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so how come wakemate can get their product built and shipped in 6 months, and techcrunch is still working on the crunchpad since 2008? Especially when you cons
by vaksel 17y ago
so how come wakemate can get their product built and shipped in 6 months, and techcrunch is still working on the crunchpad since 2008?
Especially when you consider that wakemate is doing something a little bit more complicated than just throwing a bunch of common components together?
- tptacek 17y agoProbably because (1) Wakemate has simpler price constraints, and (2) because the software integration required for Wakemate is simpler than for that of an entire general-purpose computing device?
- ladyada 17y agoA big part of it is power supply (a tablet ps is extraordinarily hard to design whereas this can run on a large coin cell or AAA battery), and display (blinking LEDs are easier to get a hold of than nice color LCD with good touchpads).
- tptacek 17y agoWhat she said. What I said was comparatively dumb. Good to see you, Limor.