CrunchPad reborn as JooJoo
Monday morning, former TechCrunch partner Fusion Garage revealed details of its plans to release its Linux-based Web browsing tablet.
Known as the CrunchPad until TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington announced on his blog that Fusion Garage had removed his company from involvement the product, it was expected to be a touch-sensitive slate computer designed for browsing the Web. It was said to have no local storage aside from what was necessary to load and run the operating system. Arrington said he was hoping to bring the product to market for under $300, but did not expect it to be a big seller.
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The hardware manufacturer is releasing that hardware as the JooJoo, but the CrunchPad was more than the hardware — it was an open design process with a community behind it.
So sad.
Hands-on with the JooJoo
news.cnet.com: Quick impressions: yeah, this is a really cool device. Everyone reading a tech site like CNET will want one. But will they pay the $499 going price for it? We don't think so.
The JooJoo Web slate is based around a 12.1-inch diagonal 720p capacitive touch screen. The specs include: 1366x768-pixel resolution, a built-in camera, mic, and speakers, one USB port, and a card slot. There's 4GB of cache memory. What's the processor? Rathakrishnan wouldn't say. He also won't say who makes the touch screen.
The hardware is slim and pleasing to hold. The screen is gorgeous, and huge, and the plastic back is gently curved. The unit is very slim, thinner than a MacBook Air. There are no buttons on the device, save the single power switch.
The JooJoo runs a proprietary Linux-based operating system whose only purpose is to run the device's browser, based on Webkit but again a custom job by the developer. The browser supports Flash and other standard HTML extensions, but it won't run non-Web apps. No Skype for you.
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re: JooJoo
Apparently JooJoo is NOT smarter then the average bear.
Hey now...
"Apparently JooJoo is NOT smarter then the average bear."
I'm an average bear and even I can do better than "Joo Joo"
Who the heck named that thing anyway?
Big Bear
Hey ho
I'm an average bear and even I can do better than "Joo Joo"
Who the heck named that thing anyway?
Big Bear
You are a picnic basket stealing bear.