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Most Brilliant Products of 2009: Techcrunch Crunchpad Tablet (?)

popularmechanics.com

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"but the best part is the proof that today a tech fanboy can take the director’s chair and quickly prototype a smarter product

Alternative copy: "but the fact that it hasn't shipped yet is the proof that the consumer electronics companies behind the most innovative products on the market today are packed full of hard-working, imaginative, smart people, and that can't be replaced on a whim"

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Maybe this is Mike Arrington's way of announcing that the tablet will be out before the end of the year...he's a subtle man, you know.

Hopefully this won't go to his head.

Vapourware FTW! I'm surprised they didn't include Apple's tablet. [/sarcasm]

Dont' call them products until you've sold one of them. Or even made one of them.

They've made several, though of course they're not for sale yet. But nonetheless.

Heh... I like the article introduction:

Most breakthrough innovations make their greatest contributions when they become products people can buy. Here, Popular Mechanics awards the top 10 most brilliant gadgets, tools and toys that you can buy in 2009.

I guess it would have killed them to include purchase links. :)

Can Techcrunch be a trusted and reputable news source once they start creating their own products?

Sure, at last as reputable as they are right now, why not? As long as they stay as objective as possible on other companies that also produce tablets and are upfront with their biases, I don't see a problem.

This is why I don't read Popular Mechanics. Maybe they've seen it, it rocks, it will be out by the time the print issue hits the stands...but it looks an awful lot like advertorial. And I consider myself a likely cheerleader for the Crunchpad.

Don't even get me started on the multiple different kinds of fail in the full list.

Duke Nukem: Forever Game of the Year 2009?

That's borderline tabloid journalism...

Hey, they forgot my flux capacitor!

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