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Re:Did Arrington actually pull off the CrunchPad WiFi tablet? by chime on Thursday April 09, 2009 @06:26PM (#555284)
Even at $300, I would buy 10 of these for my company. Touch-screen + WiFi + Browser = ability for me to get rid of every single bulky PC on our assembly line. If it has USB, then I can hook up a barcode scanner and completely change how our process works. Right now, it is such a hassle to setup a PC with touch-screen and deal with maintenance etc. Good touch-screen LCDs cost $300 at least and it's a pain to deal with the drivers. Netbooks are good but I don't need a keyboard and don't want to deal with a full-fledged OS. Tablets are perfect but so expensive and a hassle to lock-down. Given all the time in the world, I'm sure most of us could rig up something under $500 similar to what the Crunchpad tablet aims to be. But I'd rather get a stable/solid system that I can easily buy more of when needed.

crossing fingers

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Re:Did Arrington actually pull off the CrunchPad WiFi tablet? by jerf on Thursday April 09, 2009 @08:01PM (#555416)
If the topmost port in the fourth picture of http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/19/techcrunch-tablet-updat... is not a USB port, I don't know what it is. Since a barcode scanner is basically a keyboard, you almost certainly don't even need any extra support from them. I think you're in luck.

(Also, I don't want to make a separate post: That link also says "we were aiming for $200, it looks like $299 is more realistic".)

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Re:Did Arrington actually pull off the CrunchPad WiFi tablet? by noonespecial on Thursday April 09, 2009 @06:59PM (#555336)
I was kind of hoping the picwing guys would get it together and I could use smartframes for this kind of thing. They seemed closer to a real product.
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Re:Did Arrington actually pull off the CrunchPad WiFi tablet? by sjs382 on Thursday April 09, 2009 @10:57PM (#555618)
I'm also crossing my fingers. This would make my startup MUCH more easy to get going.
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