Linked List: August 29, 2010

Sunday, 29 August 2010

CrunchPad Denial of Preliminary Injunction ★

Mike Arrington gets smacked around in the first round of his lawsuit over the JooJoo/CrunchPad. In short: TechCrunch didn’t get much in writing regarding their “partnership” with Fusion Garage to develop the product, and, well, they should have. Curiously, I’ve seen no coverage of this decision on TechCrunch.

(Thanks to DF reader James Grimmelmann for posting the document.)

Sentence of the Year? ★

DigiTime:

Sources from upstream component makers believe the device is aiming to compete against Apple’s reportedly upcoming 7-inch iPad.

How about competing against the bestselling iPad that, you know, actually exists?

iPads Now Shipping Within 24 Hours ★

AppleInsider:

After struggling to meet consumer demand for the iPad since it launched in April, estimated shipping times for new online orders have improved to within 24 hours, suggesting any production problems have been resolved.

This Is Not a Recovery ★

Deep pessimism from Paul Krugman.