You must have heard about Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad web tablet concept by now. Well then you should also know that the device is said to arrive really soon. According to various sources the CrunchPad is expected to be available “as soon as possible” and an official release should occur sometime in July or August.

The CrunchPad will cost around $300 but will you pay that much for just a web-oriented device? That’s right, the CrunchPad will only get you Internet access! There’s no internal hard drive and there’s no Windows support. It’s not a netbook tablet but an Internet tablet that boots straight to its WebKit browser. The device will offer you a 12-inch touchscreen, Flash support, an Atom processor and support for a physical keyboard.

The CrunchPad might just be the gadget we’ve been waiting for. Unfortunately it will be quite useless when there’s no Internet support, wouldn’t you say?

via Bits

Michael Arrington’s project, the CrunchPad Internet tablet, has accidentally or intentionally been leaked to the web. There’s no exact news regarding availability dates but from what it looks like we’re thinking it should arrive soon. But will it really work? Will it make an impression? Will you choose it over any other Internet tablet available now?

The CrunchPad will cost around $200 and for that amount of money you should be getting the following features:

• 12-inch touchscreen with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
• Single-point touchscreen.
• Via Nano processor.
• 1 GB of ram.
• 4 GB flash drive (To store the OS and browser and any cache.)
• 1024×768 resolution .
• Wifi.
• Accelerometer.
• VGA Camera.
• 4-Cell Battery .
• Dimensions: 12.5″ x 9.7″ x 1.3″
• Weight: 3 lbs .
• Software: Full install of Ubuntu Linux on the prototype with a custom Webkit browser
• Ports: Power, Headset, 1 USB
• Boot time: 10 seconds from cold boot.

Anxious to play live with one?

via Arabcrunch