Arrington’s CrunchPad in the Shops by November; Real Competition for Apple’s Unnamed iTablet

31Jul2009 Filed under: Notebook/Tablet Author: Gary

Guest writer Gary Sims is a freelance technology consultant from the UK. He is the senior blogger of the Hi-Tech Squad.

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington decided to build himself a touchscreen web tablet called the CrunchPad and now according to an article in a Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times the CrunchPad will start shipping in November and willcost $400.

According to the article, which was written by a journalist who has actually seen the CrunchPad, it will have a 12-inch screen and weigh only 1.2kg. The in-house developed OS allows users to browse the web, watch YouTube videos, listen to music and edit documents. However all storage including documents, mail, music and photos will need to reside on the web as the device has no hard disk (or flash disk). This means that you will need to use services like GMail or Google Docs.

Arrington had originally hoped that the device would sell for $200 but like the mythical $100 One Per Child Laptop the actually price is double the original estimates at $400.

What do you think, would you use such a device? Leave a comment below to let us know!

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[Photo from The Straits Times]

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