The Crunchpad is “streamrolling along” and may be sponsorship supported

The last we heard, the CrunchPad seemed to have been killed off by higher than expected manufacturing costs, but as the Internet goes — things change and change quickly.

With that, the subject of the Crunchpad came up during a recent Gillmore Gang videocast and according to Michael Arrington, “the CrunchPad is steamrolling along.”

With that he also went on to mention that they have been working on the software for the past month trying to make it perfect to get it to market.” And in terms of price, as of now it is looking at making a debut between $300 and $400. But it was also mentioned that the Crunchpad could become sponsorship supported. In other words, there will be ads on the device, but according to Michael Arrington, they will have little impact on the user experience.

Unfortunately, there is still nothing in terms of a release date, well, aside from a mention that “big news” will be coming soon. That said, we are not sure if that big news is going to be a release date or just an official set of specs and price. Either way, I am looking forward to seeing what comes of the Crunchpad.

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