The Gateway Touch Pad was an Internet appliance

Internet appliance

An Internet appliance is a consumer device whose main function is easy access to Internet services such as WWW or e-mail. The term was popularized in the 1990s, when it somewhat overlapped in meaning with an information appliance, Internet computer, network computer, or even thin client, but now it...

 released on November 10, 2000 at a price of USD599.

The Touch Pad was built with a chassis (containing speakers) around a 10-inch LCD display with a touch screen for input and controlling basic functions. The CPU was the Transmeta Crusoe

Transmeta Crusoe

The Crusoe is a family of x86-compatible microprocessors developed by Transmeta. Crusoe was notable for its method of achieving x86 compatibility. Instead of the instruction set architecture being implemented in hardware, or translated by specialized hardware, the Crusoe runs a software abstraction...

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The operating system was Mobile Linux and software included the Instant AOL GUI and a version of Netscape's browser using the Gecko engine.

The unit was designed to sit on a table, kitchen counter, or desk and intended to be used solely for access to the Internet or email. It was sold bundled with AOL

AOL

AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...

Internet access.

Due to slow sales it was removed from the market in October 2001.