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Arrington's Web Tablet Nearly Ready For Launch?
narramissic writes "The 'dead simple and dirt cheap' touchscreen Web tablet that Michael Arrington of TechCrunch set out to build last July seems to be nearing completion, writes blogger Peter Smith. 'The CrunchPad is a Linux-based touchscreen tablet using a browser-based UI. When you turn the unit on, it boots right into the webkit-based browser. There's a pop-up virtual keyboard for entering URLs and such (you wouldn't want to do any significant typing on it) and scrolling is via swiping the screen. When Arrington first visualized the project he was shooting for a $200 price point, then discovered that a $299 price was more realistic.'"
I would have got a first post, but I was typing on a web tablet.
Gartner has projected that in the next 5 years about half of all internet bloggers will paper launch their own internet tablets, because it's the next logical step.
No, but if anyone reads much Techcrunch you'll know that there will almost certainly be a few dozen Twitter clients, and it will probably be the default browser homepage.
When I think of industrial design, impeccable user-interface, rock-solid software, and industry leading portable products I immediately think of Michael Arringon. A blogger on TechCrunch.
Where few dozen companies with multi-million dollar R&D budgets have failed, one man who posts internet rumors in his underwear will succeed.
A cursory glance through TFA and the main post it links to do not reveal the specs of the device.
What's the platform? What sort of connectivity does it have?
Why would it need specs? This is a web appliance, not a general purpose computer. Does one normally expect detailed specs on a digital picture frame? Oh wait I'm posting on slashdot! In that case, I'm sure someone here has already figured-out how to run an enterprise server, using a home brew distro of Linux, on one of those already...:P
On the other hand, connectivity details might be a useful piece of information.
*Anything* is uncomfortable to use when laying on your back.
You're obviously not doing it right.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"