Meet JooJoo (Formerly Known as CrunchPad)
Today, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan introduced to the press the JooJoo, a slate form factor device that offers a single purpose of Web browsing.
The $500 device sports a 720p 12.1” capacitive touch-screen (the largest size to date), it has very slim and curvy back that gives the same impression of holding a larger iPhone. Mic, camera, speakers, one USB port, a flash card slot and WiFi antenna are among only specs details that were unveiled.
The JooJoo is powered by a custom Linux Operating System, the Web browser offers Flash-based video support.
Web navigation control is done by pinching your fingers on the capacitive touch-screen and a small on-screen keyboard can be used for URL and data input.
[Video and source courtesy of CBS/Cnet]
Not bad – shiny shiny! But it looks like there may be a few interface glitches to work out before I’d order one. For example, when he changes orientation there’s a sickening fraction of a second where it looks like the whole screen is scrambled, before it renders properly.
The small details count!
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December 7, 2009
Comparison of the screen size of the iPhone & that of JooJoo
Not that cool if you realize the story behind “Jojo” http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/11/crunchpad-federal-lawsuit-filed-some-additional-thoughts/
Twitter: solsie
December 11, 2009
Kai, It’s getting very ugly..isn’t it?
This is the counter-argument http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/11/engadget-talks-joojoo-arrington-3g-and-more-with-fusion-garag/