Arrington's CrunchPad Dies

adeelarshad82 writes "Michael Arrington announced the death of the CrunchPad on Monday morning in a blog post heavily spiced with angst and drama. According to Arrington, the Crunchpad, a 12-inch Web tablet expected to be priced at about $300, was just days away from launch. At the last minute, however, Arrington received an email from Chandra Rathakrishnan, the chief executive of manufacturing partner Fusion Garage, apparently trying to cut Arrington out of the product on the eve of the launch. Fusion Garage, according to Arrington, wanted to market the device itself under its own name; which obviously was the deal breaker. Arrington claims that the company had overcome obstacles at every stage in the business such as deals with Intel, retail launch, securing venture capital and angel investments. Interesting bit is that some were already speculating that the Crunchpad was not real."

Re:Angst and Drama? Try Hilarity

[SydShamino]

Meh. I'm holding out for a Nook [barnesandnoble.com]. More open, more features, same price.

My wife's is supposed to ship today. She placed her order within an hour of announcement and hopefully won't get hit by the 2010 bump.

And nothing of value was lost

[slyborg]

The only reason anyone is talking about this is because of Arrington's relentless zeal for self-promotion. I never thought this thing was going to happen, and in regard to keeping Arrington's name in circulation, it was a smashing success. The only thing missing from this soap opera is that Google/Microsoft/Apple diabolically combined with SMERSH to stop the CrunchPud before it could lead to world peace.

Re:Angst and Drama? Try Hilarity

[Daniel_Staal]

I got notification from UPS a bit earlier today that they had a package for me. Since the only package I'm waiting on at the moment is a Nook, I think your wife will be getting hers. (I ordered a few days after the announcement.)

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Somewhere right now....

[Rude Turnip]

Leo LaPorte is laughing his ass off and noting that Karma is a bitch.

Re:Arrogant Power Play

[jjohnson]

only an idiot would make a kneejerk response like that based on having heard only one side of a story like this.

You must be new here.

Re:Arrogant Power Play

[FireIron]

For some reason, the link where Fusion Garage gives their side of the story is missing in my browser. Can you provide me with it?

For some reason, the clause in the Slashdot TOS that requires me to hear both sides of an argument before rendering my personal opinion is missing in my browser. Can you provide me with it?

Re:He can talk the talk

[uvajed_ekil]

Oh come one now, this is the guy who brought us the _______________, which at only $________ is super amazing, because it can __________ and __________, and is far superior to its top competitor, the ____________.


*The above sentence is to be completed at some point in the future, if and when it ever becomes applicable.*

Re:Unfortunate

[Dhrakar]

So, wouldn't that be 'mastroturfing'? That is, interjecting into any conversation the particular Object of your fanboi-ism that you are fantasizing about?

Re:He can talk the talk

[CodeBuster]

This guy is a dick and always has been; it's kinda nice to hear he's having trouble!

Nothing like a little Schadenfreude [wikipedia.org] to brighten one's day after all...

Re:Angst and Drama? Try Hilarity

[larry bagina]

It's true; his wife is getting my package right now.

Re:Unfortunate

[StarsAreAlsoFire]

It'll never run without Flarp.