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On 28/04/2010 19:14, Richard Jones wrote:
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Interesting price. If only I wasn't so strapped for cash at
the moment I might get it ...
Rich.
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When the original idea was mooted by Micheal Arrington (of TechCrunch
fame) it was to be a solely browser-based tablet built on Linux. With a
webkit-based browser and running on a VIA Nano chip, the aim was that
it would be sold for $200. As reality set in, it became Atom based (so
cheaper to make but with less battery life) and the potential cost
doubled to $400. The uniqueness, at the time, of the product
evaporated; it became another potential mid-priced tablet that actually
did less (due to its emphasis on being a web-browser) than other
products offered.<br>
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Two things have hit what was the Crunchpad hard. The first was that the
behind the scenes partner (Fusion Garage) decided that it didn't need
the assistance of the company setup by Arrington (Crunchpad Inc.), so
the original design team was cast aside. The other, obviously, is that
the iPad went from being a rumour about Apple ordering thousands of
touch screens to an actuality.<br>
The Crunchpad becoming the JooJoo, and all that that entailed, caused a
lot of bad PR. Arrington also claimed that he had several high-profile
backers who were going to be behind the product at launch and this
would have helped make the product a success.<br>
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There are plenty of Android-based designs supposedly being released
over the next year. Tegra 2 seems to be the chip of choice for many of
the potential Android-based designs. The nVidia ARM SoC platform is
being lined up by lots of manufacturers though how many of these
actually pan out remains to be seen.<br>
Tegra 2 should be less expensive and more power efficient than the
Intel Atom (x86 is less conducive to being scaled down) and Android
won't require the same level of hardware as Windows XP/7 will so
hopefully we'll be seeing the $200 tablets being available (the iPad,
based on an ARM SoC, came in at a lot less than first expected, even if
you accept the fact that it's crippled as a platform intentionally be
Apple.)<br>
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Dell have a few planned:-<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.androidcentral.com/dell-roadmap-shows-sparta-athens-android-netbooks-alongside-smartphones">http://www.androidcentral.com/dell-roadmap-shows-sparta-athens-android-netbooks-alongside-smartphones</a><br>
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