TachCrunch CrunchPad tablet in action
jkkmobile — ... of Ubuntu Linux on the prototype with a custom Webkit browser. A lot of the work done to date has been on the drivers and the virtual keyboard, which you can see in the videos. The software has been created by Singapore-based Fusion Garage, who continue to work with Louis on the feature set and user experience. " Is it really as "cool" as it was said to be?? I have to say i'd rather get Amteks T10L if i wanted a cheap tablet... or one of the new convertible Eee PCs.. TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

Manufacturing is changing with us
Scobleizer — ... public view with everyone’s help. I was called a massive idiot back then. It has totally shocked me that more companies haven’t taken my advice. This weekend shows that things are changing and that my advice in 2004 is now being heeded. 1. Bug Labs is working with famous design firm IDEO and is designing its UI in public eye. VC Fred Wilson reported that on his blog this weekend. 2. TechCrunch is designing a Tablet PC for less than $300. Mike Arrington gave a report on that this morning. This is huge and is only going to ...

Michael Arrington's Minimalist Web Tablet Prototyped, Fulfils (Most) Promises [Prototypes]
Gizmodo — ... $299 is more realistic and: The real question for us is whether this project has legs and should go forward towards production units, which is a very big step from a working prototype. That would require spinning the company off from the blog and building a team around Louis. It’s a decision we haven’t made yet. Yeah, I'd say "are we going to even make this thing?" is a "real question", but even for $300, I kind of hope they do. [TechCrunch] ...

Michael Arrington's Minimalist Web Tablet Prototyped, Fulfills (Most) Promises [Prototypes]
Gizmodo — ... $299 is more realistic and: The real question for us is whether this project has legs and should go forward towards production units, which is a very big step from a working prototype. That would require spinning the company off from the blog and building a team around Louis. It’s a decision we haven’t made yet. Yeah, I'd say "are we going to even make this thing?" is a "real question", but even for $300, I kind of hope they do. [TechCrunch] ...

TechCrunch muestra su prototipo de Tablet táctil
Gizmología — ... Pero lo que podía pasar por ser una idea de Arrington tiene forma y tamaño, es tan real como tu o como yo y por desgracia, no me ha motivado en absoluto. Tan solo tienes que ir y ver los vídeos de los prototipos que Arrington ha publicado. Lo que ha creado es una Tablet PC fija con una distribución Linux adaptada, algo ...

A decade later, maybe TechCrunch's version of the WebPad could catch on
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... It's not often bloggers get into PC design, but TechCrunch has just updated us on what it's now calling the CrunchPad. It says: The idea is to get a new type of device into people's hands for as cheap as possible (we were aiming for $200, it looks like $299 is more realistic). It fits perfectly on your lap while you are sitting in front of the TV, so you can look up stuff on Wikipedia or IMDB as you channel surf. Fair enough, except for the bit about it being a "new type of device". It's actually an old type of device, tried previously in ...

TechCrunch CrunchPad internet tablet prototype B on video
Obsessable News Feed — ... t what he wanted from the device: a web tablet that costs $200 or less and boots directly into a web browser. TechCrunch now has the second prototype of its device, which is currently being referred to as the CrunchPad. The internet tablet features a 12-inch screen, a Via Nano processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GBs of storage for the browser and related files, and currently runs off of a basic Ubuntu Linux installation with TechCrunch's touch-controllable custom browser. The prototype looks a little bulky at this point and weighs 3 pounds, but Arrington notes that this is 2 ounces less ...

A $300 Choice: Netbook or CrunchPad? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... TechCrunch has more information available about their web tablet prototype, which is now known as the CrunchPad. They’ve built a working prototype and offer up two videos that show what state the project is at. Built on a VIA Nano chipset, the slate currently uses a full build of Ubuntu Linux, but eventually, the plan is to strip the OS to nothing more than a browser. What they’ve built is no doubt impressive, but it also raises a few questions. ...

The TechCrunch tablet crams netbook parts into an internet tablet
Liliputing — TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington started an intriguing project last summer. The goal was to build a $200 tablet designed for browsing the web, watching online video, and generally doing things that you can do in a browser. The idea was that since the hardware and software didn’t need to support any application other than the web browser, you could cut costs in a lot of areas. Half a year later, the team working on the TechCrunch tablet (known for now as the CrunchPad) have built a second prototype. Unlike the first ...

Is Michael Arrington the next Steve Jobs?
Boing Boing Gadgets — No. But are you? Michael Arrington has lifted his knickers to show "Prototype B," the latest revision of the CrunchPad, a Linux-based touchscreen internet tablet that has sprung fully formed from the genitals of his technological desire. It's more cumbersome than the initial mock-up, but it's just a proof-of-concept for the hardware inside: a VIA Nano-powered processor, a mobile processor on par with the Intel Atom found inside nearly every netbook on the market; 1GB of RAM, which Arrington claims is "more ...

Is the Crunchpad Linux tablet a viable web surfing device at $299?
The Mobile Gadgeteer — ... and it now seems that there is a Prototype B being shown off. The device is known as the CrunchPad and looks like it will cost $299 instead of $200. The device has a 12 inch touchscreen display and is powered by a Via Nano processor. ...

Why the TechCrunch Tablet is Doomed
Elliott C. Back — ... TechCrunch just released new photos and specs of their internet Tablet prototype B, which for $299 features a 12″ 1024×768 touchscreen, Via Nano processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB flash drive, wifi, accelerometer, camera, four cell battery, and Ubuntu with a custom WebKit browser. Arrington says the 12.5″ x 9.7″ x 1.3″ device weighs three pounds. ...

TechCrunch's internet tablet gets a new protoype
Engadget — ... TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has pulled together a squad to make this whole simple, cheap, internet tablet thing he started talking about in July, 2008 happen for real. Their goal is to make a tablet that browses and plays flash videos really well (pretty ...

Open Source Internet Tablet
dailywireless.org — ... The second prototype has been unveiled. It features a 12-inch touchscreen powered by a Via Nano processor, 1 GB of ram and a 4 GB flash drive. It runs a browser and nothing else on top of a custom Linux build. The device also has wifi, an accelerometer (so when you turn the screen on its side you can view more of a web page), a camera and a four cell battery. ...

Update On Michael Arrington’s Internet Tablet
GEARFUSE — ... with Windows is beyond me. Mikey has lost it. This is a recession and there are better, more reliable options out there compared to some heavy-ass prototype that no one has seen or can purchase. Game over, bro. Link

Around the Web 1.19.09: Inauguration security, Downadup virus, YouTube downloads, ghost hunts online
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... tools the Secret Service is using to protect Barack Obama during the inauguration. LAT -- Obama may be able to keep his BlackBerry after all. CNN  -- YouTube tries letting users download videos (not just stream them), such as Obama's weekly address. Ars Technica -- Introducing Prototype B of the tablet computer known as the CrunchPad. TechCrunch -- Napster to customers: When Best Buy bought us, it also bought your ...

Apple's Newest Touch-Computing Rival: TechCrunch? (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider — While touchscreen tablet computers are nothing new, we finally expect to see some practical ones in the next year or two -- such as a multi-touch tablet from iPhone/iPod touch maker Apple (AAPL). But an unlikely rival could be forming: TechCrunch, the tech blog company. TechCrunch showed off the latest prototype of its tablet PC experiment today with photos and videos. (See below.) Not bad! Louis Monier, founder/CTO of AltaVista, is now leading the project in his spare time, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reports. Arrington thinks ...

Crunchpad begins to take shape
Boy Genius Report — There it is folks, the first usable prototype of TechCrunch’s internet tablet project. For those who missed it, Michael Arrington decided he wanted a sizable, affordable browser-only device and and couldn’t find one so he decided to build it. Kudos for the follow through, but we have to wonder if there are reasons such a device doesn’t exist. First off, there will definitely be some major drawbacks brought on by the low-end components required to keep the price down - especially with very small production runs. The display likely won’t ...

CrunchPad, the $299 touchscreen tablet
SolSie.com — ... Michael Arrington and his team at TechCrunch had decided to take action on building a touchscreen tablet and call it CrunchPad, a 12-inch touchscreen running Ubuntu Linux. The tablet is powered with a Via Nano processor, 1 GB of RAM,  4 GB flash drive for the OS ban the browser cache. WiFi and even an accelerometer are on board. The OS is Ubuntu Linux with a home brew Webkit based browser The prototype came out for around $299. Take a look at the prototype in action. ...

The Two Sides of The Techcrunch Tablet
TomsTechBlog.com — Michael Arrington of Techcrunch posted an update to his Tablet project today.  Here are two videos he posted demonstrating the device... ...

ZNF ‘Round The Web
Zatz Not Funny! — ... 30″ Panasonic CRT tube, which only accepts 1080i can’t resolve the input. So it’s 480p or nothing. Unfortunate. The Xbox interface is more efficient and attractive than TiVo, but the hardware is louder and it’s another unit to turn on. We mostly use TiVo, when it works. One movie crapped out half way (repeatedly) but worked/resumed fine on the Roku. It’s definitely an imperfect science at this point. (Plus, Netflix had an outage Saturday night during prime viewing time.) TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B Wow, real nice work! Looks like TC’s ...

TechCrunch shows CrunchPad prototype
Tech Ticker — ... inclusion of a better touchscreen panel. The prototype is neatly done but one thing to look out for will be its price, provided if it ever reaches the market. I wouldn’t want to pick this up at the same price of a netbook which offers me more functionality than the CrunchPad. “>     [Via TechCrunch] Submit to: ...

Another possible e-book device from TechCrunch
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... Now here’s an intriguing possibility. TechCrunch is designing their own touch-screen web tablet. Here’s what they say: crunchpad1.jpg The idea is to get a new type of device into people’s hands for as cheap as possible (we were aiming for $200, it looks like $299 is more realistic). It fits perfectly on your lap while you are sitting in front of the TV, so you can look up stuff on Wikipedia or IMDB as you channel surf. It plays Flash video flawlessly so you can watch movies and TV shows on Hulu or Joost or wherever. Or listen to music on MySpace Music. Or use ...

Another possible e-book device from TechCrunch; mobile Firefox on e-ink
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... Now here’s an intriguing possibility. TechCrunch is designing their own touch-screen web tablet. Here’s what they say: ...

MobileTechRoundup 160: Of CrunchPads and Clouds
jkOnTheRun — MoTR 160 is 19 minutes long and is a 17.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Thoughts on the CrunchPad. Will it be a hit or a miss? Cloud synchronization services are filling up the sky. SugarSync adds Shared Folders in version 1.5. ZumoDrive warrants a closer look; especially for netbooks. ...

MobileTechRoundup 160: Of CrunchPads and Clouds [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — MoTR 160 is 19 minutes long and is a 17.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Thoughts on the CrunchPad. Will it be a hit or a miss? Cloud synchronization services are filling up the sky. SugarSync adds Shared Folders in version 1.5. ZumoDrive warrants a closer look; ...

iFrame tablet is designed for web browsing
Liliputing — ... The folks at TechCrunch aren’t the only ones interested in creating a portable tablet PC for accessing web pages and web apps. Olivier Seres has posted a video showing a prototype of a new device he’s calling the ...

New touch tablets circling the market
Gadgetell — ... the very affordable range.  GiiNii says they will know for sure in late summer of this year when the 7” is available. I use my iPod touch for this purpose.  I am not sure if a bigger screen would motivate me to buy this with limited functionality over pocket-ability.  Which will rule the day when these are released?  My money is still on pocket-ability but I hope I am wrong because this concept intrigues me. Product pages: [GiiNii] and [TechCrunch] Full Story » | Written by JG Mason ...

GBTV #502 | Edge Motion, TheWrap, TechCrunch Tablet
GeekBrief.TV — ... about the touchscreen tablet Mike Arrington and his team have been working on. They have a version that could potentially come to market at around $300. ...

‘Netbook’ term removed from Google ads
CrunchGear — ... Psion is only seeking satisfaction from sites and companies “using the term ‘netbook’ in ventures for profit,” according to jkOnTheRun, so apparently writing about netbooks is fair game as long as we don’t build our own and call it a netbook. ...

A phone designed by tech journalists: sweet or meh?
CrunchGear — ... Wading through miles of devices gives tech journalists a unique outlook on what exactly everybody’s doing wrong, but it’s not always possible to take all that and turn it around into something that’s exactly right. TechCrunch is working on a simple, cheap tablet PC (with some success) because there’s nothing that fills that role right now. T3 felt the same way about mobiles, and has ...

TechCrunch And Their Touch Screen Tablet - WOW!
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... this device. Because the device skips the resource-sucking parts of the operating system and focuses on one application - the browser - very low end hardware can be used and still give users a desktop-like Internet browsing experience. The little box runs on Ubuntu and uses a Webkit browser. Price will be about $299. There is only one thing I have to say. I WANT ONE!  Take a look at the photo’s here.

TechCrunch Tablet makes an early debut
CrunchGear — ... Leaks are always hardest when they hit at home. Now we know how Apple feels. So as long as the cat’s out of the bag, we may as well give you a few more pics. What you see is a prototype, equipped with an Intel Atom processor and a 12″ capacitative touchscreen. Looks a little different than it did last time, doesn’t it? ...

Mike’s CrunchPad - Exposed
dailywireless.org — ... directly to a browser to surf the web. If you want more features, this ain’t for you. Price? it can be built for less than $250, including packaging. Add in fixed costs and other stuff you have to deal with (like returns), and you can sell it for $300 and probably not go out of business. Physical design is important, and the software is the key to winning. We stumbled through an initial prototype that barely booted, but we finished it in a month. Prototype B was much more impressive and usable. That effort was led by Louis Monier, with ...

The CrunchPad Web Tablet Leaks, Promises Whole New Class of Narcissistic Computers
Fast Company - Technology — ... Version B was more refined, if chunky, and the team--by now led by Louis Monier, founder and CTO of AltaVista--revealed it in January. It had a webcam, 12-inch touchscreen with 4:3 aspect ratio, ran on a Via Nano CPU with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of flash storage, Wi-Fi, an accelerometer for iPhone-like screen reorientation, and ran Ubuntu Linux with a custom webkit browser. It was also fully Flash-enabled--unlike the iPhone. ...

What (or who) is your value?
BuzzMachine — ... Going too far, as is my habit, I wondered whether Dell could even enable other technology companies to start. Should it compete with Amazon and Google in web services (don’t buy the computer, buy the power). Should it manufacture the TechCrunch Tablet? ...

TechCrunch’s Crunchlet Pretty Amazing
PaulTech Network — ... It’s been really fun to watch the iterations of the prototypes.  The latest rounds have included a 12 inch capacitive touchscreen, 1GB of ram, and 4 GB of flash storage.  The experience is browser driven.  And really, when you see where things are headed, this totally makes sense.  Resolution is 1024×768, with wifi, and accelerometer.  It has a four cell battery and should cost around $299.  Very cool indeed.  Here is a video of Crunchlet Protoype B, they should be putting up a video of ...

Arrington Betting Big On the CrunchPad Mobile Device
louisgray.com — ... 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 other netbooks that are often impacted by other applications. And he doesn't see the device being eclipsed by the long-rumored tablet that Apple may or may not ever introduce. An Early Prototype Image of the CrunchPad (via TechCrunch.com) Early photos and short video clips of ...

CrunchPad: E-book reader, too—not just a Webpad
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — Hey, Mike, congrats on the latest publicity that your Crunchpad is drawing. So what do you think of throwing in e-book reading software? Probably wouldn’t add that to the cost of the CrunchPad. 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 ePub, not just the PDF just mentioned). What say? Details: Image is of Prototype B and may not be the latest. Price goal still appears to be $300 or under. Back to the ...

Will The Mac OS X Dial Go All the Way to Eleven?
louisgray.com — ... and the rumors around Crunchpad's browser-only interface (with no hard disk space) are two volleys into the abyss of what's next. Apple was smart to grasp onto making the iMac one of the easiest ways to get onto the Internet. Apple was a fast follower, debuting the iTunes store as a massive Internet-powered e-commerce site for digital media. But Apple and Mac OS X is still very much driven by the same framework that has existed for decades - utilizing the desktop metaphor, with a Finder, and applications, which run independent of the browser or "the cloud". And the ...