HP TouchPads Fly Off Shelves Thanks to $99 Firesale

[JMcEntegart]

A four hundred dollar discount has HP TouchPads flying off shelves.

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[Pyree]

I want one but I am not in America!

 

[mcd023]

we tried to order online, but all were out of stock. that was fast.

 

[nukemaster]

None left here......

 

[davewolfgang]

Dang I missed this!!!

 

[zoemayne]

strangely enough its the number one seller on amazon even though their still priced above $300. some people just dont know....

 

[bv90andy]

[citation][nom]zoemayne[/nom]strangely enough its the number one seller on amazon even though their still priced above $300. some people just dont know....[/citation]
if you bought one at the old price you get a refund for the difference.

 

[house70]

Now, if someone puts Honeycomb on that sucker, that will be a great day.

 

[bdcrlsn]

The Walmart I work at was sold out by 8AM Saturday with calls coming in all day about them.

 

[nforce4max]

[citation][nom]house70[/nom]Now, if someone puts Honeycomb on that sucker, that will be a great day.[/citation]

The problem isn't the os but the slow hardware behind it.

 

[stingstang]

Way to not share the news with us, Tom's. Way to drop the ball.

 

[jcamel24]

With a price that cheap, I got 2 of 'em!

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]nforce4max[/nom]The problem isn't the os but the slow hardware behind it.[/citation]

after this it will be both now. if you could get android on it then it will be 1000 times worth its price now

 

[Azn Cracker]

haha i had absolutely no use for this. I'll think of it as $99 i saved

 

[AEternal1]

nforce4max
The problem isn't the os but the slow hardware behind it.

actually, it IS the slow os, the hardware is more than capable......

android will run quite well on this tablet, as it runs quite well on similarly specced hardware by other manufacturers

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4658/its-not-qualcomms-fault-dispelling-touchpad-myths

 

[swamprat]

Massive demand for the cut price tablet certainly confirms HP's opinion that the market isn't sufficiently interested in the product offering. That or the price point should have been lower than $500 originally...

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]swamprat[/nom]Massive demand for the cut price tablet certainly confirms HP's opinion that the market isn't sufficiently interested in the product offering. That or the price point should have been lower than $500 originally...[/citation]
HP should have had the business model exactly like the console model:
Sell the hardware at a loss to get market penetration: Recoup the money on purchased hardware.
Period.
These would have sold like hotcakes with that, and with a good ecosystem, could have made apple market share evaporate.

 

[pdfsmail]

I found a best buy store in my area that was going to have them in stock Sunday, So I PRE Ordered it only, arrived early in the morning, but they accidentally shipped a 32GB instead of a 16.. and had no 16 GB left. So I got a 32GB for 107$ and change.. nice.

 

[koga73]

I was a day late... I heard about it sunday and spent a couple hours calling every store in atlanta... everyone sold out saturday 🙁

 

[eklipz330]

my friend picked up one and so did my brother. better than the archos anyway