The Techcrunch Web Tablet Project

by dbreunig on 7/21/2008, 9:07 PM with 19 comments
  • by vaksel on 7/21/2008, 9:14 PM

    Thats how Kindle should have looked like, instead of that 1980s looking contraption amazon came out with

  • by christefano on 7/22/2008, 10:06 AM

    It sounds like the techcrunchies haven't actually used the Nokia N810. Just like their dream web tablet, the N810 already uses a Linux kernel, runs Firefox, Skype and plays Flash and other media. It also just hit their $299 price point. They dismissed it, however, and said they want a bigger screen, even though it has has a fantastic 800x480 resolution and 225 pixels per inch (compared to the iPhone's 480x320 resolution and 160 pixels per inch).

    Then Cubrilovic and Arrington deleted their comments. Go figure.

  • by lyime on 7/21/2008, 10:04 PM

    It's a very ambitious project. Doable although I think something like this really needs leadership, guidance and a project timeline.

  • by st3fan on 7/21/2008, 9:36 PM

    """... when we were discussing the ultimate web browsing/cloud computing client hardware..."""

    WTF is a 'cloud computing client'. Personally I'm sick and tired of hearing the word 'cloud' being used in every hyped project now.

  • by maxwell on 7/21/2008, 9:38 PM

    That page crashes Firefox and Safari. edit: no one else?