How would you change Fusion Garage's JooJoo?

Alright, so we gave you the opportunity to rant and rave on Apple's iPad last week, and it's only fitting that Fusion Garage's much-anticipated JooJoo go next. To date, it's pretty safe to say that quite a bit less (we're understating things here, obviously) JooJoo tablets have been sold than the aforesaid iPad, but that's not to say none of you have one. On the off-chance that you actually are the proud owner of a JooJoo, we couldn't be more eager to hear how you'd tweak things if given the golden opportunity. Would you make the screen a touch smaller? Alter the exterior design in any way? Swap the CPU or GPU? Toss on a different operating system? Force it to use iTunes like only a true sadist would? Go on, the floor's yours -- throw down your best advice in comments below.

[furquanatique Posted May 14th 2010 10:30PM]

Port Android to it.

[elduderino Posted May 14th 2010 10:42PM]

@furquanatique
Vista tablet.

it deserves punishment.

[pbp8ntballer Posted May 14th 2010 10:50PM]

@furquanatique

port iPhone OS onto it!

lolzwut? oh bad joke, sorry guys

[Broderbund Posted May 14th 2010 11:02PM]

iPad

[furquanatique Posted May 14th 2010 11:05PM]

@Broderbund
No.

[htd Posted May 14th 2010 11:07PM]

let the Kirf companies do it

[markolic Posted May 14th 2010 11:07PM]

@Broderbund Uhm iTunes is robust software and for a tablet pc it is suitable for media consumption.

[zeroinfinity2 Posted May 14th 2010 11:10PM]

@furquanatique

webOS... If that were possible.

Seriously, the thing is hard to navigate. For who they're competing against, the don't have the resources to win. Android seems logical, but then you're heading into dangerous KIRF territory.

[account5 Posted May 14th 2010 11:12PM]

@furquanatique

android is a joke, stop acting like everything needs it just because its open source. it has no apps. its backed by an advertising company.

[kapanak Posted May 14th 2010 11:13PM]

@furquanatique

I know barely anyone owns this...but has NO ONE tried to install Windows 7 on it? Seriously? The thing is practically a netbook, with ION...

Wouldn't it be many times more functional if it had Windows running on it? Forget Android/Web OS for now, since they aren't fully ported to x86 yet...but the obvious choice of Win7 would make this a 100 times better...I mean, I like the design...but the OS, just feels so...Browser...

[DoctarPeppar Posted May 14th 2010 11:16PM]

@furquanatique
Dude! You read my mind!
One word..Android.
The shittiest thing about the joojoo is the os...if Android were ported AND FusionGarage open sourced the entire thing (including the drivers for everything) there could be real potential for a user community, and eventually, a decent experience on this device...but will android run on an atom cpu?

[DoctarPeppar Posted May 14th 2010 11:18PM]

@account5
You're a tool.

[kapanak Posted May 14th 2010 11:24PM]

@kapanak

OK...I see my mistake...it has a very small storage...something life 4GB...I guess that could be upgraded, as well as the ram...just that there are less than a thousand of these shipped, so not much of an interest...

[I Fling Poo Posted May 14th 2010 11:26PM]

@account5 that joke outsold the iPhone OS so which is the joke really?

[maythetechbewithyou Posted May 14th 2010 11:27PM]

@furquanatique Android would be a winner on this device.

[Trebawa Posted May 14th 2010 11:40PM]

@markolic iTunes, robust? That's a good one.

[TheLondonExchange Posted May 14th 2010 11:47PM]

@furquanatique

Port iPhone OS to it....

[BrandonHarris Posted May 14th 2010 11:56PM]

@furquanatique

This is a serious offer

http://theurbangeek.com/2010/05/03/ill-pay-disgruntled-joojoo-owners-250-to-ease-their-pain/

[Atkins Posted May 15th 2010 2:51AM]

@furquanatique What about Jolicloud?

[Xsled Posted May 15th 2010 2:53AM]

@I Fling Poo well... one would hope so. Android, is on multiple handsets for most carriers world wide with frequent 'buy one, get one' offers. What took so long?

[Billy Posted May 15th 2010 4:13AM]

@furquanatique make it 4:3, because 16:9 in portrait is ridiculous.

[Cold Dead Fingers Posted May 15th 2010 4:33AM]

@account5 This shit is the truth. I just got an android phone today and I'm taking it back. Shit's so overrated it's disgusting.

I fucked up my iPhone by accident so I had no phone. Went to AT&T and it was $500 to replace the iPhone so I made the sad decision to try an android phone. I took it home used it for hours only to find.......there isn't shit that I can do on it that actually matters. Wow I get an analog clock on my home screen? Jeepers, that makes it great.

I'm returning the phone in 2 days and waiting for the next gen iPhone, but shit, I'd take WebOS if it meant I could dump Android.

[MrHashbrown Posted May 15th 2010 5:08AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers If you are still on AT&T then just wait til Sunday. They'll have the Pre Plus if you want a WebOS phone instead.

[Sad Sack Posted May 15th 2010 6:08AM]

@Trebawa
It IS robust - just think of how it maxes out your CPU and practically freezes up your computer while it plays choppy video ;-)

[zeroinfinity2 Posted May 15th 2010 6:45AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers

Jenkies!

[MrLinux Posted May 15th 2010 7:41AM]

@kapanak Windows 7 is a desktop OS and would be total shite on a touchscreen device, you are a poor study of history, tablet + desktop OS = no or poor sales.

[shep Posted May 15th 2010 8:17AM]

@furquanatique Not Android, not WebOS, definitely not Win7 : Chrome OS.

Their philosophy is the same as Google's - a browser-based OS. The JooJoo's implementation has serious issues, and they need to dump it in favor of the Chrome OS as soon as its ready.

[schultz Posted May 15th 2010 8:30AM]

@account5

Toolbag.

[zole2112 Posted May 15th 2010 9:03AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers The Android phone coudn't do shit because you got it at ATT, their only Android phone (The Backflip) is completely hobbled.

[Ilyaa Posted May 15th 2010 9:11AM]

@I Fling Poo Outsold in us, not the world sales..

[flea925 Posted May 15th 2010 9:42AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers
if you want an android phone, get a droid. ATT's backflip is outdated and slow

[perinamoshka Posted May 15th 2010 9:46AM]

@furquanatique I guess make it run froyo and add some speed onto it. for the flash to run smoothly. http://j.mp/froyo-android-unearthed

[Emdii Posted May 15th 2010 10:50AM]

@kapanak

This is what I've said all along. Even though it wouldn't be ideal since it's really a desktop OS, it would be way better than the shit they have right now. Why the hell don't they just sell it with Win7? That would be the only way to salvage it.

[bombastinator Posted May 15th 2010 12:10PM]

@DoctarPeppar I think that's what chrome is supposed to be for.

[benjgvps Posted May 15th 2010 12:16PM]

@elduderino Since it's basically an Atom CPU with an ION chipset, it would run vista. The 4 GB SSD however, won't fit it.

[hm9408 Posted May 15th 2010 12:39PM]

@Trebawa Try Zune Software. p0wns iTunes in speed.

[theweeklymancast dave Posted May 15th 2010 1:13PM]

@MrLinux
The Explain the HP TouchSmart Tablet PC's, which work wonderfully with Windows 7

[HoldenMccrotch Posted May 15th 2010 7:20PM]

@markolic
itunes is suitable for NOTHING...
XD

[mike0121212 Posted May 15th 2010 9:24PM]

@theweeklymancast dave
No, they don't. Do you own one? I do, and Win7 completely sucks as a touch OS. The controls are all the wrong size for fingers. Yes, you can change the DPI, but apps are all written with an assumtion of the standard size, so controls start falling off the screen.
If you have one and like it, more power to you. But if you don't own one, you don't know what you're talking about.

[willwillywilson Posted May 16th 2010 12:01AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers Seriously, what were you doing on the iPhone that "mattered?"

[willwillywilson Posted May 16th 2010 12:01AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers Seriously, what were you doing on the iPhone that "mattered?"

[Godfail Posted May 16th 2010 1:20AM]

@shep Last I heard Chrome OS WAS Google's

[Slygathor Posted May 16th 2010 1:57AM]

@Cold Dead Fingers
You must be really dumb then. You can do everything you can on an iPhone on Android and then some. I had an iPhone then switched to the Incredible because I couldn't customize my phone. Plus at&t's network sucks around where I live.

[sys3175 Posted May 16th 2010 10:57AM]

@MrLinux So, you're admitting it wouldn't actually hurt sales? lol.

[Charlik Posted May 16th 2010 3:46PM]

@Billy funny the 4:3 screen on the ipad is one of the biggest complaints

[masta vaan Posted May 16th 2010 7:16PM]

@Trebawa
Itunes, a robust Virus, maybe...

[Atkins Posted May 14th 2010 10:30PM]

LOL. Put an OS.

[wookieecrisp Posted May 14th 2010 10:31PM]

@Atkins Exactly.

[creepin Posted May 14th 2010 10:40PM]

@wookieecrisp

oh yes, instead of a web browser, put android 2.2 with flash :)

hardware and industrial design wise this thing has a lot of potential..

incredibly bad software ruins the whole thing, just like with nokia touchscreen phones...

[plenaghan88 Posted May 14th 2010 10:48PM]

@Atkins
Yeah, i dont know why you would bother making your own OS for such a device when you have the option to use Android for free.
Android with a custom skin would not only be a better user experience, I imagine it would also have been easier to implement