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Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

$300 last I heard. It creeped up from the original $200. But $300 is still well within the realm of "awesome".

$300 is a completely awesome price. The closest alternative (Wifi touchscreen PC) is Asus EEE Top PC at $500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220... And CrunchPad sounds a lot more usable than carrying a bulky touchscreen.

Always Innovating has a detachable-touchscreen netbook for $400

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$300 last I heard. It creeped up from the original $200. But $300 is still well within the realm of "awesome".

$300 is a completely awesome price. The closest alternative (Wifi touchscreen PC) is Asus EEE Top PC at $500: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220... And CrunchPad sounds a lot more usable than carrying a bulky touchscreen.

Replying to ieatpaste because of nesting limits:

The Always Innovating Touch Book looks pretty good but it's on Pre-Order. Asus is currently available in the market.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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I'd certainly choose this over, say, a Kindle. If they can actually deliver, and at the price they've bandied about, I'd love to have one.

One big bonus for the kindle is the battery life (2 weeks? vs a few hours). Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it. I guess my point is that they're really meant for two different purposes.

> Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it.

Maybe. I'll believe it when I see it: I don't expect this thing to make it to market.

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I'd certainly choose this over, say, a Kindle. If they can actually deliver, and at the price they've bandied about, I'd love to have one.

One big bonus for the kindle is the battery life (2 weeks? vs a few hours). Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it. I guess my point is that they're really meant for two different purposes.

If the thing is meant to live on your coffee table and couch, then a couple of hours is good enough. Just design an attractive charging station/stand so it can charge while it goes into "picture frame mode."

Another stand so that it can be used as some kind of secondary display would be cool. (Maybe not a real display, but one driven by something like VNC?)

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One big bonus for the kindle is the battery life (2 weeks? vs a few hours). Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it. I guess my point is that they're really meant for two different purposes.

> Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it. Maybe. I'll believe it when I see it: I don't expect this thing to make it to market.

At the expected price point, or at all? Could you articulate why?

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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I see the USB port is still there :) Wonder how they will handle storage - suppose I see an image I want to save or stuff I wish to copy/paste and send via gmail. I get that there is no local storage but I hope it will allow inter-process operability.

Clearly it should support copy/paste, but on a Web 2.0 tablet I think saving could be replaced with bookmarking/sharing.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Obviously, the crunchpad has lots of other things going for it. Maybe. I'll believe it when I see it: I don't expect this thing to make it to market.

At the expected price point, or at all? Could you articulate why?

Sure. It certainly will not be a quality product at that price point. And if it costs much more, it will not be competitive. I am anticipating a debacle in which they realize that they can't turn a profit by selling the device for any less than $600, making it a flop: Stores don't order products they know they can't move.

Best-case scenario is a Zune-like reception.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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post #28

I see the USB port is still there :) Wonder how they will handle storage - suppose I see an image I want to save or stuff I wish to copy/paste and send via gmail. I get that there is no local storage but I hope it will allow inter-process operability.

Clearly it should support copy/paste, but on a Web 2.0 tablet I think saving could be replaced with bookmarking/sharing.

Oh yeah. I meant save-to-picasa or such, not locally. Sorry.
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