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Arrington Betting Big On the CrunchPad Mobile Device
louisgray.com —
... taker is one that has helped make him very successful, pushing his blog to near mainstream acceptance, competing against publications with history marked in centuries. And now, the story of the CrunchPad, so far, is one of his trying to develop a product that was a solution to a problem no consumer electronics hardware developer has yet done well - introducing a device whose sole purpose is to help browse the Web on the go. No hard drive. No phone calls. No keyboard. As he told the New York Times yesterday, the device's focus will help it avoid the slowness of ...
CrunchPad: E-book reader, too—not just a Webpad
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... This isn’t the first time we’ve made that suggestion, and others are also thinking in those terms (though I think the Pad should include ...
CrunchPad (CouchPad or NetPad?) might soon become a reality
SolSie.com —
... . However, the latest remors indicate the form factor would be nicer then last reported, with different color shell and the CPU will be the ubiquitous Intel Atom processor running Linux Ubuntu. The 16 millimeters thick with a screen of at least 12 inches device will cost less than $300 when it goes on sale. [Via NY Times ] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail
Linkpost | 7.4.2009
TechBlog —
... - The 13-inch MacBook Pro is a 6-bit display, the writer discovers, which means it can only show thousands of colors, and simulates millions by dithering. • Apple, Acer and...Arrington? - Michael Arrington has started a separate company to get his CrunchPad Web-surfing tablet out the door. Expect it to sell for under $300 and boot up directly to a Web browser. • ...
CrunchPad prototype coming this month, be available ASAP
CrunchGear —
... months. We more or less know everything there is to know about the CrunchPad, but a few more specs have popped up thanks to the NYT and SF Biz Times. The CP, made by Fusion Garage, is 16mm thick with a 12-inch screen encased in aluminum.
Arrington will supposedly schedule an event for the end of this month or early August. It will retail for less than $300 and be available “as soon as possible.” I wonder if we’ll get some company issued CrunchPads for CrunchGear.
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CrunchPad Web Tablet Landing "As Soon As Possible" for Less Than $300 [Crunchpad]
Gizmodo —
... , is quickly bubbling to reality reports Bits: There's going to be an announcement in July or August, and it'll be available "as soon as possible." ...
The Problem With The CrunchPad
Silicon Alley Insider —
... we worry about one aspect of the CrunchPad (as we currently understand it): The fact that it's "read-only." We love consuming online media, and when we're consuming it, we mostly read. But we write a lot, too. And the idea of reading something and not being able to react to it, or not being able to answer email, or IM or chat on Skype makes us think we'd rather just carry around an iPhone or netbook or laptop or BlackBerry instead of screwing around with something in between. The NYT write-up of the CrunchPad suggests that you can plug in a keyboard, so perhaps the device ...
CrunchPad coming late July/early August says NYT
SlashGear —
... internet tablet from Michael Arrington is apparently ramping up for a late July or early August launch. According to The New York Times’ Bits Blog the touchscreen web tablet will be priced at “less than $300.” ...
While you were weekending — CrunchPad, CompuServe and a blown cover
GMSV —
... “). Arrington now has a hardware manufacturing arm , CrunchPad Inc., incorporated in Singapore and employing 14 people. From that operation, he says, will emerge a device 16mm thick with a 12-inch screen that boots directly into a Web browser and costs less than $300. Arrington is telling folks to ...
News Bits: New iPods May Include Cameras
Contentinople: —
... In other news: If you want it done right, sometimes you have to do it yourself. That's TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington's approach as he announces plans to build the "CrunchPad," his own touch-screen tablet for Web surfing. The device will be 16 millimeters thick with a 12-inch screen and will cost under $300 (less than Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN)'s similarly sized Kindle DX's $489 price tag ). "I just wanted this, and no one will build it," Arrington says in The New York Times , which points out that the former corporate ...
CrunchPad Web Tablet to Launch Soon for Under $300
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... We've been hearing about TechCrunch's CrunchPad for a year now, and according to The New York Times, the sexy looking tablet will soon become a reality at an affordable price point. ...
CrunchPad Could be here this Month!
Gadget Venue —
CrunchPad Could be here this Month!
The CrunchPad was mentioned on GadgetVenue a few months back where at that point, it was still in prototype form. Today we hear that the CrunchPad is almost ready and will probably be launched in either late July or early August.
The New York Times have reported that it will be priced at less than $300 which is quite amazing!
The CrunchPad will be a low cost internet browsing device where you simply sit back and read your favourite blogs. No keyboard is included ...
CrunchPad Coming Soon?
I4U News —
... a company called CrunchPad and that an event would be held at the end of July or in early August to make an announcement and that the device would be available as soon as possible for purchase. The CrunchPad will not have a hard drive or a keyboard and will simply be a device for streaming video and surfing the Internet. The price is said to be under $300. For that money, you can get an iPhone that has storage and some full netbooks. Sounds like a bit of a hard sell to me. Via NYT Posted on Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun ...
CrunchPad Dead? Killed By Higher-Than-Expected Costs?
Silicon Alley Insider —
... to California is that the CrunchPad is supposedly being delayed -- perhaps indefinitely -- by increasing expenses. Arrington has said he wants to sell the device for as little money as possible, but that could be proving harder than originally planned. The story we've heard goes that Arrington's suppliers have come back with quotes significantly higher than they had initially predicted. That could explain why we haven't heard a peep about the CrunchPad since the summer. Arrington told the ...
Calling CrunchPad: Is Anybody Home?
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Arrington has said earlier the CrunchPad will be ready this year “for sure.” But the device has already missed a number of deadlines. It was last expected at the end of July or early August. ...
Where is Arrington’s CrunchPad?
Zatz Not Funny! —
... web browsing tablet has gone into hibernation. Perhaps due to higher than anticipated production expenses. Arrington had promised “a big announcement” during the summer months… which never materialized. So something’s definitely up. And I expect it’s the realization that launching a gadget, versus web, startup requires a much more significant investment of capital along with additional risk. And, as a small player, the CrunchPad team would have a difficult time sourcing components at the best rates. A Dell can pull off a minimalist $199 tablet. A ...
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