For more than a month, the domain name was redirected to an Engadget piece, “CrunchPad coming in November with built-in 3G connectivity, says Straits Times.” This will confirm that a 3G enabled CrunchPad will be available in November, for sure.

And before the redirect to that article, it was pointing towards a CrunchGear post named “CrunchPad prototype coming this month, be available ASAP,” but since then there has been no sign of the launch prototype. When I spoke to Tan Weizhen of Singapore’s Straits Times, he was not allowed to to view the aluminum launch prototype (which is what will be released), only the older plastic units.

Why these redirects? Maybe a marketing gimmick to allow people who type in CrunchPad.com to get at least something in their faces in this time of dire need.