Making mSATA work with mini PCI Express

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[Trucki] wanted to upgrade the internal storage on his JooJoo. There's an mSATA connector inside but devices that use that protocol are hard to come by and when you do they'll cost you and arm and a leg. He knew he could get solid state drives cheaply that use the mini PCI Express standard, which is mechanically compatible with mSATA. So he set out to alter a mini PCI Express device to work with … [Read more...]

Joojoo alternative OS installations

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Joojoo hacks are starting to trickle in as non-fanboys get their hands on the iPad alternative. The custom OS forum for the device tells the tale of successful installs of Windows 7, OSX, Android, and Jolicloud. So far the only one to have a how-to is Windows 7, but we're sure that will change quickly. When Microsoft's offering is installed on the device it get about four hours of use per … [Read more...]

JooJoo turns out to be legit, gets torn down.

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The JooJoo exists. With all of the recent media coverage of the iPad, we've had a chance to hear some interesting discussion and heated debates. Usually the more tech savy and the hackers are most upset about the "closedness" of the hardware and software. We have heard of many alternatives, but usually they've been pretty clunky. The JooJoo(originally "crunch pad") by Fusion Garage gets mentioned, … [Read more...]