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JooJoo Tablet Dies, Fusion Garage Continues On
vanstinator writes "Due to heavy competition from the iPad and a less-than-stellar entrance into the market, Fusion Garage today released a statement saying that the JooJoo tablet is no more." Company founder Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan says that the company will move forward, but hasn't provided much information about future products. According to Geek.com, "The JooJoo has had a short life and will be remembered more for the fighting it caused between Fusion and Michael Arrington than anything else. It started life as the CrunchPad and a collaboration between Arrington and Fusion Garage. Then Fusion cut Arrington out of the picture, the name was changed to JooJoo and the price increased from $200 to $500."
I could drive to the Apple Store during the time it takes to say that guy's name.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Familiar path for another "iPad killer"
Googling doesn't really turn up any behind the scenes account of this story. What really happened? Somehow, Arrington's version of the story smells a lot like half-truths. If there are any insiders reading the /. comments, there's no need to wait for VH1 to come out with a crappy new show about the background behind failed business ventures, where comedians past the peak of their career work furiously to humorize angry chat logs and second rate re-enactments, go ahead and blab it all anonymously here... Oh, also, if VH1 is reading and you like that idea; just remember where it came from. We'll call it 'behind the silicon valley business deals', then we'll send me a royalty check.
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"although sales figures have never been released it is believed there were only 90 pre-orders."
Ouch!
the KIN marketing team laughs at JOO(joo)
Success is going from one failure to another without any loss of enthusiasm. So by that definition, Chandrashekar is a successful entrepreneur. :-)
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what is it with black people and the bus stop? anytime you see a bus stop, there is always a black person there.
i would bet money that if you put a bus stop in the middle of sibera, hundreds of miles from anyone and left it for a few hours, when you return there would be black people in it. stereotypical black people too. there will be an old man holding a bicycle tire on the rim, muttering to himself. there will be a fat black girl on her cellphone talking too loud and shaking her finger while doing the "mmmhmm" thing. lastly there will be a 20-something thug-life wanna-be with bloodshot eyes.
black people and the bus stop, it's a mystery.
The largest following that I perceived with the device was the connection to TechCrunch and the price point. Once the drama with Arrington ensued it certainly brought some amusing attention to the device, but the price jump killed something that really didn't seem to have a whole lot of "killer instinct" in the innovation/competition department.
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For $200...
them.
The problem I always saw with the JooJoo was how Fusion Garage rushed it to market whilst in the middle of a complex lawsuit and the looming launch of the iPad. All the pieces could not have fallen together worse, yet they still pushed the launch. After the launch it was hardly better, the interface was buggy, laggy, and slow. It was lacking features, and was paled in comparison to the iPad. I can't help wonder what would have happened if they had taken more care in the product itself than worrying about who owned what.
JooJoo Tablet Dies, Fusion Garage
Sorry to hear that. Fusion Garage was in the middle of recording a new CD. Still, I think another drummer could fill in.
to Fusion Garage and the guy with the unpronounceable name for fscking up by the numbers, then.
They've decided to focus on products with names that aren't as stupid and terrible.
I was hoping 2011 would be the year Linux was on the pad.
...so can some one explain to me in simple terms why developing a tablet pc seems to take as much effort as the Manhattan project? Are we really talking about cutting-edge, rocket science or what?
Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
I guess now everyone will just have to buy an Archos 101 instead.
"Somehow, Arrington's version of the story smells a lot like half-truths."
Arrington's version of just about any story is going to smell like a lot of half-truths. He's monumentally skilled at drawing attention to himself, but he makes his reputation and his money off of confrontation, so it's no surprise that the CrunchPad project went down in flames. It's amazing that after making such a hash of the project, he still has the balls to tell actual tech leaders in the Valley how they should be running their businesses.
Sure, Rathakrishnan comes off sounding half-baked, but the fact that Arrington did business with him speaks volumes about Arrington's business acumen. The public finger-pointing is in keeping with Arrington's reality TV/daytime talk show style. It doesn't matter whether it's truth, fabrication, or idle speculation, as long as it draws visitors.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
I'm getting so sick and tired of these Web 2.0 names that try to copy Google. JooJoo, BeBo, Gadu gadu, ooVoo, etc.
Why not stick with decent names like iPad, LifeBook, Slate, and Galaxy?
the joke was about feminine hygiene products. Not a great joke, and like the dissected frog, it will not recover.
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The HitlerHitler.
I'll bet 10 quatloos that less than 1% of /. readers ever even heard of this company or product.
Serves them right.
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is it any surprise that it failed?
... it's a bit of a joojooflop situation.