For Hardware Entrepreneurs, Getting From Idea to Reality Isn’t Easy
The consumer electronics business, once the playground of large companies, has seen scrappy entrepreneurs charge in. But while the bar to becoming a hardware entrepreneur is lower than ever, it’s still not a gimme. Indeed, there have been some big blowups along the way. The CrunchPad project , a stab at creating a $200 touchscreen tablet, ended abruptly this week, before the product could make its debut. Led by the opinionated Web 2.0 publisher Michael Arrington, CrunchPad was mired in delays and partner …
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