Want E-Mail? No Computer? No Problem, Larry Magid: HP Printing Mailbox Allows You To Receive E-Mail, But Not Send It - CBS News: "
(CBS) While it seems as if PCs, the Internet and email are ubiquitous, there remain a substantial number of Americans who aren’t online. My mother-in-law Lucy is one of them. She’s managed to live 80 plus years without a PC and she’s not about to get one now. That’s OK except for one thing. Until very recently, not having a PC made her the only member of the extended family that can’t receive or send email. Now, thanks to a new printer called the HP Printing Mailbox, she can receive email though she still can’t send it.
The printer was loaned and service provided for evaluation purposes.
The printer, which costs $149 plus $9.99 a month for the service, doesn’t even have a USB or printer port. Instead it has a phone jack and is designed to connect to a standard phone line. The printer then c calls a service to download mail. "
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