Who would have thought that Michael Arrington’s small science fair project would ever see the light of day? Color me impressed, and dead wrong a year later. With a heft of just 1.2 Kg and a 12″ screen, the CrunchPad is real, functional, and hopefully coming to market soon. The sooner the better, in fact. Of course, not even on the shelves it is drawing fire for its lack of internal storage. Bollocks. Any so called “pundit” who does not get what this device is for, should retire.

The complete lack of internal storage (and physical keyboard) are due to their, repeating my words, complete lack of necessity. To begin: the tablet is to use the internet, not to use MS Word. You have GoogleDocs, or any of a fistful of competitors to work on documents with. There is no need to have physical storage to do this. The CrunchPad is akin to a cloud-portal. It is a firm step against the local file storage structure that we have become so accustomed to.

Secondly, the keyboard issue is also a nonstarter. This computer is meant for a purpose: browsing the internet. This is not a …

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