A focus on using electronics for energy consumption monitoring, rate monitoring, and simpler service/support, rather than displaying pictures from SD cards (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Call the service center, hold your smartphone up to the washer, press a button, and the washer emits fax-machine-like tones to transmit diagnostic info to the service center. Actually that suggests to me that these are not actually internet connected. The Kenmore won't be available in stores until 2012 (!!) but a version of it is at Sears now.
how retro - tansmitting FSK tone over an IP connection...I'm surprised the analogue to digital conversion loop this sets up didn't create a universe ending paradox...
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