All About the JooJoo

I have, honestly, become slightly obsessed with the JooJoo lately. It seems like an extremely nice media-oriented tablet. In my previous post, I talked about alternatives for the iPad. Well, there aren't many, but the JooJoo seems to be something all it's own!

JooJoo Tech Specs:

Processor: 1.6 Ghz Intel Atom CPU
RAM: 1 GB
Storage: 4 GB SSD (Solid-State Drive)
GPU: nVidia Ion
Display: 12.1 Inches
Resolution: 1366 x 768
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g
OS: Linux-based
Price: $499

Pros:

• Fast: Supposedly, this is the fastest of its kind. It boots fast, surfs fast, and plays video fa-... um... at regular speed (but with no stutter).
• Huge display: Great for viewing video and pictures.
• Capable: It has it all! It has flash, PDF and DOC readability, pretty much anything needed for the web and email.
• Webcam: 1.3 Megapixel. Nice touch.

Cons:

• Huge Overall: And in this corner, weighing in at a whopping 2.4 pounds, the JooJoo! Yes, it's heavy. It's pretty large too, but it is the product which is more web-based. You really need some size when surfing and watching.
• Touch Screen: Based on what I have seen, (only pre-market versions), it appears a bit unresponsive and awkward to use. I think they need to up the touch screen a little bit.
• Awkward OS: Also, if these guys want to fight a winning fight against Apple, they need to work a bit on their OS. It is a bit awkward when doing things like changing the orientation. It sort of flashes off and gets all pixelated before doing it. This doesn't really matter, but it looks terrible in the demo videos! They will likely (hopefully) fix this flaw.

I like it a lot for whatever reason. They just need to add some 3G and it will truly be the web, uncompromised, and anywhere!