TechCrunch founder launches hardware startup | VentureBeat

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TechCrunch founder launches hardware startup

A year ago, TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington announced his plan to build a “ dead-simple Web tablet for $200 ,” using crowdsourced designs from his readers. Today Arrington announced the formation of Crunchpad, Inc, a startup company with 14 employees in Singapore. Crunchpad will oversee manufacture of the device, also called the Crunchpad.

“There’s factories that just churn stuff out. It’s pretty simple,” Arrington told the Business Times. The article spends most of its time profiling Arrington and his various business ...

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