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It didn't matter. The Crunchpad would have basically been a neat tech-toy for the people who had the disposable income to toss at it. The world is littered wi
by brk 17y ago
It didn't matter. The Crunchpad would have basically been a neat tech-toy for the people who had the disposable income to toss at it.
The world is littered with "almosts". You could just as easily argue that the ultimate failure of this indicates that bloggers should stick to blogging and not try to build companies and products.
I'm not saying I wasn't intrigued by it, and probably would have bought one if it ever shipped, but the TC guys shouldn't strain their arms patting themselves on the back for not shipping a product.
- martey 17y agoThe Crunchpad would have basically been a neat tech-toy for the people who had the disposable income to toss at it. At the price point which they were planning to sell it, it would have been the same price as most netbooks. Since it caters to a similar audience ("casual" computer users), it is possible that if it had launched, it would have been popular.
- BigDamnDeal 17y agoUnlikely, but possible.
- dasil003 17y agoTotally agree. I normally don't like to play the pundit on the side shouting "I told you so," but in this case I think Arrington et al deserve the criticism. They've had the hype machine running full blast for a year now. The TechCrunch name alone guaranteed that early adopters would buy the things in massive numbers. However they couldn't cross the finish line with the product. The CrunchPad therefore doesn't deserve any more attention than any of failed consumer product ideas that never saw the light of day.