HP TouchPads May Be Dumped in Landfill

[exfileme]

So what will HP do with all those unsold tablets? Either sell them off at "fire sale" prices, or bury them in a device "graveyard," maybe even next to Atari's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.

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[Silmarunya]

Get one cheap and wait till someone ports Android or a related bootleg project to it. Win! (if you're interested in a tablet that is...)

 

[RazberyBandit]

If they dump them for a tax write-off, this would be yet another horrible example of our atrocious US tax laws (and dollars) at work.

 

[fitzergerald]

Should we give them to orphanages and schools? Nah, just trash em…

 

[jacobdrj]

Why? Why bury them when you can sell them, even at a loss? That makes no sense!

 

[wintermint]

Give it to needy schools/college students. It's not the best but it's free :]

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]wintermint[/nom]Give it to needy schools/college students. It's not the best but it's free :][/citation]
If the price were right, I would have bought 1...

Maybe they should have viewed the TouchPad as a console: Sell it at a loss, and make up the difference on software...

 

[plznote]

Put if for a $100. I'll buy one.

 

[zak_mckraken]

If they're really going to dump them in a landfill, they might as well give them away. It will be more ecological and they'll make some happy "customers". I would gladly take one for light web surfing. Even with no support whatsoever. The open source community would know what to do! I'd even pay somewhere around $50, but it seems HP makes less money this way...

 

[frostyfireball]

I'd buy one for sure if they did a fire sale at like 150$ for a 16, the thing is sweet! I just have no use for one so it ain't worth 500 or even 400$, but 150 would make a neat toy.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

If they bury them... I hope a terrorist group blows their company into the ground. Scumbags. Yeah, let's BURY THEM. And you guys complain about APPLE!?

 

[Guest]

Before they burry the tablets, HP extracts all rare earth and metal parts. Batteries are not determind for waste disposale in untouched rural areas.

 

[PuckerFactor]

It's just a hyped up way of feeling sorry for themselves. What will happen is they will ship to Mexico and countries like that. This is where a lot of discontinued stuff ends up...and people will buy it. Go to any Costco store in Mexico and you'll see "new" products no longer sold in the US Costco store. The same goes for Office Depot and OfficeMax.

 

[internetlad]

this is retarded. donate these little shits to schools or something. as if there wouldn't be a tax write off there.

 

[Guest]

I'll buy one! I won't pay over $99 though and even that's too expensive. It's sad to see they want to sell their PC market. My family always owned a HP. Until you can just build your own

 

[sunflier]

Why can't they take their losses and sell them (I realize it won't be much) to a recycling plant?

 

[koga73]

maybe this will be their fate:
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-whDD3aCJw

 

[koga73]

I want one cheap!
Although I think WebOS is a great platform they should just ditch it on these and put Android Honeycomb on them. The hardware is fine and they would sell.

 

[dalethepcman]

These might be awesome devices to install windows 8 on when it comes out. And if you can get one for $100-$200 then its a steal just to use for surfing the web.

 

[gorehound]

Because it seems that companies make more money in the long run by simply writing off the unsold inventory for tax relief

Yup.That is one of the reasons why we lose money.And we foot the bill as well.
Close those Corporate loopholes.