This device class is inevitable – it’s only a question of which vendors will achieve mainstream market momentum first, and which platforms they’ll lead with. Tbd, in the meantime, if the “CrunchPad” will ever actually ship.
CNET snagged the first journalists' demo of the new JooJoo (formerly CrunchPad) Web slate on Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan's San Francisco media tour. 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.
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The JooJoo with its pint-size inspiration, the iPhone.
(Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET)
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