CrunchPad Fans

It’s a given for any device, not just mobile ones. They become a success by meeting the unmet needs of consumers. When looking through the history of portable computer devices, we don’t need a specialist to realize that new devices to access the internet took off because their predecessors were behind in portability, functionality, or [...]

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Update: The NYT has corrected the price and thickness. Too bad, not $250 anymore. The San Francisco Business Times wasn’t the only one that interviewed Michael Arrington recently. The New York Times interviewed him over the weekend and more juicy details have emerged. The CrunchPad will sell for less than $250, which was actually Arrington’s [...]

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The San Francisco Business Times has chronicled the rise of Michael Arrington from a corporate lawyer to an internet tycoon, and now a hardware entrepreneur. In addition, a few more simple details have emerged. The date for the promised CrunchPad press event is at the end of July. Arrington mentioned his plans before to eventually [...]

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There’s now an official CrunchPad page over at Facebook and they also have a Twitter account where no messages have been posted yet. You can also follow us on Twitter at crunchpadfans. In addition, I spotted a German CrunchPad fan site but you can view the Google translation here. As we get closer to the [...]

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Chandra Rathakrishnan, CEO of CrunchPad partner Fusion Garage, received an innovative birthday cake from TechCrunch yesterday. Fusion Garage is the “OSless browser” startup that is currently working on the CrunchPad. After Chandra made a blooper by allowing someone to shoot an “unsanctioned” video,  a cake is certainly the best way to tell someone you’re still [...]

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Straight from the sounds of the tweets, a Youtube video of the CrunchPad prototype unboxing has been spotted. Loic Le Meur, the Seesmic.com founder who has close ties with Michael Arrington, posted the video of what looks like the earlier prototype which came in red plastic shown in April. There are no logos shown on [...]

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While Arrington’s original dream had nothing to do with the CrunchPad being mainly an e-reader, many in the blogosphere have suggested that it would be the perfect e-reader for books and newspapers. TechCrunch has yet to explain or demonstrate what reading application the CrunchPad will host. Smart Q7, a tablet recently released only in Asian [...]

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Michael Arrington has released new pictures of what he says will closely resemble how the product will look like on launch date. At the forefront, it is much sexier than the previous prototype. At 0.7 inches (18 mm), it stands to be thinner than the thick end of the MacBook Air and most netbooks . [...]

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The Wii Fit is truly an innovative product with many hoping to shed pounds with it. However for $90, you never know if you’ll use it for a couple of days and then chuck it in the attic or under the bed. One of the advantages of tablets and other touchscreens is their ability to [...]

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