Honestly, for less than 100 bucks, it seems like an ok little ‘netbook’. And it runs Android.
I could see the lack of touch screen maybe being a little clunky with the Android Interface (I have a G1)
Factor in that the Mozilla folks have a Pre-Alpha Release of Firefox for Android and we all expect a completed version soon and for 99 bones, you could… search the web.
A 10 inch screen version of the Android powered laptop is $148
If Cherrypal want to send me one to try out, my address is 4205 Gull Harbor RD NE Olympia, WA 98506
The 7″ Cherrypal Asia was designed with developing countries in mind; low price, pleasant user experience, high quality. The “Asia” comes with following specifications: 533MHz VIA 8505 (ARM9) processor, 256 MB DDR / 2 GB NAND-flash and runs Android 1.6. Here are some more basics: Screen: 7 inch high-resolution TFT .(800 x 480 pixels) LAN:10/100M Ethernet Access WIFI: IEEE 802.11 b/g Ethernet RJ-45 Keyboard: QWERTY 86 keys Mouse&Touch pad:build-in touch panel, set two shortcut key,and support usb port mouse USB Port: USB 2.0 x 1 (external memory) USB 1.1 x 2 (keyboard & mouse only) External Memory : SD card , U-Disk , USB-HDD Card port: SD / MMC card slot (8GB) Battery: 7.4 V 2100Mha built in Lithium battery: 4 HRS Built in speaker 1 x microphone Weight: less than 2 pounds Size: 213.5 x 141.8 x 30.8 mm
When Arrington posted that the Crunchpad is dead, there was mention of upcoming legal action against once partner Chandra Rathakrishnan and Fusion Garage.
Arrington announced TechCrunch filed a lawsuit Thursday against Fusion Garage, siting “Fraud and Deceit, Misappropriation of Business Ideas, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Unfair Competition, and Violations of the Lanham Act.”.
The JooJoo ‘Web slate’ is based around a 12.1-inch diagonal 720p capacitive touch screen.
The specs include: 1366×768-pixel resolution, a built-in camera, mic, and speakers, one USB port, and a card slot. There’s 4GB of cache memory. Rathakrishnan wouldn’t say what the processor?. He also won’t say who makes the touch screen.
The JooJoo runs a proprietary Linux-based operating system whose only purpose is to run the device’s browser, based on Webkit but again a custom job by the developer. The browser supports Flash and other standard HTML extensions.
The $499 price point is too high. Arrington has previously shot for closer to $200 – $300.
I already run Chrome on my Macbook, but it was fun to get this in my email box
It’s finally here: Google Chrome for Mac. Available today in beta!
Hi there,
Thanks for signing up to hear from us regarding Google Chrome for Mac! We’re excited to let you know that Google Chrome is now available in beta for Mac OS X.
Here are a few fun facts from us on the Google Chrome for Mac team:
* 73,804 lines of Mac-specific code written
* 29 developer builds
* 1,177 Mac-specific bugs fixed
* 12 external committers and bug editors to the Google Chrome for Mac code base, 48 external code contributors
* 64 Mac Minis doing continuous builds and tests
* 8,760 cups of soft drinks and coffee consumed
* 4,380 frosted mini-wheats eaten
Thanks for waiting and we hope you’ll give Google Chrome for Mac a whirl.
Yesterday, I commented on the Gboard gadget thing for Gmail keyboard short cuts, costing $20 and an USB port that I don’t have to spare… but I did learn something important Gmail has keyboard short cuts.
To turn these case-sensitive shortcuts on or off, click Settings, and then pick an option next to Keyboard
shortcuts.
Shortcut Key
Definition
Action
c
Compose
Allows you to compose
a new message. <Shift> + c allows you to compose
a message in a new window.
/
Search
Puts your cursor in the search box.
k
Move to newer conversation
Opens or moves your cursor
to a more recent conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand
a conversation.
j
Move to older conversation
Opens or moves your cursor
to the next oldest conversation. You can hit <Enter> to expand
a conversation.
n
Next message
Moves your cursor to the
next message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse a message.
(Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
p
Previous message
Moves your cursor to the
previous message. You can hit <Enter> to expand or collapse
a message. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
o or <Enter>
Open
Opens your conversation.
Also expands or collapses a message if you are in ‘Conversation View.’
u
Return to conversation list
Refreshes your page and returns you to the inbox, or list of conversations.
e
Archive
Archive your conversation from any view.
m
Mute
Archives the conversation, and all future messages skip the Inbox unless sent or cc’d
directly to you. Learn more.
x
Select conversation
Automatically checks and
selects a conversation so that you can archive, apply a label, or choose
an action from the drop-down menu to apply to that conversation.
s
Star a message or conversation
Adds or removes a star
to a message or conversation. Stars allow you to give a message or conversation
a special status.
!
Report spam
Marks a message as spam
and removes it from your conversation list.
r
Reply
Replies to the message sender. <Shift> + r
allows you to reply to a message in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
a
Reply all
Replies to all message recipients. <Shift> +a
allows you to reply
to all message recipients in a new window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
f
Forward
Forwards a message. <Shift>
+ f allows you to forward a message in a new
window. (Only applicable in ‘Conversation View.’)
<Esc>
Escape from input field
Removes the cursor from your current input field.
<Ctrl> + s
Save draft
Saves the current text as a draft when composing a message. Hold the <Ctrl> key while pressing s and make sure your cursor is in one of the text fields — either the composition pane,
or any of the To, CC, BCC, or Subject fields — when using this shortcut.
#
Delete
Moves the conversation to Trash.
l
Label
Opens the Labels menu to label a conversation.
v
Move to
Moves the conversation from the inbox to a different label, Spam or Trash.
<Shift> + i
Mark as read
Marks your message as ‘read’ and skip to the next message.
<Shift> + u
Mark as unread
Marks your message as ‘unread’ so you can go back to it later.
[
Archive and previous
Archives your conversation and moves to the previous one.
]
Archive and next
Archives your conversation and moves to the next one.
z
Undo
Undoes your previous action, if possible (works for actions with an ‘undo’ link).
<Shift> + n
Update current conversation
Updates your current conversation when there are new messages.
q
Move cursor to chat search
Moves your cursor directly to the chat search box.
y
Remove from Current View*
Automatically removes the message or conversation from your current view.
From ‘Inbox,’ ‘y’ means Archive
From ‘Starred,’ ‘y’ means Unstar
From ‘Trash,’ ‘y’ means Move to inbox
From any label, ‘y’ means Remove the label
* ‘y’ has no effect if you’re in ‘Spam,’ ‘Sent,’ or ‘All Mail.’
.
Show more actions
Displays the ‘More Actions’ drop-down menu.
?
Show keyboard shortcuts help
Displays the keyboard shortcuts help menu within any page you’re on.
Combo-keys – Use the
following combinations of keys to navigate through Gmail.
Shortcut Key
Definition
Action
<tab> then <Enter>
Send message
After composing your message,
use this combination to send it automatically. (Supported in Internet Explorer and Firefox, on Windows.)
y then o
Archive and next
Archives your conversation and moves to the next one.
g then a
Go to ‘All Mail’
Takes you to ‘All Mail,’ the storage site for all mail you’ve ever sent or received (and have
not deleted).
Have an extra $20 sitting around?
Use Gmail?
Can’t remember all those pesky Gmail keyboard short cuts?
I present… the Gboard
This little gadget looks useless.
It plugs into your computer, using up one of your USB ports and gives you a little pad with 19 buttons that trigger some of the more common of Gmail’s keyboard short cuts. Since there are 69 Gmail shortcuts in all, it barely scratches the surface, but a 69 key keyboard with all of them would be ridiculous right?
But then again, its Christmas and under $20 gifts can be hard to come by. This might be just the trick for the geek in your life.
I am now going to go learn some of the Gmail keyboard shortcuts because before this post, I didn’t know they existed.
It seems mininova.org has purged all user-contributed torrents in an attempt to comply with an August order by a Dutch judge, removing all the indexed torrents with questionable content and become an index of Content Distribution torrents only.
Today is an important day in the history of Mininova. From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August.
Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our platform offline, except for the Content Distribution service. According to the verdict (Dutch link) we have to prevent uploads of torrents to Mininova that refer to certain titles or to similar-looking titles. We’ve been testing some filtering systems the last couple of months, but we found that it’s neither technically nor operationally possible to implement a 100% working filter system. Therefore, we decided that the only option is to limit Mininova to Content Distribution torrents from now on. We are still considering an appeal at this moment.
We launched our Content Distribution service in 2007. This service allows producers and artists to easily publish and distribute their content for free through Mininova. The launch of Content Distribution has proven to be a success. Countless content owners have used Content Distribution to distribute their content (e.g. albums and documentaries) for free to millions of users. For example, the Dutch band Silence is Sexy released their complete album on Mininova and received the Interactive Award 2009 for doing so. The Dutch television broadcaster VPRO decided to start using Content Distribution in 2009 in order to distribute documentaries.
We would like to thank you for your support. Especially everyone that contributed to Mininova receives a big “thank you!” for the effort! We hope to keep welcoming you on Mininova and our other projects (e.g. Snotr, Dispostable).
The plan was to debut the CrunchPad on stage at the Real-Time Crunchup event on November 20. 1,000 of the devices would be available pre-sale and they would start taking orders immediately. Larger scale production would begin early in 2010.
Arrington then goes on to tell a bizarre tale of getting an email from Chandra Rathakrishnan, their partner on the project, telling them that based on pressure from his shareholders he had decided to move forward and sell the device directly through Fusion Garage, without our involvement.
“We still acknowledge that Arrington and TechCrunch bring some value to your business endeavor…If he agrees to our terms, we would have Arrington assume the role of visionary/evangelist/marketing head and Fusion Garage would acquire the rights to use the Crunchpad brand and name. Personally, I don’t think the name is all that important but you seem to be somewhat attached to the name.”
Arrington compares it to Foxconn, who build the iPhone, notifiying Apple a couple of days before launch that they’d be moving ahead and selling the iPhone directly without any involvement from Apple.
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The “Swiss Army Knife” of Disk Connectivity…Turns Any Bare Drive Into An External Storage Solution!!
I just ordered one of these for only $30. I have a small army of older hard drives that probably have stuff on them I’ll want, this seemed like a good way to access the data.
It allows any 2.5″, 3.5″, or 5.25″ hard drive or optical drive* with any standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI 40 pin or SATA interface to be connected via USB to any USB equipped computer for file transfer, backing-up and storing file archives, and accessing data on stored backup drives with Plug & Play ease.
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