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Fusion Garage’s JooJoo Enters Full Production, Despite Lawsuit

February 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Fusion Garage announced that its controversial JooJoo tablet PC has entered full production, with devices expected to reach consumers by the end of February. The move comes days after Fusion Garage moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by TechCrunch, the publishing entity founded by Michael Arrington, which alleges that the JooJoos design is a rip-off of his unreleased CrunchPad tablet PC. The name JooJoo may be derived from Ju-Ju, a West African term for objects such as skulls possessed by spirits.
– Fusion Garage announced on Feb. 3 that its controversial
JooJoo tablet PC had entered full production, with devices expected to reach
consumers by the end of the month. That announcement came two days after Fusion
Garage moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by TechCrunch, the publishing
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TechCrunch Founder Arrington Files Suit Against JooJoo, Fusion Garage

December 13th, 2009 | No Comments

TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington filed on Dec. 10. a much-threatened lawsuit against Fusion Garage, a startup that he claims stole his idea for the long-awaited CrunchPad tablet PC. Fusion Garage began taking preorders for the $499 JooJoo tablet, which features a 12.1-inch touch screen and can primarily be used to surf the Internet, on Dec. 11. In addition to the lawsuit, Arrington posted on the TechCrunch blog describing what he termed a pattern of deceit on Fusion Garage’s part. The matter will be settled in court.
– Michael Arrington, founder of popular tech blog TechCrunch, announced that
he had filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 against Singapore-based Fusion Garage, formally
alleging that the latter company’s JooJoo tablet PC is a rip-off of Arrington’s
never-released CrunchPad.
The JooJoo, a 12.1-inch touch scree…


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JooJoo Debacle Suggests Three Pitfalls for Apple, Microsoft Tablet PCs

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

The JooJoo, a tablet PC with a 12.1-inch touch-screen, was announced by tech startup Fusion Garage during a Dec. 7 Web conference. Although legal questions loom about the devices concept and design, an even bigger mystery presents itself: will be device succeed at all in the marketplace? And if it crashes and burns, what sort of lessons can Apple and Microsoft, which are rumored to have their own tablet PCs in development, pull from the wreckage?
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Tech startup Fusion Garage announced the debut of the JooJoo,
a 12.1-inch tablet PC designed to surf the Internet, on Dec. 7. The device will
be released on Dec. 11 under a dark cloud of potential lawsuits, however, with
Michael Arrington founder of popular technology blog TechCrunch threatenin…


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Fusion Garage Announces JooJoo, Refuting TechCrunch Claims

December 7th, 2009 | No Comments

Tech startup Fusion Garage CEO Chanda Rathakrishnan announced the upcoming debut of the JooJoo, a tablet PC with a 12.1-inch touch screen, during a Dec. 7 Web conference. Fusion Garage will likely be sued by Michael Arrington, founder of popular technology blog TechCrunch, who insists that Fusion Garage stole the concept and designs for his CrunchPad tablet and used that to manufacture the JooJoo.
– Tech startup Fusion Garage announced that it will debut the JooJoo, a
tablet PC with a 12.1-inch touch screen, on Dec. 11 at a price point of $499.
Whether or not the device, announced by Fusion Garage CEO
Chandra Rathakrishnan during a Web conference on Dec. 7, actually meets that
launch date, …


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