Portable Web Browser CrunchPad Coming Soon

Michael Arrington, founder of popular technology blog TechCrunch, is concocting a web-browsing recipe for a device poised to make netbooks look relatively gargantuan. The ingredients? A touchscreen, a browser and, well, not much else.

The yield? A 16-millimeter thick tablet called the CrunchPad that will likely be at least 12 inches long, come in an array of colors, run on an Intel chip and contain built-in Wi-Fi. Arrington is cutting the clutter by featuring no storage capabilities other than those that are Internet-based, no keyboard and no extra software aside from the web browser. All that remains will be a little rectangle upon which you can read blogs, check your e-mail and watch videos.

Sure, it may remind you of a modified Kindle and it may be vastly limited in its capabilities, but there are some distinct pros to the Pad: It's lightweight; it can run Flash (unlike cell phone devices); it can tout blazing-fast Internet speeds since there is no extra software to slow it down; and it will cost less than $300. Sold on this concept yet? All that's been announced is that the CrunchPad is "coming soon."

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