I think all people need a phone and they need a mobile computer but they do not want to have in most cases multiple versions of each.

That is why for many whom have extra money they will buy the best phone (iphone or windows mobile phone, etc.). The same goes for computers people in general do not want a laptop plus a tablet plus a UMPC, etc. People just want one computer to that is ideally small enough to carry in a large jacket pocket yet has the largest touch type keyboard and running full windows. That way the computer would be their only computer.

To me a tablet just for web falls into a pure toy as Iphones can do web if you are ok with the very small screen and just want to view things. Laptops, etc. can do web and be a full computer so most would not want multiple devices.

People whom see a computer as their hobby are the only ones wanting mulitple computers, etc.

Oliver, people would spend the money on such a ‘toy’. Look at the premium that people pay for such things as an iPhone. I wouldn’t spend the money on a iPhone but I would on such a tablet.

Without any more from TechCrunch, I am just going to move towards making this unit myself, in my spare time.

A web only tablet has to be ultra cheap because it would be a toy as it can not be a persons main computer. Even the UMPC’s that are slates do not have much popularity becuase for full windows people just want a touch type keyboard and the UMPC slates are too big to carry without a bag. Its a catch 22, nobody is going to make much money for a tablet cheap enough for toy freaks and UMPC’s already proved that even for a reasonable price people consider a full pc computer without a touch type keyboard a secondary toy and do not buy them.

Is it just me or is http://www.techcruchit.com gone and redirects to http://www.techcrunch.com now? The link in the story above pointed to the thread on techcrunchit this morning, and now it just bumps me to the techcrunch homepage.

Yeah…what happened? I started designing the thing, thinking that there was a going project. But it seems it was a vaporware idea. Well, I am going to just give up and do it myself, anyone who wants to join me should email me…it’s a pretty short email address at xa dot net.

:O A hater’s rant! Well thank you for putting that project in proper perspective for me Mike!

All it took for it to enter FAILsville was the proper perspective:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/techcrunch-wants-your-slave-labor/

How about “just another silly idea/article on TechCrunch”

I have to admit I’m totally perplexed by this. This story came and went in under 48 hours. Techcrunch is not a fly-by-night websight. It seems so odd. I would love to know what happened to this…

Mike Arrington had a wish and posted about it. That was all, nothing really serious. TechCrunch is a rumor blog, this is expectable from them.