CNet has more on the Crunchpad/JooJoo device, and it just makes me more sure that the device will fail:

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, but it won't run non-Web apps. No Skype for you.

Yeah, there's a killer device. At $499, it'll definitely sell well against those sub $300 netbooks that have 3G (i.e., network anywhere) plans. You also have to love the obvious planning that went into this:

Rathakrishnan says he's done no market research to verify that there's consumer support for this product, although he does note that people in TechCrunch audience have been supportive of the product.

All I can say is... lol :)

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