When we last checked in on Fusion Garage, Brad had declared the company only mostly dead. Today, however, it appears as though it’s time to put on the toe tag and zip up the bag: Fusion Garage is done. On January 20th, the company’s creditors will be sitting down with representatives from PricewaterhouseCoopers and taking a good, hard look Fusion…
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Fusion Garage may have lost its PR team, its lawyers, and for a brief period earlier this week its website. But the company’s not quite dead yet. The makers of the Grid10 and ill-fated JooJoo tablets are seeking additional funding to stay afloat. In an interview, founder Chandra Rathakrishnan tells Engadget that: The company has already moved more Grid10 tablets than JooJoo tablets….
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Fusion Garage doesn’t have a great track record of delivering high quality products. Last year the company generated a lot of headlines with its JooJoo tablet (which started out its life as the CrunchPad before the company parted ways with TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington). When the tablet finally hit the market it was widely panned by reviewers. So this summer…
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Fusion Garage made a name for itself with the JooJoo tablet, a disappointing tablet that launched in 2010. Now the company is back with a new tablet called the Grid 10 and a smartphone called the Grid 4 — and they run a new Android-based operating system called GridOS. The Grid 10 goes up for pre-order today for $499 for…
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Fusion Garage is the company behind the rather unsuccessful JooJoo tablet computer. But rather than throw in the towel, CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan says the company is changing its approach. While he hasn’t confirmed the rumor that new models will run Google Android, it certainly seems likely given the new approach. The JooJoo was designed to be a tablet that basically…
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The JooJoo tablet may not have made a huge splash when it launched earlier this year, with some reports suggesting that as few as 90 tablets were sold during the pre-order phase. But apparently the company hasn’t run out of money and folded just yet, because Gizmodo is reporting that JooJoo is planning its second tablet. The new device is…
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The JooJoo tablet started as an ambitious project called the CrunchPad. The idea was to provide a tablet that was basically nothing but an interface for a web browser, allowing you to sit on the couch and surf, getting online in a matter of seconds. The finished product is pretty much just that — but it’s a bit underwhelming, unresponsive,…
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The JooJoo tablet is now available for purchase in Europe, where you can pick one up for €359 plus €15 for shipping. That’s actually not a bad deal, as it comes to a few bucks less than the $499 plus shipping you’d have to pay to get the tablet in the US or Canada. But while the price for this…
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When TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington first came up with the idea for the CrunchPad tablet, here’s what he wanted: A cheap touchscreen tablet that was pretty much just a screen and web browser. He partnered with the folks at Fusion Garage who started to build it and design custom software to make the web browser usable. And then after a…
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The iPad isn’t the only tablet shipping this week. And it’s not the only tablet that got ripped apart moments after it was released either. The handful of customers who pre-ordered the 12 inch JooJoo tablet instead of the similarly priced Apple iPad are starting to receive their orders. And Engadget has a photoset from one user that decided to…
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It’s been a long strange trip, but the JooJoo tablet is apparently now shipping. The folks at Engadget got their hands on one of the first units, and while a full review is still a few days off, Engadget editor Joshua Topolsky has posted some unboxing photos and a brief video overview of the user interface. It’s possible that fewer…
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After a long and legally complicated wait, the Crunchpad JooJoo tablet is now shipping. The tablet features a 12.1 inch screen and a custom OS that’s built primarily to support a web browser and web-based applications. It features WiFi connectivity and sells for $499. And according to the folks at JooJoo, customers that have already placed orders should start receiving…
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