CrunchPad Prototype • Hacker News Board

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by SwellJoe » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:36 PM UTC

jbrun wrote: post #5

SwellJoe wrote: post #3

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.

what is the speculative price?

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

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by tfincannon » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:36 PM UTC

The software demo from April is pretty interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP-0Nce5oTQ

Everything goes through the browser. It remains to be seen whether that is the brilliant constraint that makes a category, or a crippling limitation.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by SwellJoe » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:38 PM UTC

viggity wrote: post #10

SwellJoe wrote: post #3

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.

OK, valid point. I have a Game Boy and a Nintendo DS for composing chiptunes. I only have to charge the Game Boy batteries every two weeks or so. The DS has to be charged every couple of days. I pretty much only use the Game Boy. And, it has almost nothing else going for it...it's bigger, crappier screen, noisier audio, etc. (The DS is emulating a Game Boy, though, and it has quirks, so that's another negative for the DS.)

One does expect "books" to just work.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by johnnybgoode » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:41 PM UTC

I noticed that price wasn't mentioned this time. I'm guessing that means it'll cost a lot more than $200.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by raghus » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:54 PM UTC

What a gorgeous digital photo frame this would make! I look forward to pointing this at a Flickr (or other) slideshow. In fact someone in another corner of the country or the world could keep this pointed at your Flickr photo stream and will be able to see your latest photos without doing a thing. Similar to what Picwing was offering.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by sfphotoarts » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:56 PM UTC

conceptual designs to first working prototype is often a time fraught with problems. I seriously doubt this will be a few weeks and even more doubt the price. It could sell for much more, so why make it so low?

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by chime » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 11:19 PM UTC

SwellJoe wrote: post #11

jbrun wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what is the speculative price?

$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.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 11:40 PM UTC

redorb wrote: post #6

Its hard to believe it will sell for <$200 / without being locked to some sort of contract or homepage with ads etc ... If so - this is truly an amazing achievement, not to mention its amazing that its techcrunch.

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Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by netsp » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 11:46 PM UTC

sfphotoarts wrote: post #16

conceptual designs to first working prototype is often a time fraught with problems. I seriously doubt this will be a few weeks and even more doubt the price. It could sell for much more, so why make it so low?

I'm not sure it could. That is, it would sell some at many ranges because it's unique. But I do think price sensitivity will be huge here. In other words, I am guessing every dollar they knock off the price tag will mean a big difference in the number of sales.

Re: CrunchPad Prototype

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Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 11:49 PM UTC

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.