Friday, May 30, 2008
HP's A10 Printing Mailbox for Presto Service
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:47 AM
"Presto's HP A10 Printing Mailbox lets you share email and photos with family and friends who don't have a computer or internet connection. The HP Printing Mailbox is for use with PrestoSM Service. It shares an existing phone line to connect to the Presto Service, uses plain paper and standard HP print cartridges. With Presto Service and the HP Printing Mailbox, family and friends send ordinary email and attached photos from any email client to the Presto user. Purchase the HP Printing Mailbox, then call 1-800-919-3199 or go online to www.presto.com to purchase the $9.99 monthly plan or the $99.99 annual plan. Presto automatically transforms messages into beautiful full-color printouts. Several times per day, on a schedule you choose, the HP Printing Mailbox dials in to the Presto Service to retrieve new messages and prints them in beautiful color-automatically. Presto only delivers messages from people on your Presto Friends list, so there are no ads, no spam, no junk mail."
The idea of printing email has always seemed ridiculous to me, but the more I considered the target market for this device, the more it started to make sense. I have two surviving grand-parents, and neither one of them has a computer - nor have they ever indicated they have a desire to own one. Yet I know they'd both enjoy being in better contact with family members - so this device certainly fills a niche. Unfortunately for me, it's 100% US-based, so I can't use it (sadly typical). But if the person you want to use this device lives in the US, you're in luck: the printer is $50 off at the moment, costing $99 USD. The way it deals with spam is excellent: the service will only print email from people that you've allowed onto the list. Nice. Father's day is coming up - anyone have a non-technically inclined father that might enjoy this? [Affiliate]
The idea of printing email has always seemed ridiculous to me, but the more I considered the target market for this device, the more it started to make sense. I have two surviving grand-parents, and neither one of them has a computer - nor have they ever indicated they have a desire to own one. Yet I know they'd both enjoy being in better contact with family members - so this device certainly fills a niche. Unfortunately for me, it's 100% US-based, so I can't use it (sadly typical). But if the person you want to use this device lives in the US, you're in luck: the printer is $50 off at the moment, costing $99 USD. The way it deals with spam is excellent: the service will only print email from people that you've allowed onto the list. Nice. Father's day is coming up - anyone have a non-technically inclined father that might enjoy this? [Affiliate]
