Competition for iPad? Meet JooJoo: the iPad alternative with Flash
It seems like whenever Apple announces the latest and greatest product - there are always other companies who see if they can do better. The last couple weeks, there has been a ton of industry buzz about the iPad – what it is and what it isn’t – and specifically, how it could impact Realtors. One of the biggest buzz items has been the lack of flash on the 1st generation iPad.
Just announced yesterday, the JooJoo tablet computer will begin shipping to pre-orders later this month. With all the hype behind the Apple iPad tablet, the timing could be perfect for Fusion Garage to launch the JooJoo as Apple has done the hard part of creating a huge viral buzz for ‘the next great thing.’ The JooJoo is listed for sale at $499 and will include Flash.
Fusion Garage CEO said, “It has a much larger screen, 12.1 inches instead of 9.7 inches. The resolution is 1368 by 768 pixels instead of 1024 by 768. There are an extra 300 pixels of length, so it’s 16:9 widescreen resolution instead of 4:3. And the Web browsing experience is even better than the iPad, because of the size of the screen.”
One thing to note – the JooJoo won’t have an app store.
Is Steve Jobs worried? Probably not 
What do you think? Leave your comments here!
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Kori Covrigaru | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
Steve doesn’t allow flash due to a few, simple reasons:
1. App store work-around.
2. Flash is too buggy. Main reason for crashing browsers.
3. Takes too much memory up.
Many BIG players are moving from flash to HTML5. Google is moving that direction. HTML5 is supported by Safari, both on iPad and iPhone. It will be the new norm sooner than everyone thinks. Only problem now is that IE7 and 8 don’t support it yet, without a plug-in, or upgrade of some sort (not 100% sure about that).
Look for HTML5 in the near future. This flash deal on iPad, iPhone won’t be an issue soon.
Oh, and this product is not made by Apple, therefor, I don’t like it as much as the iPad.
Seth Parker | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
I will honestly be amazed if the JooJoo is EVER released due to the ongoing fight with TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington over rights of the JooJoo/CrunchPad.
Another thing I would be worried about is continuing support if it ever really is released because of the litigation. I know I won’t buy one
(Btw, what the hell kind of name is JooJoo? And people think the iPad name is bad?)
Lance Puig | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
I’m no techie therefore I still am prejudiced about the iPad. Enlighten me some more please.
Real Estate Living | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
Haven’t heard of this Joojoo but people will probably stick and wait for Apple to release a new iPad with flash and all other things. That’s how things work.
John Morley | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
Yeah, web developers’ use of HTML 5 is going to be GREATLY sped up because of the iPad (and additional iPhone sales).
Jacci- Austin TX Homes for Sale | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
They probably wont sell very well if it even does launch. It seems like every time a spin off comes out it never really does all that well. Oh well, I guess we will all see.
Shadow | Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
With all the criticism that the iPad gets for what it doesn’t do, I”m surprised that anyone is interested in this thing. Putting aside ethical concerns, this computer ONLY does browsing. Sure it supports Flash / Java, although personally I don’t really miss those.
Also, for me personally, 16×9 is a disadvantage. I prefer 4:3 for everything except watching videos (which I don’t plan on doing a lot on a tablet except maybe on airplanes). 4:3 is much better for email / browsing / everything else. I find it very annoying that all computer monitors these days are optimized for something that they are almost never used for.
I also want a tablet that does a decent job of email (I detest reading my email on web-based readers).
Finally, the App-store is a huge win over this thing. There may not be a lot of useful apps for the iPad at the moment, but I expect there to be a lot of them in the future.
Its nice to see competition out there, although I think there are a lot more credible competitors to the iPad and I don’t see this going anywhere.
I have zero interest in a Windows based tablet, but I am very interested in seeing what Android will bring us in the future.
Matt Dunlap | Feb 8, 2010 | Reply
Is this the crunchpad??? I think Michael Arrington is suing Fusion Garage for stealing the crunchpad.