Uh - that's been widely publicized - however...

1.    it is true, you are gonna be stuck with 1 (one) month's service if you
buy FROM THE WEB SITE but NOT from CIRCUIT CITY;

2.    it is False - as had been widely reported - said product modifications
was just a ruse to raise their stock price - as happened immediately after
the news release. People are still getting the same products as before. You
cannot usually redesign a circuit board, change manufacturing processes
overnight and continue to ship product.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy "Iron Igloo"

>Beware!  Netpliance has just changed their policy...I read this on
>www.slashdot.org site.
>
>A quote from the i-opener site:
>"By purchasing the i-opener you are agreeing to use the i-opener Internet
>service. The fee is $21.95 a month and will be billed approximately 2 days
>after the i-opener is shipped to you.
>
>i-opener Internet appliances shipped after March 20, 2000 can no longer be
>reconfigured in the manner described in recent reports. Modification of the
>i-opener in any way is in violation of our terms and conditions."
>
>
>the link:
>https://secure.netpliance.com/store/index.asp?user_GUID=BD8279E1-2337-4F8D-
9
>D8B-F663FEBB884B&user_GUID_session=BD8279E1-2337-4F8D-9D8B-F663FEBB884B&act
i
>on_type_value=
>
>Thought you guys should know...
>
>-Jeff Taberski
>no vanagon...yet.
>Looking for a Westy in Indiana...
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <KENWILFY@AOL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:54 PM
>Subject: Ordered an I-opener tonight! (van content)
>
>
>> Went to the local Circuit City that actually had a Netpliance I-opener
for
>> display.  All of the other stores I called (4) didn't have one and had a
>> pretty long list of folks waiting for these.
>> This unit looked as good in real life as it does on the website.  The
>screen
>> was crisp and the mouse thingy built into the keyboard worked pretty
well.
>I
>> decided to go ahead and buy one.  Circuit City said just give them $20
and
>> they would order one for me.  I decided to do this instead of buying from
>the
>> website since this would save my shipping costs and paying for one month
>of
>> their internet service (which I didn't want anyway).  Total cost is
>$105.99.
>>
>> I am really interested in using this computer (after some slight mods) to
>> play MP3s in my van and for GPS (as some other folks are also planning).
>I
>> would eventually like to use it to display some virtual gauges (see my
>posts
>> a few months ago about my dream gauge setup).  I don't see why I couldn't
>> also use it (along with a special hookup) to send emails on the road via
>cell
>> phone!
>>
>> If you are interested in this beast it is supposed to stay at $99 until
>> Father's Day, at which point it will increase in price to $199.
>>
>> Just wanted to share,
>> Ken Wilford
>> http://www.vanagain.com
>> John 3:16
>> Office (856)-765-1583
>> Shop (856)-327-0027
>> Fax   (856)-327-2242
>