CrunchPad spin-off JooJoo spins up for launch
The iPad isn’t the only touchscreen slate sitting on the launchpad. Remember the CrunchPad – an open-source tablet built by geeks, for geeks?
The pet project of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington was in the works long before Apple’s iPad moved out of the misty swirl of rumour-land, but lost its way after a messy split between Arrington and CrunchPad co-developers Fusion Garage.
Now christened the JooJoo, the Linux-powered tablet has suffered its own series of setbacks from the promised kick-off last December, with the launch now set for March 25th – just one week before the iPad will make its debut amidst a predictable blaze of publicity.
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