Comments on: Crunchpad begins to take shape

By: Baylink

Baylink — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:16:57 +0000

Oh, and HarryI? eBay. All day long.

By: Baylink

Baylink — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:16:21 +0000

Me? I want them as electronic karaoke songbooks I can put on tables — well, perhaps in a *slightly* more rugged package.

And I’m sure there are a billion and six other vertical market apps for them.

I sure hope he ships…

By: ryan l

ryan l — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:56:26 +0000

I would think about something like this for $300, this is the future of television. link drops like notafathersday-dot-com on how I met your mother and hornymanatee on conan drive serious traffic from TV to the web and shortly will be in the repertoire of all television producers. For three hundred bucks though it better have a universal remote function too.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:49:48 +0000

I’m curious where you’re seeing Nokia N800s for under $200, because I’d jump all over that…

By: shad

shad — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:54:59 +0000

could be something handy to have around the house. I don’t much use for it, with other Internet devices that do more for the same price. might sell well, might not. just have to wait and see.

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By: Rnov8tr

Rnov8tr — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:18:18 +0000

@Jeff Pom
A chevy Aveo cannot go 120 mph!

By: MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:55:31 +0000

It’s not about offering the same functionality. That’s like saying adding sykpe and wireless broadband to laptop has the same functionality of an internet phone, so who needs that. The issue is a different form factor which is more akin to a book/magazine and would be used as such. It can be an emagazine reader and almost have the same experience as holding a mag in your hand, something you can’t really do with a laptop.

By: tdmsu

tdmsu — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:46:52 +0000

I think if it’s going to be that big, it had better be very comfortable to hold. The pic looks too playskool…

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By: Jeff Pom

Jeff Pom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:41:24 +0000

$300 for a web only device?

I’ll pay $300 for an Aspire, Mini, EEE, or other netbook first!

Yes, it’s cool. Yes, it’s handy.

But it only does one thing.

Let’s put it this way…

I’ll sell you a car that does nothing else other than get you from point A to point B. It has no heat, no radio, no gps, gets 10 mpg, goes only 25 mph, and only has a 4 gallon tank. The price – $15,000.

Or you can buy a Chevy Aveo with heat, AC, Radio, CD player, power windows, power locks, abs, gps, 35 mpg, 16 gallon tank, and can go 120 mph, for the same price.

Which would you buy?

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:35:08 +0000

Looks like so 2000 lol

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:19:08 +0000

You’re kidding right? You bash this for being touch only yet you fawn all over the iPhone. Get real BG!

By: drunknbass

drunknbass — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:05:20 +0000

I’m more excited by the idea of getting my own cad design whipped up for a hackintosh tablet with wacom digitizer  I bet if I sold kits of the parts or an assembled unit with no os people would jump all over it

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By: andrewkfromaz

andrewkfromaz — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:25:22 +0000

Depends on battery life, screen quality, responsiveness of touchscreen/multi-touch abilities, weight/size/balance/appearance, wireless range/consistency, ease of hacking/use in the OS, so on.
In a word, execution. If they can do it like Apple would do it, this will sell like hotcakes. Otherwise, it’s destined to be a very small niche product. I think the idea is hot, but there is a lot of competition among devices that would suit this purpose – netbooks, iPhone, so on. If it’s not done nearly perfectly – and marketed well, please learn from Steve – it won’t catch on. I don’t think they can do it at this price point, I mean, look at the Kindle.

By: Goodman

Goodman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:16:22 +0000

I love my iPhone, but for web surfing at home on the couch/bed/toilet the 12 inch touchscreen on this baby sounds really appealing. I think I would pick one up for $300.

By: Sauce

Sauce — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:52:40 +0000

Seems like this is a few years late. Ways to access the internet are spreading like wildfire. That thing seems like it’s in the middle too much. If I am going to carry around something that size, I would just bring my little eeePC LOL.