CrunchPad 'joojoo' is $499, For Sale on Friday

[JMcEntegart]

Michael Arrington's dream to create a low cost touch screen tablet for surfing from the couch turns into the $499 web tablet named joojoo.

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[08nwsula]

trying to resist urge to compare it against the future apple product.
coughcheaperbettercough

 

[sunflier]

I don't know...I see lawsuits flying between these to guys. Not sure I want to spend $500.00 on a company that seems unstable at the moment.

 

[kri77777]

$500 isn't that bad for this device. Considering a netbook without a touchscreen is $200-$300, and touchscreens are a bit expensive, that price seems pretty fair. After all, an iPod touch costs $200 and has a much smaller touch screen.

 

[tsnorquist]

I personally couldn't justify spending $500 on new tech that may have unauthorized IP - rendering the device useless after all the lawsuits are settled.

 

[Socnom]

I think the price kills it. You can have a netbook for that price that is faster and has more features. I know their target audience is different, but, again, the price is the killer. I could see this technology taking off at the 250-350 price point. Essentially it is a glorified eReader.

 

[ryanjm]

More importantly, what natural history museum is the guy in the picture on loan from? He's moved on from rubbing two sticks straight to pc tablets?

 

[gwolfman]

[citation][nom]ryanjm[/nom]More importantly, what natural history museum is the guy in the picture on loan from? He's moved on from rubbing two sticks straight to pc tablets?[/citation]
lol

 

[gwolfman]

[citation][nom]ryanjm[/nom]More importantly, what natural history museum is the guy in the picture on loan from? He's moved on from rubbing two sticks straight to pc tablets?[/citation]
sry for double post:
"So easy, a caveman could do it" - Geico

 

[soo-nah-mee]

[citation][nom]ryanjm[/nom]More importantly, what natural history museum is the guy in the picture on loan from? He's moved on from rubbing two sticks straight to pc tablets?[/citation]lol, The lovechild of Dr. Suresh from "Heroes" and a Geico cavewoman unveil an overpriced netbook that doesn't close.

 

[erikstarcher]

[citation][nom]NegativeX[/nom]Regardless of the excuses Chandra is giving, the product still legally belongs to Michael and this is theft.[/citation]

Do you have facts to back this up, or just Michael's statment?

 

[Hatecrime69]

[citation][nom]erikstarcher[/nom]Do you have facts to back this up, or just Michael's statment?[/citation]

facts or not, we know a legal battle is coming, as the whole situation reeks of questionable practices

 

[chunkymonster]

Add 3G voice/data and Bluetooth and I'd snag one of these on a heartbeat. Especially if it can be recognized as a removable drive and doesn't require proprietary iSoftware and mandatory purchases from an iTailer.

 

[sailfish]

Just what I need, another LCD screen thingie lying around taking up what little footprint space I have left. NOT!

 

[tat2demon]

"Michael made many promises suggesting he will deliver on hardware, software and funding, none of which came true."

What exactly did Fusion Garage plan to bring into this partnership?

 

[megamanx00]

Seems a little more expensive that would have thought. The launch will probably be impeded by legal action anyway, but we'll see.

 

[Guest]

499 is too expensive.. It doesn't have any input device other than a touchscreen, and perhaps compared to netbooks does not have as many port possibilities (eg: usb ports, VGA, audio?, LAN, or other ports often associated with laptops or netbooks.

The price would only be reasonable if the device had a pretty long battery life (which we estimate it does NOT have), and has a Core2Duo processor,Athlon X2, or faster CPU,and 2 or 4 GB RAM, which it probably will not have.

 

[Niva]

What OS does it run?

Is the screen wacom enabled? If it is, I will want one.

 

[christop]

Is this running win 7 or what?

 

[sublifer]

[citation][nom]kri77777[/nom]$500 isn't that bad for this device. Considering a netbook without a touchscreen is $200-$300, and touchscreens are a bit expensive, that price seems pretty fair. After all, an iPod touch costs $200 and has a much smaller touch screen.[/citation]
Agreed. Not sure why Jane is being so hard on it. Who cares about 3G? Besides, if it has USB ports then you can add 3G.

 

[jcrogers87]

They should have partnered with Geico. They would already have a lead actor for the commercials as well as a slogan.

 

[theholylancer]

dang it, and i dropped 1k on a touch enabled acer aspire....

i would rather have saved the 500 dollars, and i will bet that that thing would have better battery life due to my acer running with a 4570 and c2ds....

 

[ssalim]

lol @ caveman remarks
poor guy

 

[james_lankford]

$500 to surf the web ?
and you people think that's a good price ?
what am I missing here ?

 

[igot1forya]

Is that dude in the picture a Geico Cavemen?