Comments on: CrunchPad: Looking Good, May Not Happen

By: Scott C

Scott C — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:37:47 +0000

What worries me most, is that *if* this thing becomes a success, companies like Acer and Asus will have their own version on shelves in a matter of months. Just look what happened with the Eee – one machine, and now we have 100′s.

I like the idea of a slate, but I can’t help think that a convertible Netbook like the Gigabyte T1028 would be a better/more flexible machine.

Still, good luck to them, I’m impressed that they got this far.

By: Ron P

Ron P — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:59:04 +0000

Interesting idea Dave, The Mini 9 Slate.
Then again, I have this older TC1100 I have been using and it does all this and more………..

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:08:47 +0000

For $300, I need more functionality. We need someone like Dell with experience in this stuff and can source components at good prices to make it. You can get a Dell Mini 9 with Linux for like $200. Why not a Dell Mini 9 slate?

By: oliver

oliver — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:46:42 +0000

it’s a couch surfer, not a heavy duty email device.

Sent from my iPhone…

By: Christen da Costa

Christen da Costa — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:48:23 +0000

Checkout Techcrunch’s latest post on this. As they state, the device isn’t designed for any serious text input and is geared towards those looking to READ their email, watch videos and other things like that. Right now they say it costs them $250 to manufacturer which doesn’t seem bad but at the end of the day it is just an oversized MID.