Aplio was an Internet appliance maker located in San Bruno, California. They were a French startup, that was founded in 1996. They were acquired by Net2Phone in 2000.
Their product Aplio/Phone is a device, that allowed a standard telephone to communicate across the Internet. It was named Product of the Year by the Internet Telephony magazine. Version 2.0 was shipped in 1999. Aplio/Pro was an Internet telephony appliance with an embedded Linux kernel. It was named Product of the Year by Internet Telephony and Communications Services magazines.
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- Rick Lehrbaum. Reach out and Tux someone ZDNet, August 10, 2000, retrieved 2011-03-08^