In this LinuxDevices.com Device Profile, Rick Lehrbaum takes a look at a tiny Embedded Linux based consumer set-top box Internet appliance that will hit retail shelves in Japan in the next few months. Lehrbaum writes . . .

“The 'canD' is a very small, stylish, easy-to-install Linux-based TV set-top box designed to provide convenient Internet access to beginners and non-computer users. The device, which is packaged in a plastic housing roughly the size of a hard-cover book (8.7 x 6.5 x 1.2 in.), has an appearance suitable for use in typical Japanese living rooms — its initial target market.”

“Unlike many other Internet terminals and set-top boxes, the canD does not require users to operate it with a PC-like keyboard. Instead, canD users navigate TV programming and Internet resources using a familiar, TV-like wireless remote control that enables easy access to email, the Web, and a full range of video and audio entertainment programming.”

“The canD is the first product that to emerge from a collaboration between Japan-based Axis, a designer of computers and peripherals, and Taipei-based Coventive, a provider of embedded Linux solutions for information appliances.”

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