Comments on: CrunchPad Appears Anew, Looking Seriously Viable

By: Pete Dixon

Pete Dixon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:30:11 +0000

Surfing, access to Google apps, ability to view pdfs, watch video. That’s about 90% of my recreational computing. Not bad at all.

By: ScottHW

ScottHW — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:36:57 +0000

You guys are right, $400 is too much.

Which is good, because the price is expected to be $299, maybe less.

Slight price-creep from the original design of $200. Still, very worth it. Sh!t, the Kindle is $360, and it can’t do anything except books (with DRM)

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:32:10 +0000

Aside from browsing, what other functions have been shown?

As far as I know, this thing boots up to a browser, and that’s it. If you can’t do it in a browser, you aren’t doing it.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:20:06 +0000

It looks great, but $400 is about $100 too much.

By: MR

MR — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:53:48 +0000

Why will this be single function ?
The old youtube video showed it is capable of doing more than browsing.

I am guessing they’ll have ereading capabilities right off the bat given that evince, calibre and fbreader are all free linux products.

If it supports those then at $300 to $350 it kills the kindle dx in terms of size, colour etc. Let’s hope the battery life is good, which is possible if it’s say a snapdragon chipset.

By: Kal

Kal — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:26 +0000

I agree about the price points. If they can get this thing out around $200 by this fall, they may be looking at the next big thing for Christmas.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:13:27 +0000

I agree. If I’m going to spend that kind of money, I want a more versatile device.

No matter what, I don’t think this is the netbook competitor that Arrington thinks it is. I think a lot of folks look at netbooks as a laptop replacement. There’s no way this thing can pull laptop duty.

By: TateJ

TateJ — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:04:50 +0000

This is one of those devices I really want to see suceed. It would be great to have a device that I could use to junmp on the internet for a minute or two during a tv commmerical. It would be nice to have some sort of document reader too. But I can’t see buying one if it is over $300.00. And even that is pushing in my mind.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:59:27 +0000

At two to three hundred, I’d consider this thing, as a toy purchase.

At four to five hundred, I’ll pass. That’s just getting a little too pricey for a single function computer.