With all of the drama unfolding over the last week with Michael Arrington’s Crunch Pad and promised law suits, I didn’t expect to see this. Fusion Garage told their side of the story saying that they never had a contract and that FG owned all of the intellectual property. Crazy, I know!
Well those of us that still wanted the Crunch Pad to live got our wish. The new Arrington-free version is called the Joojoo and will retail for $499 not the wishfull $300. It’s pretty much the same thing as we heard about the Crunch Pad: it runs a UNIX-based OS, boots straight to a web browser (9 second boot time) so since it’s web based there aren’t any local apps. It has a 12.1 capacitive touchscreen and weighs about 2.4 pounds. Under the hood there’s a 4GB SSD, WiFi (no 3G), an accelerometer and about 5 hours of battery life.
So when can you get it? Fusion Garage plans to ship devices about 8-10 weeks after preorders, which start this friday. Like we satated before the pricetag is $499 and we’d of course be very happy if it were down at $300 or $400, but it’s basically a new device in a new market, and you’ll have to hand over a little extra for being an early adopter.
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