The most highly acclaimed, globally praised Fusion Garage’s re-branded CrunchPad JooJoo tablet is dead — this according to tech site e27 in an email exchange between themselves and Fusion Garage founder Chandrashekar Rathakrishnan. The news isn’t all that entirely surprising given rumors of a rather pathetic 90 units sold…total. (Though Chandra obviously denies such low numbers.) But don’t count Fusion Garage out just yet. Chandra reiterated...
Regardless of what a few specific individuals (read: Fusion Garage exec’s) say, the JooJoo by Fusion Garage is pretty much a bomb — in stock form that is. What if you could order one with a different OS — one with a bit more functionality, say OS X? Them you’d have something, right? Well, I’m not too sure what exactly would make the JooJoo hardware “lust worthy”, but slappin’ OS X on it and giving it another go...
Color me slightly optimistic, but reports around the JooJoo today (remember, the CrunchPad that evaporated into vaporware only to re-emerge as crapware) have it not only on track, but enjoying increased pre-orders since the iPad announcement, a new round of funding, and a South African carrier deal in the mix — quite the buffet of luck if you ask me. As far as the increased pre-order claim, Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan didn’t actually post any...
Fusion Garage and TechCrunch have been going at it for the last several days in a cut throat manner, both accusing the other of lies, deceit, and all kinds of other hurtful things. We all know what Michael Arrington and the entire ‘Crunch team think. Fusion Garage announced today that any IP property or copyright claimed by TechCrunch and Michael Arrington is “ludicrous” and simply not true. Fusion Garage CEO even goes as far as to say that Michael...
In every story, fight, or dispute there are always two sides. In the disheartening story involving TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington and Fusion Garage in regards to the increasingly distant Crunchpad release and ultimate demise, it appears we’ll get to see this device after all. This coming Monday, December 7th, the CEO of Fusion Garage, Chandra Rathakrishnan, will demo the Crunchpad and share his side of the story. Now, after hearing Arrington’s side of...
