Object Details
- Graves, Frank M.
- VeriFone
- U.S. Order
- Description
- The Phone Plus, a smart screen telephone designed and released by U.S. Order in 1994, was created to appeal to the home user. It was an enhanced "information appliance" that combined the functions of a telephone with Internet packet-switching technology and included banking and shopping features. With the Phone Plus, a user could speak on the telephone, read and write e-mail, pay bills, check bank statements, receive news and weather information, and shop for groceries or catalogue goods. The telephone included a high-resolution display, a QWERTY keyboard hidden underneath the telephone keypad, 256K memory and a magnetic card reader. This "home transaction terminal" had limited functions, however, and failed because users had already turned to the Web for these same features. VeriFone Inc., a leader in point-of-sale terminal hardware and software, purchased the technology from U.S. Order. U.S. Order, now known as InteliData Technologies Corp., and VeriFone continue to develop hardware and software for the home banking and retail markets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Frank M. Graves
- 1995
- ID Number
- 2000.0206.01
- catalog number
- 2000.0206.01
- accession number
- 2000.0206
- Object Name
- Telephone
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- rubber (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 cm x 30.6 cm x 22 cm; 5 1/2 in x 12 1/16 in x 8 21/32 in
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Computers
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_600871
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1d79-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
