Crunchpad
July 5th, 2009, 10:43pm by Mike
So what do you guys think of the CrunchPad, from TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington? Is it the Audrey that Kelvin has always wanted? Or is it the non-Apple larger-format tablet that Jake just told me he wants (actually, he said he wants webOS…)?
From the photo on the page, it looks like the woman has her fingers positioned for typing — think there’s an on-screen keyboard that could actually be used for typing?
This looks like the closest thing I’ve seen to the rumored Mac tablet/iPhone-like device — but it reminds me more of a Kindle.
What do you guys think?
July 5th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Looks like a color Kindle with crap battery life. Nice looking hardware, but how good is the software? Must be some flavor of Linux… maybe Android? Stick the iPhone OS or WebOS on there & it might be a winner. Stick something like PalmOS or WinCE on it … trouble!
July 6th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Yeah, the article says it’s running Linux, and launches straight into the browser. Guess it’s designed primarily (maybe solely) for web browsing.
Don’t know anything about its battery life, where did you get that info?
July 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am
Haven’t heard anything about it until now, but it’s hard to evaluate without price, weight, and a peek at the software. I’ve said before, that if it were a familiar form factor (netbook, mobile companion), I would expect that a device have traditional capabilities, and that means a full desktop operating system. New form factors like a large PDA might get a pass as long as a the new experience were a good experience.
Personally, I think webOS or iPhone OS large PDA would work pretty well, but this device looks maybe too big to be considered a PDA.
August 2nd, 2009 at 11:15 pm
BTW, much news about the Crunchpad was leaked, and Michael Arrington is “completely ripshit mad about all this unauthorized bs press.” In my heart of hearts, I hope that he’s being facetious, since he was so glib about releasing pages & pages of proprietary documents from Twitter.