14 DAY TRIAL // Looks like Fusion Garage might not be coming around after all, even though it kept saying it would not just make up for the original JooJoo troubles but go beyond that to impress its customers.
Anyone that tried to access Fusion Garage's website recently may have run into an error message about inability to connect to the database.
Even now that the website is back online, it doesn't qualify as much more than some pictures and text.
What's worse, the store was inaccessible until a short time ago, but any attempt to order a Grid10 tablet is met by a “We are running out of stock. Thank you.” message.
Fusion garage first started to get media attention when it was sued by TechCrunch over the JooJoo tablet.
That was almost exactly two years ago and, after the mishap with JooJoo (which happened independent of the lawsuit), it reformed as TabCo.
The goal was to try again on the slate segment, with a product dubbed Grid (Grid10).
The Grid10 was supposed to start shipping in October this year but, alas, that didn't happen according to users on the JooJoo Forum.
At this point, people shouldn't hope for anything but a refund, especially as Fusion Garage's PR agency stopped working with them.
“Unfortunately, none of our efforts have resulted in any communication from the company to the customers. Given all of this, we don't have any other choice but to cease working with FG effective tomorrow,” the agency reportedly said.
The official website is not quite as impossible to navigate anymore, but it doesn't really help in any way either.
Meanwhile, both the Twitter and Facebook accounts have fallen silent (the last messages came in a week and over a month ago, respectively).
Hopefully those few who ordered a Grid10 will get it or at least their money back, if nothing else.