Fusion Garage cuts price of Grid10 tablet

Fusion Garage has cut the price of its Grid10 tablet, after pushing back the delivery date.

The follow-up to the JooJoo tablet was unveiled after a mysterious marketing campaign, pushing a fictional TabCo company.

The Grid 10 was originally to cost $499 in the US and be ready to ship by the end of this week, but will now arrive 24 October for $299, CEO Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan told PC Pro.

In the UK, the 16GB Wi-Fi only version will cost £259 (inc VAT), while the 3G edition will be priced at £359. The new prices follow HP’s TouchPad selling out after a massive discount.

“There’s really been no innovation since iOS. Everything has been a carbon copy of the Apple devices, and Android has largely been that,” he claimed. “If you’re trying to copy and you’re a poor carbon copy, you’re not going to succeed, and I think that’s what happened in this space.”

“Pricing is also a very important factor. At $499, why would you buy – it’s like going to China and buying a [fake] Louis Vuitton bag, at the same price as the real Louis Vuitton bags. It doesn’t make sense, when you know it’s a rip-off product,” he said, speaking about Android tablets.