TECHNOLOGY - July 11, 1996
Times Staff and Wire Reports
Low-Cost Internet Access Device Unveiled: WebTV Networks Inc., a Silicon Valley start-up, blasted ahead of computer industry veterans that have talked about the idea of a low-cost World Wide Web browser for months but have not delivered. The firm demonstrated its device and announced two powerful partners: Sony Electronics Inc. and Philips Consumer Electronics Co., which will begin selling products based on the technology in September. If the devices become available for just a few hundred dollars as expected, they could open up the Internet to a huge number of people who have been put off by the high cost of personal computers and the trouble of signing up an Internet access company.
