http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/ Engadget Comments for Fusion Garage CrunchPad video conference liveblog http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
"There aren't any more CrunchPad posts coming from us. It's all in the lawyers hands now."

http://twitter.com/arrington/statuses/6442811004]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Would have been less offensive with Poo-Poo.... clueless, completely clueless.]]>Dec 7th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 8th 2009 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
The Cake is a lie? ]]>Dec 7th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Although I could go for some JuJuBe's...]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Uhhhh...I don't think Arrington has won anything yet.]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/I think the exact opposite is true. If you look at the comments for the last few crunchpad stories, they're overwhelmingly AGAINST Arrington. It was assumed by most commentors that the situation is exactly what FG is claiming - that Arrington made little to no actual contributions to the project.]]>Dec 7th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Rather disturbing revelation here...]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
1974 version of course]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/+ ∞]]>Dec 7th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Goddamn. He really is fugly.]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
You were expecting maybe a handsome computer engineer?]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/2. Green?]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
And no apps? Really? I understand that the device was originally created for that purpose, but if it can run flash in the browser, it should handle apps somewhat decently. Haven't they paid any attention to the market? This newfangled thing called an ipod touch? Sells like hotcakes? No?]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
See how that works?]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
And $499, the ipod touch runs $300 for 32 gigs worth, any comparisons to the iphone better mean I'm getting a cell phone integrated. Otherwise they need to look at the _actual_ functional equivalent, and its price point.

And don't get my wrong, I was ready to buy the shiny prototype c mock ups posted on TechCrunch.]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Don't forget that it took 12 months from Apple launching the iPhone/iPod touch to getting the underlying code and documentation into a fit state to be declared a public SDK.
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These guys have no brand background to work with, and Arlington has done a good enough number on them to make them look dodgy enough that you have no idea if they'll be around in 6 months time to honour the warranty.

I'll keep my money in my pocket once again, and at this price point they really needed the CrunchPad / TechCrunch branding and PR machine. ]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
The iPhone's OS alone jacks up the iPhone's price... And the JooJoo will only boot to a browser?... That shouldn't jack up the tablet's price to $500.]]>Dec 7th 2009 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
This is the Palm Foleo all over again. A total non-starter.]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Pass.
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Did he not get the memo that regular netbooks aren't $399 anymore? And with newer netbooks coming WITH touchscreens, the "CrunchPad" can no longer compete. Why wouldn't I want to spend slightly more, and get an actual OS?]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/Dec 7th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
The browser is running on top of an OS is it not? I also don't see how that will make it not fail]]>Dec 7th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/fusion-garage-crunchpad-video-conference-liveblog/
Ok so this is basically any good os plus an autoloader for the default web browser to load fully maximised plus an interface/os that looks like a html page that most semi confident coders could knock up in a day.

You could get an archos 9 for $500 or wait a little while longer and get the eeepc t91mt for about $550 and they both have a full os running! Yes the screens are a little smaller but they're a full pc



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