Hands On With the JooJoo, Formerly Known as CrunchPad

December 7th, 2009 admin
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The $200 touchscreen tablet known as the CrunchPad has morphed into a $500 device called JooJoo. Designed and developed by a Singapore-based company, Fusion Garage, JooJoo is tablet-like device made for internet surfing and little else. Wired.com got some hands-on time with the JooJoo. At 2.4 lbs, JooJoo is a lightweight, slim tablet with a vivid, crisp 12.1-inch touchscreen display. Beautiful Hardware, Fast Boot-up JooJoo has a capacitive touchscreen, which means it is about as responsive as an iPhone touchscreen and as much of a delight to use. There’s also an LCD screen that supports high-definition content. Overall…


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