Comments on: The CrunchPad tablet is dead, is anybody surprised? http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html Compact Computing Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:26:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: microshaftsux http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-35503 microshaftsux Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:28:34 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-35503 12 / 2 = 6<br>7" screen requires thumb typing<br>So maybe you were talking about the WHOLE screen used for typing 12 / 2 = 6
7″ screen requires thumb typing
So maybe you were talking about the WHOLE screen used for typing

]]> By: Ben http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34623 Ben Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:55:33 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34623 Yes, well said, that is exactly the point. It is a niche device designed for a specific need. Just because the hardware specs sound "similar" to a netbook it does not mean that this will compete directly with them, they are for two different things.<br><br>I was looking for exactly this device around a year ago. I wanted a device with a large screen for reading ebooks and watching movies but without the baggage of a keyboard but no such device exists. Thus, this would have been perfect for me. Yes, well said, that is exactly the point. It is a niche device designed for a specific need. Just because the hardware specs sound “similar” to a netbook it does not mean that this will compete directly with them, they are for two different things.

I was looking for exactly this device around a year ago. I wanted a device with a large screen for reading ebooks and watching movies but without the baggage of a keyboard but no such device exists. Thus, this would have been perfect for me.

]]> By: pks4» Blog Archive » Linkpost | 12.1.2009 http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34604 pks4» Blog Archive » Linkpost | 12.1.2009 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:42:21 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34604 [...] The CrunchPad tablet is dead, is anybody surprised? and Why The Crunchpad Didn’t Pencil Out – TechCrunch’s CrunchPad craters after a [...] [...] The CrunchPad tablet is dead, is anybody surprised? and Why The Crunchpad Didn’t Pencil Out – TechCrunch’s CrunchPad craters after a [...]

]]> By: shanzai http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34594 shanzai Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:37:33 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34594 If Mike is willing to leak the hardware spec and software details I think there are plenty of companies that would make the device and he can jump back in and throw his promotional/partnership weight back behind the idea... we've detailed that all here:<br><br>How Mike Arrington can save the CrunchPad<br><a href="http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/market-mayhem/8-op-ed/485--how-mike-arrington-can-save-the-crunchpad" rel="nofollow">http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/market-mayhem/...</a> If Mike is willing to leak the hardware spec and software details I think there are plenty of companies that would make the device and he can jump back in and throw his promotional/partnership weight back behind the idea… we've detailed that all here:

How Mike Arrington can save the CrunchPad
http://www.shanzai.com/index.php/market-mayhem/...

]]> By: Brad_D http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34583 Brad_D Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:54:00 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34583 Design always seemed wrong anway. It used a relatively power-hungry Atom x86 chip when it should have been some kind of ARM SoC. Way too expensive given its limitations when you could get a full-capability netbook computer for the same or less $$. It was only a dumb web browser device I think, when it should have sported a real OS like Android for running other apps and plenty of flash storage. Basically it should be like an Android phone on steroids, just like people suspect an Apple tablet will be like an iPhone on steroids. Design always seemed wrong anway. It used a relatively power-hungry Atom x86 chip when it should have been some kind of ARM SoC. Way too expensive given its limitations when you could get a full-capability netbook computer for the same or less $$. It was only a dumb web browser device I think, when it should have sported a real OS like Android for running other apps and plenty of flash storage. Basically it should be like an Android phone on steroids, just like people suspect an Apple tablet will be like an iPhone on steroids.

]]> By: Crunchpad bites the dust | Laptops Today http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34566 Crunchpad bites the dust | Laptops Today Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:02:52 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34566 [...]  Source [Liliputing] [...] [...]  Source [Liliputing] [...]

]]> By: MonkeyKing1969 http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34548 MonkeyKing1969 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:54:56 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34548 I have no doubt a device like a CrunchPad will be made. It just won't be made by a start-up with no other products. The thing needed three things<br><br>- It needed to be extremely inexpensive for what you got...there was no Apple Tax cred coming with this so it has to come out cheap.<br><br>- OS is the key. When a pad comes out it won't be the hardware that will really shock people, its will be how easy it is too use because the OS is polished to the point where everything the machine does feels like it doing it fast and super responsively to user in put. <br><br>Input using finger-tip writing needs to be REALLY good. I can browse with limited typing just fine, as long as when I start ‘writing words’ without the device pausing to figure that out. Most web browsing, Face booking, and e-mail isn’t huge tomes of text...it just that a keyboards is FAST. Make finger writing fast and there is not a problem with not having a keyboard.<br><br>- Human engineering is not just about making it cool! The damn thing has to be easy to hold (lite & small), it has to do what you want (web browsing/apps...along with EVERYTHING a good mp3 and PDA does), and when you pick it up the interface should be showing you what you want to see. I have no doubt a device like a CrunchPad will be made. It just won't be made by a start-up with no other products. The thing needed three things

- It needed to be extremely inexpensive for what you got…there was no Apple Tax cred coming with this so it has to come out cheap.

- OS is the key. When a pad comes out it won't be the hardware that will really shock people, its will be how easy it is too use because the OS is polished to the point where everything the machine does feels like it doing it fast and super responsively to user in put.

Input using finger-tip writing needs to be REALLY good. I can browse with limited typing just fine, as long as when I start ‘writing words’ without the device pausing to figure that out. Most web browsing, Face booking, and e-mail isn’t huge tomes of text…it just that a keyboards is FAST. Make finger writing fast and there is not a problem with not having a keyboard.

- Human engineering is not just about making it cool! The damn thing has to be easy to hold (lite & small), it has to do what you want (web browsing/apps…along with EVERYTHING a good mp3 and PDA does), and when you pick it up the interface should be showing you what you want to see.

]]> By: dantynan http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34539 dantynan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:14:53 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34539 we feel for arrington, we really do. because the same thing happened to us: <a href="http://www.esarcasm.com/8357/the-sarcpad-is-dead/" rel="nofollow">http://www.esarcasm.com/8357/the-sarcpad-is-dead/</a><br><br>cheers,<br><br>dt we feel for arrington, we really do. because the same thing happened to us: http://www.esarcasm.com/8357/the-sarcpad-is-dead/

cheers,

dt

]]> By: Cable Digital News - Contentinople - YouTube to Stream TV http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34503 Cable Digital News - Contentinople - YouTube to Stream TV Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:09:48 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34503 [...] project self destructed over nothing more than greed, jealousy and miscommunication." Of course, some are not quite so [...] [...] project self destructed over nothing more than greed, jealousy and miscommunication." Of course, some are not quite so [...]

]]> By: BoloMKXXVIII http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34458 BoloMKXXVIII Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:32:00 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34458 Something like this will hit the market. Probably an ARM based, Chrome OS, limited storage device. How cool would it be if it had a Pixel Qi screen? It will not be a netbook/laptop replacement. I can see it as a media device/ light web surfing/e-reader. Something like this will hit the market. Probably an ARM based, Chrome OS, limited storage device. How cool would it be if it had a Pixel Qi screen? It will not be a netbook/laptop replacement. I can see it as a media device/ light web surfing/e-reader.

]]> By: Crunchpad bites the dust http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34449 Crunchpad bites the dust Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:50 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34449 [...]  Source [Liliputing] [...] [...]  Source [Liliputing] [...]

]]> By: Nick P. http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34437 Nick P. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:20:02 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34437 Everybody think they can outsmart Apple. "How hard can it be to design hardware", they think? Technology is actually the easiests part.<br><br>This also tells you why Apple plays hardball with partners -- otherwise, they would get screwed at every turn. Everybody think they can outsmart Apple. “How hard can it be to design hardware”, they think? Technology is actually the easiests part.

This also tells you why Apple plays hardball with partners — otherwise, they would get screwed at every turn.

]]> By: Josef_T http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34432 Josef_T Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:43:35 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34432 That is sad, i loved the idea behind. That is sad, i loved the idea behind.

]]> By: Breakfast briefing: Arrest over virtual theft, CrunchPad crashes and the trouble with crowdsourcing @ Technology News http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34429 Breakfast briefing: Arrest over virtual theft, CrunchPad crashes and the trouble with crowdsourcing @ Technology News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:15:24 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34429 [...] in a string of lawsuits after arguments over who was in control of the concept. The scheme drew plenty of detractors in its short history (the accusation of vapourware was often levelled, and ultimately fulfilled) [...] [...] in a string of lawsuits after arguments over who was in control of the concept. The scheme drew plenty of detractors in its short history (the accusation of vapourware was often levelled, and ultimately fulfilled) [...]

]]> By: Breakfast briefing: Arrest over virtual theft, CrunchPad crashes and the trouble with crowdsourcing @ Technology News http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/the-crunchpad-tablet-is-dead-is-anybody-surprised.html/comment-page-1#comment-34430 Breakfast briefing: Arrest over virtual theft, CrunchPad crashes and the trouble with crowdsourcing @ Technology News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:15:24 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=15685#comment-34430 [...] in a string of lawsuits after arguments over who was in control of the concept. The scheme drew plenty of detractors in its short history (the accusation of vapourware was often levelled, and ultimately fulfilled) [...] [...] in a string of lawsuits after arguments over who was in control of the concept. The scheme drew plenty of detractors in its short history (the accusation of vapourware was often levelled, and ultimately fulfilled) [...]

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