JooJoo Tablet Faces an Uphill Battle Against the iPad

February 8th, 2010 admin

When Apple’s iPad tablet debuts next month on retail shelves, it could sound the death knell for JooJoo, a tablet from an an unknown Singapore-based start-up that was once the talk of gadget blogs. The $500 JooJoo is on target to ship at the end of February, a full month before Apple’s scheduled release date of the first iPads. But despite Fusion Garage’s optimism, many industry watchers are skeptical if customers will actually bite. “Pre-orders have exceeded our expectations,” says Chandra Rathakrishnan, CEO of Fusion Garage. “We think the market is…


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