is techcrunch spamming YNews? why would copies of the same story be at the top of the news list?
We Want A Dead Simple Web Tablet. Help Us Build It.
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#22Wait for the new OLPC.
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#23A perfect tablet like this would go a long way toward solving #2 on the YC idea list. Also see Canonical's UMPC GUI.
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#24He really is just describing a Nokia N810 tablet. When a reader suggested that, Arrington replied: "yes, although we want to build it a lot cheaper and have a much bigger screen." So, he expects to replicate the N810, but with a bigger screen and better price? How is he going to beat Nokia and still make a profit?
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#25Dead simple is near impossible to create with this many chef's stirring the pot already
Yep. Three words: "Openmoko Train Wreck":
http://www.vimeo.com/1366042?pg=embed&sec=1366042
After I saw this video, I really appreciated the time and money the Apple engineers must have spent in designing the iPhone keyboard.
I've got a new policy: I refuse to get excited about open-source vaporware. Talk is cheap. Design is expensive, and having one thousand people work for one hour each is no substitute for having one person work a thousand hours.
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#26This isn't going to happen for $200 until http://www.pixelqi.com starts selling their second generation screen.
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#27Can someone point out a successful open source hardware effort? I'm tracking bug labs, open moko, and some router efforts.
None are mainstream. None come close to the appeal of Apple products.
Hardware is really hard. Most people reading TechCrunch probably don't understand this.
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#28I'm betting Apple has a patent on just about every part of this thing. I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong.
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#29Well I'll be damned... Is this a case of Arrington actually trying to make something happen instead of watching things happen? I for one, am surprised. I am very happily eating crow. Not that anyone should care, but I have always disliked Arrington and the other bunch of observers because they think they're important when all they do is watch things happen and then write about it. I hope this succeeds, and I hope the…
Watching things happen and writing about it IS important. There's no shame in admiring startups but not spinning one up.
Of course, he HAS spun one up. He's got a big blog network in lots of countries, built up Crunchbase with a team of great devs and a reportedly cool API, etc. TechCrunch has tons of custom software. And it's profitable.
Re: We Want A Dead Simple Web Tablet. Help Us Build It.
#30Well I'll be damned... Is this a case of Arrington actually trying to make something happen instead of watching things happen? I for one, am surprised. I am very happily eating crow. Not that anyone should care, but I have always disliked Arrington and the other bunch of observers because they think they're important when all they do is watch things happen and then write about it. I hope this succeeds, and I hope the…
Watching things happen and writing about it IS important. There's no shame in admiring startups but not spinning one up. Of course, he HAS spun one up. He's got a big blog network in lots of countries, built up Crunchbase with a team of great devs and a reportedly cool API, etc. TechCrunch has tons of custom software. And it's profitable.
Admiring's fine, it's criticizing that I have a problem with. It takes all of half a second to say "Twitter stability sucks," but it takes a LOT more work to actually make a Twitter that is stable. Anyone can say what's wrong with the world.