CrunchPad

[dkongrules123]

JooJoo

[diesel7777777]

Chandra et al are cunts.

[lamborghininextdoor]

Great idea, to bad there were law suits causing then to not sell it.

[thatapplegeek]

@lamborghininextdoor Their partner fusion garage bailed out 3 days before launch day ceasing all of the produced units from TechCrunch, then they resold the units as the JooJoo (and got sued).

[veranita94]

ok this looks better than the joojoo. but i guess fusion garage had to change it a little bit to avoid major issues. in terms of ipad v. joojoo, joojoo wins hands down

[thatapplegeek]

@veranita94 In what way? iPad kills the joojoo.

[d4m4s74]

does flash work?

[ejibarra95]

Was that Chandra speaking?

[MasaruGamer]

yup

[moose4computers]

This is a prototype, and it seems pretty solid as far as prototypes go. Scrolling happens in a different area of the screen from the gestures (that's how it looks in the video anyway).

I'd buy this if it came out under the TechCrunch branding and the pricing was reasonable. If it came out under the "Joo Joo" branding, I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole because of the potential legal issues over theft of TC's IP.

[MortalOnlineBeta]

I am definitely buying the Joojoo, specifically because they will be sued and discontinue their product, and I like to have the very cool products that aren't mainstream (the Tapwave Zodiac for example)

[Georgij92]

Screw it, youtube video lags on it.

[g00dsir555]

so youre using same gestures to scroll and bring up menus? yeah i see no problem with that lol

[mariojr]

now known as the "Joo Joo" tablet.

[MasaruGamer]

now we have to wait until Apple comes out with their answer

[veenhuizen101]

RIP ChrunchPad

[stilldreamyn]

this seems like a cool device...if it did indeed hit shelves but i dont think i would have bought one right away...seems buggy still,but hey nice job otherwise :D

[master1140]

Strange in my opinion why that on-screen keyboard is so small (not using the screen to its full potential) and what's the point in having a cursor?

[chembro84]

The guy talking on the video is the one who killed the project :(

[jaymz168]

@chembro84 He didn't kill the project, it's the shareholders of his company Fusion Garage, those are the people who have the final say in any company.

[chembro84]

Generally the executive of the company makes decisions like this, if the shareholders don't like the decision they'll get him out of the company.

[KnightMD]

Gesture fail. Also, I would have preferred if it opened to Chrome Browser.

It looks like a good candidate for Chrome OS.

[zrogon]

I think it's safe to say that we're looking at an early beta software, so I wouldn't dismiss it just yet. Unfortunately the video shows a user interface that is indeed less then stellar, and I'm sorry to say, but I wouldn't pay for the presented user experience, especially poor is the responsiveness closely followed by the lack of smoothness of switching between various interface stages, lack of animations, not a 2009/2010 quality. Finally what's up with that youtube video "playing" on the pad

[vapoorize]

Cool prototype. It would be nice if you had a full keyboard and if you had a working stylus for taking notes. Also, the home screen looks a bit bland. You obviously have a great creative team with the way the hardware looks. But maybe try working on a better looking interface.

[pravinpatil411]

FAIL

[Saundman]

Starting to think this is fake

[fschiff1]

Its a prototype.

[toychicken]

OK, so I'm sold on the concept, but why are we locked into YouTube & WikiPedia?

Please tell me that's the sort of thing that is changeable in the settings?

Also, I'm inclined to agree about the size of the keyboard? Why so small?

[webjthefirst]

I'm a bit confused, its a web browser, you can visit any page you want on it. The front page has twitter, facebook, picasa and stuff on it (just to name a few off the top of my head). and I'm pretty sure you can type URL's into it.

[MoiDeCoentro]

keyboard should go full width with larger keys... notice everybody types with 1 finger only, in other prototype video happens the same...

[dlexitube]

can someone say multi-touch ? What about that new Chrome OS google are working on ? I reckon this stuff has legs is the software gets sorted -d

[put4558350]

no multi-touch

it is posible to install in this device as x86 (or more simple "Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz + 1GB of ram")

but we don't konw about disk space it have (yet) so windows xp and any linux for netbook include ubuntu netbook, moblin, chrome os posible (base on disk space it have)

ps. (as my prediction) this os fell like splashtop on usb. i don't think windows 7 is posible.

[alternativemusiq1]

Onboard processor has a clock speed of 1 to 1.8 ghz. It's pretty new so running an 8 year old OS shouldn't be much of a big deal if there's enough disk space (4gigs is plenty for a barebones install). Btw, Xp minimum requirements was like 400 mhz with 64 mb of ram or something.

[korbanj08]

The idea of a mobile web browser is great, however with the development of internet/3G capable phones your marketability is hard pressed. And i would recommend perhaps adding some removable memory or USB port. Trust me your market is in PORTABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, COMPATIBILITY.

If you can cover at least these then you have a larger market of people. and really by adding these extras your not increasing your production cost by much.

[put4558350]

about viddeo didn't play well.

I just remember that. in linux usally don't like Property software or driver.

it's posible that they using alternative flash player like swfdec or gnash that sometime have lower performance but open source.

[macewan]

they suck too much ass - truthfully

[themorrigan01]

I know there's a newer model but with just seeing the video I wanna but one!

It'll be nice if it can read SD cards, but especially if it's going to be sold in latinamerica (because if we say international, it tends to be just Europe, Canada...)

Damn me for living in Chile! :P

[velthon]

Si tuviera la posibilidad de utilizar DVD y además incluyera un SSD, sí lo compraría...

Esperemos tambien que el precio baje

[Slegarthoth]

Can the CrunchPad connect to and take control of a PC? What I want is to be able to control my PC remotely and see what is on the screen, in as close to real time as possible.

[eddykingfour]

It needs a little extra ram, for graphics and normally. The viddeo didn't play exactly well. A SD card reader, and it should be able to connect your wifi. Also, make the keyboard not so intrusive, or include an option to make it less intrusive.

[put4558350]

it have 1 GB of RAM (as of prototype a)

[puppeli]

Looks good. With some kinda comic book reader and a drawing/painting program this would be an instant buy for me (please tell me it does have built in SD reader, right? Otherwise the 4 gig internal storage will kill it for me)

[AngelBaby81]

Apple's tablet is going to blow this junk away.

[put4558350]

Well, Every thing have price. And this one is $300.

[howardd21]

If by "blow away" you mean the vaporware and hot air from Apple is better, maybe so?

[Sonic6293]

sorry that your comment got marked so low.

[pewse]

Release it nooow damnit! I will buy 4 of them!

[anieb]

Would you also buy monthly wireless for all 4 of them at $60 per month? Or just use it at home with the WiFi you already have?

[Sonic6293]

both

[chempranav]

cant you invest in making a proper video??

[JustinDew2025]

Will it be able to use a word processing software suite? (ie Micrsoft office or Open Office?)

[BroiledVictory]

Justin, you missed the point of the crunchpad, it is mostly for browsing and cloud computing.

There are tablets this size already.

[ADumbUsername]

From memory there is no linux support for Atom hardware acceleration of video, so video is liable to be less than watchable. Kudos all the same, though, it fills a niche.

[razaus]

just friggin release it. You can keep sending fixes as you find the faults...

[aoirthoir]

Yeah, if it is software fixes, just let us pay for the thing, I'm ready to buy it.

[AceFernalld]

Look at the tabs on the top in the beginning!! I see Applications, Games, Music, and Videos! Will you be able to access those tabs with that content on the release version?

[corduroy99]

I was going to suscribe but the videos are so crappy. they should do a better job.

[rynmcgrory]

They need to sort out whatever the fuck was wrong with YouTube.

This running some sort of Apple OS=epic epic epic WIN!

[put4558350]

Base on harddisk space. osx86 might possible.

apple say that it illegal. but it's Judged as abuse of copyright (February 5, 2009)

ps. Please buy a copy of legal osx. And stick apple logo on it. To make it really legal.

[AppleOfGlasgow]

Surely other factors will be limiting, I don't have the specs at hand but I can't imagine this thing will have excessive amounts of RAM. I don't know how to ModBook does it's text input, but this would have to follow the same procedure.

[zzicozz]

It'll basically be a netbook on the harware side. Intel Atom platform with 1 GB RAM. The only big difference is the storage which is 4 GB of flash memory. But then again you won't need more since it's just for the OS, Browser and Cache.

[L3D0]

It's lagging on youtube like sh*t. And it's not because of 3G, so don't lie.

[put4558350]

It's might be software problem (it's in beta).

but hardware is basically Intel Atom. If you don't like it you can change it base on disk space.

price $250 - $300.

12" screen.

as thin as 0.6 inches (16 mm).

[vortexrap]

its in beta. still not complete

[Athylas]

It looks like it has potential but what sort of customisation is going to be available such as on the UI and app front? The home screen looked very bland and while I know it's functional but if you really want to appeal to those wanting an Apple-style product you'd need to improve it a lot from row after row of icons with zero text.

I have two small gripes after seeing this, one is the use of a phone to record this but the other is that it seemed sluggish, unresponsive even. Bugs to iron out?

[watchhometvcom]

This has a lovely design, but after using a eee linux netbook with only 4 gigs storage (i.e., essentially none, after first startup browser & OS updates), I would be very, very concerned to have to use this for anything other than fun if it doesn't have any storage to speak of. In actual practice, you really do need *some* storage for browser caching, browser updates, OS updates, saving graphics briefly before uploading them to here and there, email attachments, pdfs, and so forth...

[l0gically]

I think this could have some real potential, especially in light of the move toward web-centric computing. I will say, though, that in order for this device to hit a home run in that arena, it needs to comfortably support everything you'd need to do in that kind of environment.

[AlexanderWilcox]

I am looking forward to this device. On an unrelated note I wish tech crunch would get someone to do their video for them. In my honest opinion anything worth doing is worth doing right, and for a site like tech crunch hiring someone to produce proper videos is cheap

[Athylas]

Preferably with an actual camcorder too, not a phone.. I have to say seeing that in the reflection made me sigh.

[ZerGzoR]

it's cool anyway

[JagerMikesterX]

This is a fantastic concept. I want one....and I hate gadgetty stuff.

[cypherpunks11]

My earlier comment didn't get posted... If the video playback issue were truly just a synch issue with the video camera, then why does he keep pressing the play/pause button halfway into the video. It looks like he's trying to hide the fact that the video doesn't play smooth. (And as others already pointed out, it's not a network issue -- the video is already buffered.)

[put4558350]

it's might be software problem (it's still in beta)

but hardware is intel atom. and you can just install windows, linux base on available disk space

[cypherpunks11]

Two other thoughts:

1. Where do the icons for the home page come from? If they're fav icons, then they're going to look like garbage at that size. And what about all the pages you want to bookmark that don't have an associated icon? Do you end up with dozens of icons that all look the same? That's going to be fun.

2. If that's the best they can get the gestures to respond on a pre-recorded demo video, then it looks like it's going to be a frustrating device to use.

[times9]

yep,hd playback and the size would make me buy this just for reading digital mags and comics alone lol

[Freenelsonmandela]

Looks rather underwhelming to be honest.

[Appleye]

if the new prototype comes out like they say it will, I think it will be a lot more impressive than in this video. Can't wait for the press event in July

[dsid4evr]

nice gadget but new eee with multitouch is more to my liking

[chinesemilkman]

This thing looks like nothing more than an underpowered netbook (and that's saying something) except without the keyboard and cursor track. That touch keyboard looks clumsy and ineffectual for real typing. Therefore, due to its size, it is even less versatile a computing platform than many smart phones or an iPod touch. It doesn't even look like it can run a flash video at an even 20 frames...much less 19. Better stick with a real netbook or ultra-thin notebook for your portable solution.

[thedgatmsn]

Its only a prototype. If you need so much computing power then buy a full blown laptop.

[RealSkyDiver2]

ehm even mobile phones play youtube videos better then that -.-

[put4558350]

It's only network problem. The device is base on 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom.

[thedgatmsn]

You clearly have no idea what a prototype is.

[senorcastro]

FAKE!!!!

[D3N1L3]

TROLL!!!!

[yeah568]

REAL!!!!

[mellowmestenio]

yea please ship to Europe ;-)

i freakin love this thing ^^

[thelongtony]

It is a prototype, stupid melon.

[D3N1L3]

I love it and I'm definitely going to buy it, but it does seem to have some issues with flash player. Someone said that it was related to framerate issues with the camera. I don't think so, because you can see the crunch pad lag when he wants to pause or leave full screen.

Windows 7 on this thing might be a good idea, but it won't come with much storage, so I doubt you could even fit it on there.

Anyway, it's a good way to spend 300 dollars. PLEASE SHIP TO CANADA!!!

[HeeneyMeisterRocks]

can you tether it with your phone

does it have blue tooth

[scareface999]

tech specs?!

thnx

[MsMASHUP]

doesnt look like it has enough cpu or ram to play youtube without stuttering

[potatofanuk]

He says in the video it's on a 3g connection which is why the video is buffering not ram or cpu issues. :-)

[evildwarf]

No. It's because the CPU has trouble processing the video. Flash Player is extremely taxing, especially when it's used to playback FLV or MP4 files, like on Youtube. Look at the video again and you will see that the video was buffered well ahead of what he was playing.

[jmpsmash]

solution: Nvidia Ion with hardware accelerated flash. it will make this thing rock along with HD video playback. imagine that!

[JiggyBeatz]

looks great! I like the graphic design and minimaltstic design overall. If you really can sell this for this price you'll made it in a minute :D

But I hope youre not going the way of fuckin apple to sell your product for the same price just in Euro,

[ZeroTV]

Veryyyyyy Niceeee!!

Good Work

[quasarkitten]

Like the concept, but I hope the finished product will have less lag.

[mknzy56]

i just came.....

in b4 the jetsons

[PurlyTube]

Can you use it to remote into another machine? VPN/VNC/RDC/etc?

[junkyardwillie]

What about reading PDFs and other ebook viewers on this thing? Any word on that or is it just a big browser

[put4558350]

I think that. Since it's an Intel Atom. You can install new operation system like linux, widows xp or 7 base on disk space and ram.

Same style to other netbook. You need a usb cd / dvd. But you may need a usb keyboard while install.

After os is installed. you will need to install a on screen keyboard program and set it to run everytime you turn it on.

[casylius]

for $299, I may think about it.

[earthenvessels]

why would you want a singaporean accent? nobody in the world can understand us except us.

[fofffh]

Spend some time in Singapore then! ;-)

[pewse]

waited for this for sooo long.

[kirualex]

Here is something I don't understand. You have a very large touch screen, but when you display the keyboard, it is small as f*ck. Any explanation?

I thought the point of this kind of device was to be able to write easier than it would be on a Iphone...

[spconway11]

To have as much screen size as possible I guess

I think you would be able to enlarge it anyway

[vwtch]

The explanation for this is that the hardware designers did not consider it important for the device to have a touchscreen interface, even though it does have a touchscreen. It's a touchscreen device with a mouse interface.

[put4558350]

I think ...

Because they have "vertical mode" as seen in every set of this device's design render.

they using same keyboard in horizontal mode. it's easyer to familiarize.

Note that it have capacitive touchscreen display. Not a resistive touchscreen display.

so it's as accuracy as iphone HTC G1, Palm Pre or Zune HD but in 12" size.

[put4558350]

reason is it's have 12" touch screen work in two mode vertical and horizontal

note that it's 12" is more than 7 times bigger than 3.5" iphone. and it's using capacitive touchscreen same to iphone and htc g1

to fit keyboard in vertical it's size is reduce

using same keyboard in horizontal to make it easier to familiar

[CakeBuffet]

Do want.

[glibaudio]

Two things:

1. Jolicloud

2. Get me on ASAP.

[arloj]

It would be great if it had bluetooth so you could use a bluetooth keyboard at home.

[blu3nessOrz]

video is running at 0.5 fps because the adobe flash player is very very sloppy on linux; and I presume this pad is just using a heavily optimized version of linux.

[wakeup2truth]

what about copy and paste? retrieving data to complete forms etc? a notepad or file system manager? Is it just a browser with touch screen? Seems a bit limited to me. I'll stick to a tablet or a full functioning laptop thanks. I think I would find it's simplified OS limiting. Sure the size and thickness are attractive but at what cost. It's like an ebook reader for websites.

[mastercko]

If you read the CrunchPad articles about this, that's exactly what they're going for.

[calcmandan]

i really want one now. i wanted one before, but not as much as now. freaking sell one and i'll buy it.

[apptheater]

Hmmm, no the first commenter was right, the video playback is horrible. And I don't think it's anything to do with "frame rates matching up." :)

[apptheater]

This looks great, until Apple reveals their product in 2010 - Mike Arrington will realize he shouldn't have wasted his money.

[wooptoo]

But this will be out in July 2009

[apptheater]

Yeah, and...? God knows how much was wasted on this to date - Apple is going to drink his milkshake soon. Somebody take a photo at the exact moment Arrington hears of the Apple tablet's release! ;o

[put4558350]

Even if apple do make tablet. It's not likely that apple will using atom.

Especially for $300 target price.

[davidlwdn]

Exactly. If apple does release a similar device, you can sure as hell bet it wont be anywhere near the 300$ pricetag.

[mmajcher]

Yeah, I'll take one of those.

[brokoli]

video shown on it was like slideshow.

[theonlyronster]

That's sort of what happens when you try to record video off a computer screen using a camcorder - the frame rates can't hope to match up, so it ends up looking like stuttering video.

I'm sure in person it would be as smooth as any other device displaying a YouTube video.

[waste234]

When can I buy one?

[thegiancarlo]

so its not a total tablet pc? but more of a kindle/iPod touch on steriods?

[avonhungen]

whats with the 1fps video playback on youtube?

[theonlyronster]

I've made this comment higher up the thread, but in case you miss it:

That's sort of what happens when you try to record video off a computer screen using a camcorder - the frame rates can't hope to match up, so it ends up looking like stuttering video.

I'm sure in person it would be as smooth as any other device displaying a YouTube video.

[avonhungen]

certainly i am familiar with the "video recording video" issue. if that is what is giving the appearance of 1fps video, then fantastic, that is the best case scenario. i didn't think it was so obvious that that is the /only/ possibility here. regardless, i can't wait for this to come out! =)

[tkBremnes]

Why are you being voted down? It is a serious question. From what I saw it did not seem to run into a buffering-issue, this was all playback-related.

Hopefully it is just this is caused by the prototype nature of the device.

All in all I'm super excited! :D

[sansanbel]

Just amazing :-)

[ilovemethylphenidate]

I want one NOW