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HP Slate killed? Rumor mill says ‘yes’
Last night TechCrunch reported that, according to an unnamed “source briefed on the matter,” HP had stopped development of the Slate in its tracks, killing off the project entirely.
Another Palm exec is out… and CEO Jon Rubinstein is next?
Things must be getting a little weird at Palm right now, as every day seems to add a new piece to an already confusing puzzle. In just two week’s time the company has gone from a potential free agent , to a lone wolf , and then back to prospective purchase
JooJoo ships to actual consumers, gets dissected for good measure
Can you believe it? No, seriously — can your mind handle this realness
More bad juju for JooJoo: shipping delays, pre-sale questions
Monday, March 29 was supposed to be a happy day for Fusion Garage — that’s when the first JooJoo tablet pre-orders were scheduled to greet customers . Unfortunately, it’s looking like Tuesday, March 30 will instead go down as yet another day full of unresolved questions for the fledgling company: not only did the 29th come and go without a peep, a new document from the TechCrunch lawsuit sent to Gizmodo suggests that only 90 total pre-orders were made as of February 11, and that 15 of those orders were canceled. Uh-oh.
Joojoo tablet now in production, will support full Flash at launch
That other tablet that was announced just a week ago sure doesn’t seem to be setting Fusion Garage’s Joojoo off course. Not only did it see an increase in orders after the iPad announcement, but Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishna just told us that production of the 12-inch tablet has kicked off and that the product is on target to start shipping this month. And it doesn’t sound like legal fees from fighting the TechCrunch lawsuit over the product are depleting Fusion Garage’s bank account: Chandra told us it’s teamed up with OEM CSL Group of Malaysia, which will be footing the bill for manufacturing in exchange for a “low single-digit” percentage of product revenue
Apple iPad rumor roundup: Abraham Zapruder edition
Not even a week has passed since the iPad was announced and already we’re flush with more rumors. First, take a look at that image above
