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HP Reviving the $99 Touch Pad On December 11th

Posted by timothy on from the this-too-shall-pass dept.

Frankie70 writes "Starting Sunday, December 11th at 6:00 p.m. Central time, 16GB and 32GB Touchpads will be available on HP's ebay store. A $79 accessory bundle will also be available, which includes a case, charging dock and wireless keyboard. The caveat with this deal is that these are refurbished TouchPads rather than the brand new models sold during the first firesale."

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  1. HP isn't exiting WebOS by caywen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think their initial intention was to throw WebOS and the TouchPad overboard, but consider that tablets are already racing to the bottom. HP's firesale pricing happens to already be there, and maybe a better strategy is to become a strong #2 in the market so they can upsell you to a more normally-priced $149 tablet next year. That would make more sense that just pulling the cord.

  2. Re:Er, no. by irregular_hero · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just speaking as a person who tried and failed multiple times to get orders in for one of the firesale units with multiple vendors -- and went to multiple retail stores in search of one... only to be shut out by the douchebags who bought dozens at a time. And whose attempts to get orders in with a certain few vendors ended up tying up charges against my credit cards for weeks as, slowly -- one by one -- each vendor admitted "yeah, we just don't have enough. sorry for sitting on your cash."

    Have fun, all you wild-eyed bargain hunters. I'll just sit this one out.

  3. Re:Should I buy one? by David_Hart · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have both the Touchpad and the iPad 2. I like the Touchpad interface better than the iPad interface.

    That being said, you have to understand that there are a limited number of Apps for WebOS. So you won't be able to find WebOS versions of your favorite apps. But it is a great for browsing, email, twitter, facebook, and can be used as a picture frame / photo viewer as it has a slideshow mode when plugged in. This alone is worth the $$.

    You currently have the option to dual boot to an older version of Andriod (Cyanogenmod) that has been developed. It's still in beta, so there are bugs to be worked out. On the horizon is the pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow, Ice Cream Sandwich. It is anticipated that a version of Ice Cream Sandwich for the Touchpad will be available before March of 2012. This opens up the Touchpad to the Andriod marketplace and makes it a cheap modern table.

  4. Re:Er, no. by need4mospd · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can only get these at one place, the HP ebay store, with a two purchase limit. Happy shopping.

  5. Re:Should I buy one? by ThatsNotPudding · · Score: 5, Funny

    .This opens up the Touchpad to the Andriod marketplace and makes it a cheap modern table.

    So... they will soon be for sale at Ikea?