i-opener Content Areas and Functional/Feature Sets


Generic User Profile (not necessarily the same as the purchaser or all user types)
Age range 40 - 65
Empty nester
Technophobe - intimidated by technology
No or limited experience on personal computers and graphical user interfaces


Content Areas and Functional/Feature Sets

E-mail
View messages in the Mailbox, Sent or Drafts repositories
In the case of a shared i-opener with multiple e-mail accounts, change the owner of the Mailbox in view
Read a message in the Mailbox, Sent or Drafts repositories
Delete a message in the Mailbox, Sent or Drafts repositories
Reply to the sender of a message received
Reply to All of the recipients of a message received
Forward a message received
Write a mail message to one or more e-mail addresses
Send a message written
Cancel the message in the process of writing it
Save a message as a Draft in the process of writing it
Manually check the mail server for new mail received
Use the Address Book to assist in addressing a mail message being written
In the case of a shared i-opener with multiple e-mail accounts, chose the sender of the message being written
Indicate that a copy of the message being sent is to be stored in Sent Mail repository


Address Book
View a list of addresses
View a single address entry
Edit a single address entry
Create a new address entry

News
View 10 stories one at a time
Connect to additional news stories, international, political, and science news stories
Connect to archived stories

Weather
View observations and forecast
View weather maps
View travel weather data
View detailed forecast
Go to another location
Update weather data

Sports
View 10 stories one at a time
Connect to additional sports stories
Connect to archived stories

Finance
View 10 stories one at a time
Connect to additional financial stories
Connect to archived stories

Stock Tracker (part of the Finance section)
Edit the default list of securities
Look up symbols of securities to add to the Stock Tracker list
Connect to get delayed quotes
Update quotes

Entertainment
View 10 stories one at a time
Connect to additional entertainment stories
Connect to archived stories

Web Guide
View categories of Web sites
Go to specific Web sites listed in the Web Guide
Browse the Web by inputting URLs
Search the Web via keyword matches
Listen to various Internet radio stations (RealPlayer 5.0 compatible only)
Save favorite Web pages as Favorites to be accessed at a later time
Go to a specific Favorite Web site

Shopping
View categories of e-commerce Web sites
View a directory of e-commerce Web sites
View stores in alphabetical order
Go to specific e-commerce Web sites in the Shopping section
View tips on shopping
Connect to InfoSpace's Active Shopper Web site

Help
View help topics and other reference information
Set Preferences for I-opener settings
Change the default modem settings
Change the phone number to connect to the network
Manage e-mail accounts (add, delete, modify)
View Netpliance contact information

Calendar
View a monthly calendar
View brief descriptions of events on a day in the month view
View that there is a birthday or an anniversary occurring on a day in the month view
Add events and notes on a day
Edit events and notes (inc. deleting)
View birthdays and when an contact in the address book has

Instant Messenger
Sign-On to Messenger
Add screen names to the contact list
Delete screen names from the contact list
View the online status of names in the contact list
Start a conversation with up to 4 contacts that are online
Send a message to a contact when a conversation is started
End a conversation that has been started
Reply in conversation with someone else that started the conversation

Other areas or functions
Print various i-opener and Web pages
Disconnect the i-opener connection
Change the size of the text font in the content area of various pages


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