Crunchpad – the ultra slim Tablet PC for just $300?
It’s rumored Michael Arrington (yeah, the one behind TechCrunch) has started a new company that will produce a device code named the “CrunchPad”.
Supposedly, the CrunchPad should be a device with a large touchscreen (12″) meant to offer people all around the world a cheap and comfortable way of web surfing. It will be placed somewhere between a regular netbook, the iPhone and the Kindle Reader. Cause it’s supposed to be very slim and have no keyboard, or hard-drive or anything like this.Will be powered by an Intel Atom CPU though.
According to these guys, it will have a Linux based operating system and it will automatically boot in a browser.There’s no word on connectivity options, but it should at least have have Wi-fi and 3G .
CrunchPad - web surfing device - bogus or for real?
Anyway, the entire project seems like a bogus to me, especially as it’s rumored the CrunchPad will be priced below $300. After all, this device is an impressive piece of technology and i doubt anyone could get it done for such a competitive price, if they could make it at all. At least not in the next 2-3 years.
What do you think?
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Tags: cheap netbook, Intel Atom, rumor, tablet pc, touchscreen
Last updated: April 14, 2011 | Published: July 9th, 2009 | See the comments or add yours!
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Andrei Girbea, aka "Mike", is the Owner and Editor in Chief at netbooklive.com . He's been dealing with gadgets and writing about them for years and now focuses more on portable computers, like netbooks, mini laptops and touchscreen tablets. You can follow him on Twitter.
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