> The JooJoo uses the Internet as its platform (the 4GB SSD is to store a cache and the operating system), and features no apps as the iPad will. Thus, its major shortcoming is that its use is extremely limited without Internet access, and it does not support 3G connectivity (though later versions of the tablet might).
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> Still, it may be an contender for the “iPad rival” position, as Rathakrishnan said that there had been an increase in inquiries since the announcement of the iPad.
via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/146770/2010/03/joojoo_delay.html?lsrc=rss_main)
So the JooJoo (formerly CrunchPad) is the same price as an iPad, now will be released at the same time as the iPad, does nothing but browse the web and yet has no 3G connectivity, no apps, and only 4GB of memory for caching (no long-term data storage), and yet it’s still considered a “rival” to the iPad?
In what universe?
The Crunch Pad/JooJoo is the ultimate story to tell would-be Monday morning quarterbacks who think they can out-Apple Apple. Arrington dreamed this thing up as a $200 couch accessory, gathered a huge following of people who fell for the promise of a totally open, simple, cheap device to do nothing but surf the web. It sounded so great on paper.
But it was a unicorn. A pipe dream.
Apple might make this stuff look easy, but when people try to build similar products, what you end up with is something that costs the same and doesn’t do nearly as much.
I’m trying to figure out who these people pre-ordering the JooJoo are. Are they insane? Are they die-hard Apple haters who are willing to spend money just to prove Apple wrong? I really don’t get it.
Maybe an “increase in inquiries” means five people instead of 4?
