April 28, 2010

by Darren Allan

If you’re fed up with the iPad delays (it’s the end of next month now), and fancy an alternative web tablet, then the JooJoo may well be worth a look.

The JooJoo is now available in the UK, and it might have a rather silly sounding name, but it’s got a bigger display than the fabled iPad at 12 inches (versus Apple’s 10).

Powered by an Atom N270 processor, the device comes with a 4GB solid state drive, 1GB of memory and wi-fi.

It will also boast a webcam, unlike the iPad (although a future version of the iPad probably will carry a camera – Lord only knows when that will be released on these shores).

The JooJoo also runs Linux, and costs a bit less than the most basic iPad is likely to run to, at £334 (which includes shipping to the UK).

JooJoo apparently means “magical object”, and amusingly, CEO Steve Jobs famously referred to Apple’s super-tablet as a “magical” device.

We suspect, however, that if you try and pull a rabbit out of either of them, you’ll come up empty-handed.

Story link: JooJoo Linux powered tablet now available in the UK