HP Touchpad Mayhem

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Has anyone been following the HP Touchpad debacle this past weekend? Well if you haven't heard HP put the whole liquidation rollout on the Touchpad which is really new in terms of tech releases. The product went from roughly $450 to $99 overnight once they announced a discontinuation of the device both the 16GB and 32GB versions. Firstly on Friday night they announced the liquidation, early Saturday most online retailers who sold the unit dropped it to $99 and Sunday many Best Buys and Electronic Retailers sold the last remaining units as well. If you were a recent HP Touchpad buyer, HP would refund you the remaining dollar amount from lets say $450 so you'd get $350 back. Anyway I just found some online really cheap ($150) considering its a dead platform and all other places sold out immediately plus people were standing in overnight lines for a slight chance to even get some of them on sale. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056UOUHS click the link but they may be sold out by now, anyway you can follow the news here too if your still interested.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/let-the-liquidation-begin-hps-16gb-touchpad-on-sale-for-99/

Anyway let the discussion begin on Tablets and how do you think this will affect other companies strategies in the coming weeks

edit: found the 16GB version online for $100! http://www.amazon.com/Smartbuy-TouchPad-QUALCOMM-Snapdragon-Wireless/dp/B0056UOUC8/ref=lh_ni_t
 
Do you know if it's possible to install Android on it? If so, that would be an amazing deal. Otherwise, it's still a good deal but you're buying something without any future.
 
the reviews of the device are solid, so I'm not sad about it being a dead platform.
 
Wait, I don't understand why they did this?
 
ZT said:
Wait, I don't understand why they did this?
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Well, that didn't take long. It's only been a day since HP announced its intention to discontinue production of webOS devices, and it looks like the outfit's already throwing its flagship tablet in the bargain bin. PreCentral reports that HP sent out a memo to its affiliates asking them to cut the price of the ill-fated TouchPad to $99 and $149 for the 16GB and 32GB editions, respectively. The date apparently put forward by HP is August 20th, but at least two Canadian retailers (Best Buy and Future Shop) have already made the cut -- though both outlets show the sale ending August 22nd. As proof that being fashionably late isn't always a good thing, the white 64GB edition has surfaced on HP's US site, sporting a $600 asking price, leaving us to wonder, well: why now? If all of that isn't enough to turn your smile upside down, webOSroundup is playing the bearer of bad rumors, with what they say is an internal memo from AT&T stating that the carrier's launch of the Pre 3 has been "completely cancelled."
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best case scenario is that in a month's time they hack the OS so I can put android on there. Worst case scenario: I have a really cheap web browser/video player/musicplayer/whatever the hell you do with a tablet on your couch.
 
I've looked everywhere for one, but it seems everyone has them sold out. I would have loved to have one. :(
 
the links I provided all say like $400 now. Keep watching the Engadget site because nerds everywhere like sharing deals
 
Oh man. I just picked one up at Barnes and Noble. This is wonderful news. :D
 
This would be awesome if I had the money. It'd be perfect for me to use as a impromptu pdf reader when I'm playing FOW. I'd be able to bring all my books instead of just one or two. Oh, and anywhere internets is cool too, but I have a phone that does that just fine (it also does pdfs, but super annoying to scroll through).
 
Thanks for posting that guys, I think I'll give a tablet a shot for that price. If it doesn't really work for me, I won't feel like I've wasted a lot of money. If it does I can probably flip it to someone for 90% of the purchase price and get a live tablet. Regardless, with a 9 hour battery life it should make a decent e-book reader that can play video and browse the web when traveling to places with wi-fi.

I'd kill to be able to run dosbox on a tablet. Master of Orion would absolutely rock on them. Isn't WebOS basically a modified linux kernel OS? If so it should be pretty hackable to experienced developers.
 
Dang, I really want to find myself one of these. $100 is too good to pass up on something as awesome as this. The Barnes and Noble link is now sold out.
 
ZT said:
Wait, I don't understand why they did this?
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because it's not heavy enough to be used as a boat anchor?

dead tech is dead. no apps no updates, no support means dead
 
I'm not really interested in one since I just got a Droid Incredible 2... even though Verizon's ridiculous data prices are disgusting. $30 for 2gigs of bandwidth.
 
CptStern said:
because it's not heavy enough to be used as a boat anchor?

dead tech is dead. no apps no updates, no support means dead
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Except something that can be hacked (according to XDA developers) for Android will probably get a lot of support.

I might give this a whirl if I can find it cheap in the UK.
 
My store sold out in one day after the price drop and I've probably had to deal with fifty people a day since, telling each one that we don't have it, nobody has it, and we will never get any more.

I'm surprised to see a company like HP doing this. You'd figure they'd have a "too big to fail" approach and pump money into that bitch for a while longer. I might have bought the 16GB model at that price just for lazing about on the couch instead of being anchored to the desktop in my room, but... meh. I'm the kind of person that is gonna buy a tablet proper if I'm going to bother getting into that stuff at all, and I don't really have the intention to.
 
You should have bought one and started a bidding war in your store.
EDIT: Amazon.co.uk finally updated their website with an £89 16gb model. I ordered 2.
Currently saying 'out of stock', but weird stuff is happening with their stock system, so hopefully I'll have two on order by tomorrow :E.
 
Absinthe said:
I might have bought the 16GB model at that price just for lazing about on the couch instead of being anchored to the desktop in my room, but... meh. I'm the kind of person that is gonna buy a tablet proper if I'm going to bother getting into that stuff at all, and I don't really have the intention to.
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Exactly this. I was about to buy one from Barnes and Noble last night and then I was like.... nah. I know I would have just used it to google and facebook when I wasn't home; and honestly I check the internet enough as it is. And, I dunno, I don't trust that screen for reading books.
 
they are still supporting it, and they are planning on licensing it if possible. It is far from dead and word has it Samsung is going to be the next maker of WebOS devices. I bought mine launch day, and I'm going to Best Buy to get my credit tomorrow. If y'allhave questions let me know. It is an excellent OS and the software isn't too shabby. I hope it goes somewhere because I don't like how closed iOS is and how shitty android is.

As far as why this is happening, ultimately it's because HP ceo Leo Apotheker is a colossal moron and wants to get out of making consumer devices period. HP personal computers are gong bye bye.
 
Dandan said:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/238617/touchdroid_will_turn_touchpads_into_android_tablets.html
Looks like a lot of groups are intent on making the tablet run Android which makes me happy. I bought 3; 2 of the $100 16GB versions, and one $150 32GB version. anyway I am happy and can't wait to get them. I imagine one of them won't be coming to my door but if all 3 do I intend on either ebaying one of them or simply gifting one to (a) relative(s) for Xmas
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B&N sent me an email saying they were out of stock and my order was cancelled. I would be interested in purchasing one from you if you manage to get a hold of three. Let me know if you are interested.
 
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B&N sent me an email saying they were out of stock and my order was cancelled. I would be interested in purchasing one from you if you manage to get a hold of three. Let me know if you are interested.
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Same thing happened to me. How ridiculous! I purchased it not more than 2 minutes after they dropped the price. It makes zero sense. Anyway, I managed to order another from Insight. So hopefully, that order goes through. At the time I ordered, they said they have more than 400 left.
 
I missed the only distributor that carries them in NZ's sale by ten minutes. God DAMN
 
The moment appears to have passed as amazon.co.uk is now selling the devices for a few hundred quid and the OP's links for several hundred dollars.
 
I got up early and wandered into town to check the local PC world and Warphone Carehouse. Neither have them, and the employees didn't even know what was going on.
But then I can't blame them for that.
 
I am simmering with resentment at my stupid ****ing boyfriend for not ****ing god-damn waking me up when the alarm that I SPECIFICALLY SET TO WAKE ME UP TO CHECK ON THE PRICE REDUCTION went off on his side of the bed

God ****ing damn it I feel like my life will never amount to anything because of this one single missed opportunity
 
Kill everyone.

Got one... basically just for working at Best Buy. We all dibs'd em right off the truck, haha.
 
If I manage to get my hands on more than one I'll offer the extra to one of you. Of course, I'm not even sure I'll wind up with any right now :p

My request to Dandan still stands though.
 
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