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After seeing the iPad, I wonder if the JooJoo (CrunchPad) will even make it to the market.

by vitobcn 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago
What made you think it ever would ? It's DOA as far as I'm concerned. The companies that were supposed to launch it are stuck in infighting mode and meanwhile the iPad is here and defines the market. They could have had a good run of it if they managed to steal apples' thunder by launching 6 months early. Have apple make the hype and run off with the customers, that would have been a classic coup. As it is they might as well pull the plug.
- levesque 17y ago
  Reading this now makes me think this might be a set up by apple.... yeaaah, maybe they just incited those guys over at Fusion Garage to screw the project.
senko 17y ago
If they can price it right (and don't lock it down), I think it'd be interesting as a low-priced/more-open alternative to iPad. In effect, JooJoo could run the iPad success in sense it doesn't have to explain what it does - "it's like iPad, just <whatever>". If iPad gets traction, I'm sure it'll provide an incentive for other companies to follow. JooJoo is perfectly positioned there because they (supposedly?) already have a working device.
- jacquesm 17y ago
  Unless they kiss & make up the only people that will make any money on the 'joojoo' (what a name by the way) are the lawyers.
- mlinsey 17y ago
  According to the official JooJoo website (thejoojoo.com), the JooJoo is priced at...$499. Uh-oh.
mattmaroon 17y ago
Well, If I were an OEM making a tablet, I would be very happy about today's announcement. The only thing surprising about it was the total lack of surprises. Everyone's been expecting basically a large iPod touch with books in its app store. That's exactly what they got, and it doesn't even have that many books either, with only a few publishers signed up. So if I were making a tablet, the iPad we saw today would be what I'd consider best case scenario. Do you think the cell phone OEMs felt that way when they saw the first iPhone? My guess is their reaction was quite the opposite. Guys at RIM and Motorola were probably like "holy shit, I didn't know a phone could be this good at web surfing." They still weren't going to shut the company down and give the money back to investors due to pricing and single carrier, I'm sure, but they undoubtedly weren't happy because what they saw was probably a lot better (or at least different) than they expected. So the point is, the iPad is what they've been planning around since the rumors started picking up steam forever ago. I think if the JooJoo or any other pad doesn't make it to market, it won't be because of what you saw today.

After seeing the iPad, I wonder if the JooJoo (CrunchPad) will even make it to the market.

by vitobcn 17y ago

After seeing the iPad, I wonder if the JooJoo (CrunchPad) will even make it to the market.

What made you think it ever would ? It's DOA as far as I'm concerned. The companies that were supposed to launch it are stuck in infighting mode and meanwhile the iPad is here and defines the market. They could have had a good run of it if they managed to steal apples' thunder by launching 6 months early. Have apple make the hype and run off with the customers, that would have been a classic coup. As it is they might as well pull the plug.

levesque 17y ago
Reading this now makes me think this might be a set up by apple.... yeaaah, maybe they just incited those guys over at Fusion Garage to screw the project.

senko 17y ago

If they can price it right (and don't lock it down), I think it'd be interesting as a low-priced/more-open alternative to iPad. In effect, JooJoo could run the iPad success in sense it doesn't have to explain what it does - "it's like iPad, just <whatever>". If iPad gets traction, I'm sure it'll provide an incentive for other companies to follow. JooJoo is perfectly positioned there because they (supposedly?) already have a working device.

jacquesm 17y ago
Unless they kiss & make up the only people that will make any money on the 'joojoo' (what a name by the way) are the lawyers.
mlinsey 17y ago
According to the official JooJoo website (thejoojoo.com), the JooJoo is priced at...$499. Uh-oh.

mattmaroon 17y ago

Well, If I were an OEM making a tablet, I would be very happy about today's announcement. The only thing surprising about it was the total lack of surprises. Everyone's been expecting basically a large iPod touch with books in its app store. That's exactly what they got, and it doesn't even have that many books either, with only a few publishers signed up. So if I were making a tablet, the iPad we saw today would be what I'd consider best case scenario. Do you think the cell phone OEMs felt that way when they saw the first iPhone? My guess is their reaction was quite the opposite. Guys at RIM and Motorola were probably like "holy shit, I didn't know a phone could be this good at web surfing." They still weren't going to shut the company down and give the money back to investors due to pricing and single carrier, I'm sure, but they undoubtedly weren't happy because what they saw was probably a lot better (or at least different) than they expected. So the point is, the iPad is what they've been planning around since the rumors started picking up steam forever ago. I think if the JooJoo or any other pad doesn't make it to market, it won't be because of what you saw today.