
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