JooJoo Linux Tablet Hits UK Today [Fusion Garage Hopes To Sell More Units In Europe To Lift Current Poor Sales Figures]

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Most of you might remember the Linux tablet JooJoo, it also went by the name of CrunchPad. Today the 12-inch tablet finally arrives in the UK, hoping that the market in Europe would respond much better than the extremely low sales performance in the US.

JooJoo was created by Fusion Garage, a company based in Singapore and is headed by CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan. The whimsical name is derived from a French-African word roughly meaning “magical product.” However, sales figures of the product in the US have been something less than magical.

If the Apple iPad sold more than 500,000 units within the first week of its release, take a guess how many units JooJoo has sold in the past month. A few thousand? Maybe a few hundred? Well, try just 64 units.

Chandra Rathakrishnan acknowledges the embarrassment of this figure in his recent honest and open blog post. He admits that he takes full responsibility of this “bad joojoo” situation but remains optimistic by adding that, “The rumors of our death are greatly exaggerated and we see good joojoo coming back to us in the very near future.”

Had JooJoo been ready on time, it might have faced less fierce competition from the Apple iPad. Manufacturing delays caused the product to hit the shelves just days before the iPad was released to the public. It definitely didn’t get the media attention it deserved or the interest of tech-enthusiasts.

The Atom-based tablet isn’t a bad product. It features a USB port, inbuilt camera, supports multi-tasking and even Adobe’s Flash. Running on Linux also provides more flexibility to software developers.

The only downside would be the limited 4GB SSD storage and the low five-hour battery life (compared to the iPad that can reportedly run for just over 12 hours.)

Joojoo is retailing in the UK for £334 ($507) , including postage. With the iPad’s delayed launch in the UK, maybe this is the head start Fusion Garage needs in Europe for a much better sales figure.

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