LAS VEGAS — Associated Press Last updated on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 02:39PM EDT
Everyone knows refrigerator magnets are old school, but so are the photo prints they hold up and the radio and TV you hear when you're looking at them.
Several devices appearing this year compatible with Whirlpool Corp.'s centralpark Connection fridge take over those functions: a digital photo frame, an iPod speaker system and a Wi-Fi-equipped touch-screen tablet computer that shows movies and lets users look up recipes online.
The fridge is available at Best Buy for $1,999, Whirlpool said Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The Ceiva digital photo frame, available now, costs an extra $249.
Coming later this year are an iPod dock and speakers from Brandmotion, a tempered-glass message centre and the Clio Vu Wi-Fi-equipped removable computer, which comes with Cozi, a free organizational software and Web service.
The Quartet Qnote message centre, by Acco Brands, sounds like a high-end dry-erase board. It features surface lighting, a digital clock and a sliding storage drawer.
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