Fusion Garage JooJoo

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 13 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

13

Pros:

Huge, expansive screen. Benefits from Flash and USB support. Virtually button-free design
Nicely designed, sleek hardware. Responsive touchscreen. HD and — get ready for it — Flash support.
Large 12.1-inch 1,366-by-768-pixel touch screen. Browser supports Flash. No productivity apps, but you can use Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheet functions.

Cons:

Needs a firmware update, pronto. No offline apps. Glitchy interface. Touch-response is erratic. Poor built-in speaker. Not a laptop replacement
Twice the weight of an iPad with half the usability. Interface buggier than bucket full of cockroaches. No apps. Battery life is an unfunny joke. You're going to charge $500 for this thing with a straight face?

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Last revision on February 1, 2012

Reviewers Liked

Huge, expansive screen. Benefits from Flash and USB support. Virtually button-free design
Nicely designed, sleek hardware. Responsive touchscreen. HD and — get ready for it — Flash support
Large 12.1-inch 1,366-by-768-pixel touch screen. Browser supports Flash. No productivity apps, but you can use Google Docs for word processing and spreadsheet functions

Reviewers Didn't Like

Needs a firmware update, pronto. No offline apps. Glitchy interface. Touch-response is erratic. Poor built-in speaker. Not a laptop replacement
Twice the weight of an iPad with half the usability. Interface buggier than bucket full of cockroaches. No apps. Battery life is an unfunny joke. You're going to charge $500 for this thing with a straight face?
Crashes often. Very buggy. Aside from Web browsing, doesn't do much else. Basic functionality requires future firmware updates. Touch screen is gesture-based; no multitouch (pinch and zoom) support. Can't use USB port or camera yet. Heavy

Expert reviews and ratings

Without the iPad, the JooJoo would have had a shot. When it was first announced, Apple wasn't close to confirming the existence of a tablet. The slates already on the market were both overpriced and terrible. Netbooks were popular, but far from...

By TechRadar on July 27, 2010

Irritating to use with a slew of missing features, the JooJoo tablet is a great bit of hardware controlled by a deeply-flawed operating system....

By Expert Reviews on July 19, 2010

The JooJoo has great potential but there are far too many niggles to make it a truly useful tablet. Best avoided for now...

By Stuff on July 14, 2010

Pros and ConsProduct Pros: + An iPad-style device that’s 25 per cent cheaper + Bigger screen more satisfying to use Product Cons: - Not as classy as an iPad - Unimpressive battery life- Widescreen ratio actually not great for websites The internet...

By Web User on July 01, 2010

Bigger and bolder than the iPad, but not polished enough or convenient enough to mount a serious challenge...

By IT PRO on June 21, 2010

Flash support and multitasking are great, but this iPad wannabe is awkward and clunky in comparison...

By PC Pro on June 16, 2010

A good idea that doesn't quite work, due to a fiddly UI and lack of solid buttons. Future upgrades should add some useful features, giving it some...

By T3 Magazine on June 15, 2010

JooJoo vs iPad? It almost never happened. The release date kept being put back, back and back again, but the JooJoo (apparently pronounced 'YouYou') finally hit Europe a few weeks before the Apple iPad. Plenty of sites are reporting rumours of...

By DigitalVersus on May 31, 2010

The JooJoo's story could have been the hackneyed one of an underdog: Unknown startup comes out of nowhere, creates a product that launches just before the iPad, and because of some clever moves and a little luck manages to topple Cupertino's...

By Wired on April 09, 2010

Even if the Fusion Garage JooJoo gracefully executed its very limited capabilities, it would still be woefully overpriced. The fact that it has difficulty performing even basic tasks seals its sad...

By PC Mag on April 07, 2010

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