Hardware: CrunchPad Will Be a 'Dead Simple Web Tablet' on Saturday July 04, @11:56AM Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 04, @11:56AM from the tablets-going-crunch-is-usually-a-bad-thing dept. Hugh Pickens writes "TechCrunch's Michael Arrington has been talking for a year about building a touch-screen tablet for Web surfing and now it appears that the CrunchPad is close to becoming a reality. 'We're going to make some really big announcements,' said Arrington, who predicted a prototype would be ready for unveiling by the end of July. The purpose of the CrunchPad will be very simple: surfing the Web. Turn it on and up comes a browser — 'an Internet consumption device,' for reading, checking e-mail or watching video. The CrunchPad will not have a hard drive or...
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