Mythical iTablet Competitor CrunchPad Undead -- JooJoo Coming for $500
The CrunchPad has crashed and burned amid antics and accusations worthy of the silliest TV legal dramas (Denny Crane!), but from its ashes has risen might rise the JooJoo. No, really, that's what they're calling it because it's magic.
A 12" capacitive tablet that runs only a Unix kernel and boots in 9 seconds into a WebKit browser, and... that's it. Think Chrome OS but not Google's in a mythical iTablet package but not Apple's. Other specs include 4GB of storage, WiFi (no cell data), 5 hours of battery life, USB, headphone, and $500 to take home.
We're with the many other tech'ers who think that's a hefty price for a mobile web browser, given the price of everything from the iPod touch (or iPhone) to ultra-cheap netbooks, but there may just be a niche for those early adapters who don't blink at half a grand.
Perhaps not ironically, Steve Jobs is rumored to have said he won't ship an Apple tablet until the device does more than let people browser the web on the toilet. Whether that means this specific a device is a space Apple isn't going to enter, or that $500 for anything that won't run more than just a web browser is a non-starter in the minds of arguably the best product picker of the last 20 years... you tell us. Want?
For more on the JooJoo check out Engadget's hands-on...
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The tablet needs to be a cross between the iPhone and iPod. Give the ability to download anywhere on the 3g network. It could be a book reader with wifi, mobile web browser . Apple would make a killing.
Everyone seems to think if you make a version of the ipod touch thats too big to fit in your pocket it will be some killer device. Frankly all it sounds like is an iPod Touch without the convenience.
For half a c-note ($50) I would be all over this, but for 5 c-notes ($500), maybe not.
@Rene Ritchie, C is the roman numeral for 100, so a c-note is a one hundred dollar bill. So rather than "blink at half a c-note", it should be "blink at five c-notes"
Yeah, d'oh, meant half a grand. waves angry fist at brain. Thanks.
Finally this operating system looks like in the picture looks like a cloud os
and this is a competitor to something that doesnt exist?? this is a great post...
2010 is the Year of the Tablet http://bit.ly/6fwLIS
Every other company is waiting on apple to release the tablet, so they can copy them just like they are doing with the iphone and the app store. how many touch phones did you see before iphone?and now everyone has their own app store. haha copy cats !!
Does this thing still priced at 500 US dollars coz I'f rather get an iPad.
I thought it's better than the iPad because of the big screen but my mind changed after I read this article
http://www.machoe.com/2906/the-joojoo-vs-apple-ipad.html