CrunchPad Not Dead Yet

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Since we did show you the Courier in detail already and we keep talking about Apple’s tablet, we should definitely check on the CrunchPad from time to time. After all we can’t disregard the device when talking about ultra-portable tablets capable of doing marvelous things.

I’ll start everything off with a question that keeps popping up in my mind. When does it come out already? We’ve been waiting for the CrunchPad to arrive for a while now especially since it’s not coming from regular computer makers. It’s not an Apple creation, and it hasn’t been conceived by Microsoft either. The CrunchPad is a project of TechCrunch’s guru Michael Arrington and it is meant to be a device that would help you easily browse the Internet, in a more than comfortable position.

Shouldn’t the CrunchPad have been available in stores already? The tablet hasn’t come out yet but it’s definitely not dead as various people suggested lately. Sure Apple’s and Microsoft’s future tablets are closing in very fast but competition is definitely something we love to see, especially at this level.

According to Arrington, the CrunchPad will cost somewhere between $300 to $400 and the cost is coming down. Last time we checked it was supposed to be a lot cheaper. And it looks like there’s also going to be some advertising involved which means that not only is the pad more expensive but it’s also ad-supported now. Will you buy one just for the heck of it? Or is the price too steep for you already? We don’t have clear indications regarding its specs and we have no idea if it will help you do anything else besides surfing the web.

And while we do know that it’s coming, we have no idea when the product will be officially announced. We’d better see it in action before Apple and Microsoft launch their tablets otherwise we might not pay much attention to it after we see the those gadgets in action.