The iphone meets the netbook with the new Crunchpad, the latest gadget from TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington.
Arrington thought of the plan to “build a dead simple web tablet for $200” last year but only recently did he announce that production would commence. Arrington has formed Crunchpad, Inc, a startup company based out of Singapore that will oversee the manufacturing of the new Crunchpad device.
So what is the Crunchpad? Technically, the new device is not a tablet PC but operates in much of the same way but with built in iPhone capacity. The machine is thin, sleek and runs on low end hardware. The Crunchpad is expected to come with a touchscreen virtual keyboard, headphone jacks, a built in camera, low end speakers, a microphone, WiFi networking, a USB port, a built in battery, 512GB RAM and a 4GB solid state hard drive.
In terms of software, the device will include a Linux operating system, Firefox and Arrington anticipates that Skype or VOIP will also be included.
Arrington is well known in the tech cyberworld for TechCrunch, his online magazine and blog site that claims 15 million page views and 5.5 million unique visitors each month. TechCruch employs 21 people and also claimed $6 million in revenue from advertising in 2008.
The question still remains if Arrington will be able to pull off the funds to ship his new product to consumers. However, many people, including well known investor Ron Conway, are not only willing to bet on it, but also invest in it.
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