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    Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400

    Is The Crunchpad Dead?

    Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday

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    11/15/09

    In reply to Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
    If I remember, the CrunchPad runs its own flavor of Linux. That is certainly appealing, but in the time since it was conceived, there's been a lot more attention paid to Android. I still hold out hope that the CrunchPad will turn out to be a very cool, useful device but I wonder if they might have just timed it wrong and missed the biggest trend it operating systems. Of course, even if they have, there's still a good chance that the platform will be hackable and that Android and Chrome might be put on it. Either way, I've got a piggy bank slowly filling up with enough scratch to buy either the CrunchPad or the next closest thing from Apple. #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
    Crunchpad was dead when they tried for an extremely niche product and didn't just release it right off the bat.

    They may have picked up a couple of hundred sales at one point but now the concept of a fully functional multitouch tablet is just around the corner. I'm not blowing $400 on something to browse the web on. #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    @tande04: The problem resides in what they offer: a multitouch tablet to browse the web, something we all have since 2007. I can do that and so much more on my iPod Touch. #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    @Axelph: Double the size of an iPod Touch, and I'd use it three times as much. I'd also pay, wait for it.... $400. #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
    Apple tablet or Crunchpad. Which one will see the light of day first? #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
    I'm not sure if it's just me but I think the Droid v iPhone debate had me favoring Mike over anyone else.

    People are quick to call things dead (Hip-Hop is dead, Rock is Dead etc.) and crown people victors. Nokia is still very much in the game, they are losing ground for sure but they are still the number 1 phone maker in the world. They better shift gears to keep that spot but you can't call them dead just because Apple's iPhone is selling extremely well (I mean EXTREMELY well).

    But with Droid and iPhone, Mike was pointing out the strengths of the core phone while everyone else was talking about the iPhone's community. Comparing the Android Facebook App to the iPhone Facebook App has nothing really to do with Google and Apple, but more so their community. The iPhone has a strong community, partly why I have one, and Android's community is slowly but surely rising. When comparing the phones, Apples to Apples, you compare the core, not the extended use. Not to say that it should be dismissed but they two different things. Compare the phone to the phone, then the community to the community. #crunchpad
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    11/15/09

    In reply to Crunchpad Lives, and So Does the Ambiguous Price Tag: $300 to $400
    That video is almost an hour long. I know its Sunday and the stories will be few and far between, but an hour long? How about a hint at what time stamp we should FF to… #crunchpad
    My bad I see it now… 39:00. Was that there a moment ago when I complained?
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Is The Crunchpad Dead?
    But hey, he still gets that Popular Mechanics award, right? [www.popularmechanics.com] #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Is The Crunchpad Dead?
    i would be bummed if this were true. i was looking forward to having a cheap tablet to just sit on the couch and browse with. 400 is really not that bad. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @Zac Terrones: I'm completely with you. Ever since I heard about the CrunchPad I've been drooling for it to come out. All I want/need is a massive touch screen that just browses. Nothing more nothing less. It's funny, I actually wrote them an email yesterday asking them what the status was since supposedly this month was release month. The Archos 9 looks better and better every day. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Is The Crunchpad Dead?
    People won't pay $400 for a Crunchpad tablet, but Apple will make a KILLING selling Apple Tablets for $799 + tax + applecare + upgraded ram + upgraded ssd #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Is The Crunchpad Dead?
    I've been waiting for this device for a long time, and I'm really hoping we don't see this project die. Even at $400, I think it's the perfect device for sitting in front of the tv surfing the web. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Is The Crunchpad Dead?
    How do we know Apple won't charge more than $1000 for it's tablet? #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Umm, because we take whispers and rumors as verified evidence 'round these parts? Where've you been? #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : there's been enough rumors from enough sources to coalesce that it will be under $1000. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @njso18: Rumors don't mean shit. It doesn't matter how many blogs report it, until we hear it from Apple's mouth it's not true. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : The "Apple tax" can only go so far. If they were to produce a tablet for an asking price of $1,000, they would pretty much have to offer some serious kit on board to make it as enticing as a unibody Macbook, like an official Modbook. If it ends up being a giant ARM-powered iPod touch, no way would it hit over $1,000. Not even the most rabid of fanboys would scoop that shit up. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah that's true. I guess I was extrapolating the cost based on the iPhone. If you try to buy that anywhere without a contract it could easily run you like 500-600 dollars as well so it would logical that this would be at least a couple hundred dollars more. I do think it would have a lot of better features though which would make it closer in ability to the Macbook which is also in the $1000 range. #crunchpad
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    11/04/09

    @PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: : Well, I have yet to see any device that size with a multitouch screen for under $1000. It's not impossible, but screen size accounts for a good percentage of the cost of a device. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the HP TouchSmart, I believe, is the only full-size device with multitouch capabilities right now. And those things get expensive real fast. I think there's still room for this thing to approach or exceed $1000, depending on what features-.....

    ...Wait, what the heck am I doing?! Why are we discussing the price of a product we don't even know exists, under an article for a product completely unrelated, and with a direct link to the Courier, which has way more to actually talk about?

    Dangit, Apple! Enough with your hypnotic, yet empty rumor-mongering! #crunchpad
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday
    Did anyone else read the headline as "Rumormodo"?
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    07/19/09

    @Summermodoin'_GitEmSteveDave: yes i did. I though rumormodu was just Jack getting all fancy with some french or something

    ha
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Rumor: Modu To "Soft Launch" This Wednesday
    In theory, one could just have a few different phones and switch the SIM card. I've heard this is popular with "the Europeans" but I have yet to see one of my friends actually buy a second handset.

    It seems like the advantage here is that it would be cheaper to buy additional "jackets" than additional phones. I would love a small phone for going out, a jacket with big screen and buttons for playing a game on the subway and a third jacket with a physical keyboard.

    Also, isn't Nokia owning the non-smart phone market now and reaping the 66%-profit-loss rewards of that move? Have at it Modu, sounds like a juicy piece of market share.
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    07/19/09

    @The Lab: As a "european", I can promise that very few people do this. I know of people with duel sim phones, but most people with more than one phone have it only because we have a higher reliance on Pay as you go, so can easily take a sim out and swap it into a new phone when we feel like it.
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    07/19/09

    @Violent Pacifist: Good to know. Sometimes you hear people talk about the behavior common to a continent and it is really only their friends. These are also the people who talk about Europe like it is one big country.
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    05/18/09

    In reply to Vaporware - How Machines Will Always Disappoint Us
    Oh, I am also still waiting for this:


    And, if I cannot get my atomic car, can I at least get my society full of jetpacks and dirigibles?

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    05/18/09

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: We have 6 more years left until we start having hover cars.
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    05/18/09

    In reply to Vaporware - How Machines Will Always Disappoint Us
    I'm still waiting for my SNES CD drive...
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    05/18/09

    @dry-roasted-peanuts: They released it. It's called the Playstation and Philips CD-i.


    I can't wait until they release StarCraft: Ghost on one of the two.

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    05/18/09

    In reply to Vaporware - How Machines Will Always Disappoint Us
    Starcraft:Ghost remains at the top of the list for me.
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    05/18/09

    @admoseremic: Awww damn. Just when I thought I had that erased from my memory... :(


    I still think those developers wasted their time playing WoW instead of doing their job.

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