i want - Giraffes Up In The AIr

I agree...if the device is that beautiful and at that price point, it's too hard to pass up. - Craig Eddy

Definitely. Its a beautiful piece of equipment. I dont have a netbook or a laptop. Just my trusty EEEbox which doesnt take up any space, but there is times, id like to still be on the sofa and check something quickly or surf while im waiting for a program to come on, or the girlfriend to bring me my dinner. :) - Giraffes Up In The AIr

This is nice. @dezertsnow, check this out. Do you wanna? ",) - jan geronimo

yeah it looks nice in that picture but what is it ? from what i have read so far its just a browser on a touch screen . No OS, No storage, has anyone seen this thing running yet? how will it be better than a netbook? or even an ipod touch? - tony bland

Tony, the post should explain. It's a Web tablet. No hard drive. No keyboard. No apps to slow it down. Just a browser. Supports Flash, unlike the iPhone. - Louis Gray

yeah thanks Louis i got that, i'm just eager to know more. - tony bland

It's only a rough 3D rendering. Long way to go baby. - dstamand

if they manage to produce a product that looks like the render and also is cheap then it will do well. however if apple join the party all bets are off. Also the render looks little like a large iphone/touch so they need to get to market first. - Darren Stuart

I just don't know anyone who DOESN'T want one of these. - Jolie O'Dell

very cool... I'm amazed they followed through, should be nice! - Tim Hoeck

Total cloud computing. No apps or storage to slow it down. I assume since it boots from the web, that no internet, no go (may be a big downside). I wish I had one of these a few years ago on my travels. Very keen to see when it comes out. - Alistair (alpinefolk)

that's a good point Alistair with out an internet connection this thing is just an expensive tray, cant see this beating netbooks or iphones any time soon. - tony bland

Good Blog Thanks. - John D Reasor

It still has some computing power built into it. I'm sure it'll be hackable for other uses. I'm sure Arrington will decry that, too. - Darren Landrum

Interesting NY Times coverage (showing NY Times being displayed) - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009... - this is something that it seems inconcievable for Arrington to pull off on his own - no doubt he needs powerful partners (or purchasers) -- could it be that the Times is involved? - Brian Sullivan

@ Brian Sullivan I think you may have something there, though it wouldn't be necessary. It is probably sufficent to get the NYT to do a story by just showing their webpage on the CrunchPad Demo. - Phil Boiarski

The only reason this doesn't flat out kick the kindles ass from here to the VFW at the edge of town is the lack of eInk. Because the eInk only needs power when it changes it's sick on battery life. Like years or something between charges. - Matthew DeVries

I think Tablet Computing is the future, but this device seems really crippled. - Chrimmus Tad

I don't disagree with that Tad, but isn't this just an eBook reader with some tablety potential? I don't think it's going for a tablet price point. - Matthew DeVries

It's not an eBook reader, though. It's just a web browser. You won't be buying books and reading them on this or even viewing your PDFs on it. - Chrimmus Tad

Yeah, you're right Tad. I was going off an old article I read where this was supposed to go after the Kindle, not the fabled apple tablet or the Android tablets that are in the pipe. - Matthew DeVries

I do think, though, that the upcoming tablet computers WILL be used as e-readers. But e-reading will just be a small bit of what they'll be used for. - Chrimmus Tad

Reminds me of a PepperPad without the thumboard. - Rodfather