TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B

Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by lapenne on Monday January 19, 2009 @10:51AM (#440540)

This is the sort of stuff I would be excepeting out of YCombinator startups. Instead we got mostly lame web 2.0 websites with no clear business model. Okay, that was a bit harsh, but still - I think most of the YCombinator applicants don't have enough ambition and the ideas are too focused on the web 2.0 world.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by jonknee on Monday January 19, 2009 @12:11PM (#440643)

Hard to expect innovative hardware with only a couple grand in funding.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by henning on Monday January 19, 2009 @06:53PM (#441084)

Weren't Apple's first machines built by two guys named Steve in a garage?

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by jonknee on Monday January 19, 2009 @07:13PM (#441110)

Apple was incorporated with a $250,000 investment. In today's dollars that's more like $800k.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by antidaily on Monday January 19, 2009 @02:18PM (#440782)

Is this really that innovative? for $299, I can get a Dell mini 9 or countless other netbooks (some of which can be hacked to run OSX). In terms of providing value, give me a web 2.0 tool that helps my business or helps me lose weight or whatever... over this thing.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by bprater on Monday January 19, 2009 @03:41PM (#440869)

The other advantage of a laptop is that it includes a "kickstand" by default (the keyboard). When I'm laying on the couch, I have the laptop on my chest and use a wireless mouse.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by Prrometheus on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @12:10PM (#441910)

There are different markets for "mobile general purpose computing devices" and "an easy device to surf the internet and keep up with the kids".

Yes, it is that innovative. It's awesome.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by immad on Monday January 19, 2009 @12:31PM (#440666)

picwing.com: I know its different but it has similar end goals given time.

edit: Why don't you apply to YC with this idea if you can execute it :P

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by blackguardx on Tuesday January 20, 2009 @03:59AM (#441551)

I agree. I would like to work on a hardware startup, but I wouldn't focus on consumer hardware like TechCrunch is. Once you start concentrating on the average Joe, the costs go way up. Industrial hardware is better for a garage startup environment.

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Re:TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B by vaksel on Monday January 19, 2009 @12:12PM (#440649)

thats because coding up a site doesn't take as much effort.

Here you'd need to figure out how to build it, then find a factory to build it, then figure out how to sell it to retailers, then figure out shipping etc etc

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