If your looking for a tablet...

[Mr. Unloadingzone]

I have talked to 2 different people at 2 different office depots in my area and both say they will be getting more in either tuesday or wed. They said to call first.
They both also said that HP was holding a bunch back for later release.
Thats just what I'm told so who knows what to believe. But I'll be calling them several times a day for the next few days.

You and me both. I hope it's tomorrow; I'm traveling Wednesday....which is why I wanted the TouchPad in the first place!

[CoderGuy]

Here's a good resource for keeping track of availability.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862

[devilock76]

For all this hassle you could just buy a nook and root it.

Ken

[CoderGuy]

For all this hassle you could just buy a nook and root it.

Ken

Did that, cool little device. I want to put Ubuntu on the Touchpad.

[lxskllr]

Some of it is the challenge of the hunt too. It adds some sport to the purchasing process, and makes things more fun :^)

[CoderGuy]

Some of it is the challenge of the hunt too. It adds some sport to the purchasing process, and makes things more fun :^)

+1 ...

[sgreger1]

Wow did I miss something? I'm not goign to read all 9 pages so can someone brief me on what this is about. They are selling tablets for $99 somewhere?

[CoderGuy]

Wow did I miss something? I'm not goign to read all 9 pages so can someone brief me on what this is about. They are selling tablets for $99 somewhere?

Short answer; HP is dumping WebOS and the TouchPad and is liquidating all their stock for 99 and 149 for 16 and 32gb respectively. Many retailers that have TouchPad stock are matching the price, most are sending them back to HP (which will then sell those too at 99 and 149).

[sgreger1]

Short answer; HP is dumping WebOS and the TouchPad and is liquidating all their stock for 99 and 149 for 16 and 32gb respectively. Many retailers that have TouchPad stock are matching the price, most are sending them back to HP (which will then sell those too at 99 and 149).

Cool! I have a family member that is a higher up at HP so I am going to have him get me one of these for my mom. Thanks!

Does anyone know why they are dumping it? Does it suck? I don't even know anything about the touchpad.

[CoderGuy]

Cool! I have a family member that is a higher up at HP so I am going to have him get me one of these for my mom. Thanks!

Does anyone know why they are dumping it? Does it suck? I don't even know anything about the touchpad.

My guess is that iOS and Android are so dominating that they decided they cannot compete with WebOS. When the HP Slate died and they switched to a WebOS tablet, they were probably already tentative about their chances, and then when the report came out a couple months ago about Apple overtaking HP in the laptop sales when considering iPad they probably decided to throw in the towel Pawlenty style.

[lxskllr]

Does anyone know why they are dumping it? Does it suck? I don't even know anything about the touchpad.

It kind of sucks, especially compared to the competition. For ~$100, it's a good deal, especially for a non-techie. They aren't going to appreciate the finer details of more advanced devices, and will have fun with a nifty toy. For someone who IS a techie, it's a nice beater unit, or something to hack around with.

HP overpriced it, and near as I can tell, the leadership doesn't know what its doing. They're getting out of the tablet business, and maybe the PC business also.

[CoderGuy]

Here are two interesting articles talking about what happened:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/product...ors/50103788/1

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/...ns-HP-gives-up

[devilock76]

Some of it is the challenge of the hunt too. It adds some sport to the purchasing process, and makes things more fun :^)

I so rarely consider shopping fun that I guess I just don't get it.

Ken

[sgreger1]

It kind of sucks, especially compared to the competition. For ~$100, it's a good deal, especially for a non-techie. They aren't going to appreciate the finer details of more advanced devices, and will have fun with a nifty toy. For someone who IS a techie, it's a nice beater unit, or something to hack around with.

HP overpriced it, and near as I can tell, the leadership doesn't know what its doing. They're getting out of the tablet business, and maybe the PC business also.

Yah it got pretty bad reviews. It appears to work fine, but it can't compete with the Ipad or other android tabs in the same catagory/price range on any single point. I mean its worse on battery life, on speed, design etc.

But hey for $100 i'd buy it for a family member who isn't a techie, they would never know the difference. Anyone who paid $600 for one of these is an asshole though lol.

[snusgetter]

ANOTHER production run...

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HP to bring back TouchPad for last production run

Hewlett-Packard will bring back the TouchPad for one last production run in the wake of the explosion of consumer interest in the platform.

On August 19, HP slashed the price of the 16GB TouchPad to $100, setting off a buying frenzy online and at electronics stores such as Best Buy. HP's action came after announcing the shuttering of its WebOS device business. The TouchPad uses the WebOS operating system.

In a post on a company Web page, HP said a limited supply of TouchPads will arrive in the coming weeks.

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"A limited supply are coming, and it will be a few weeks before they are available. As we know more about how, when, and where TouchPads will be available, we will communicate that here and through e-mail to those who requested notification," said Mark Budgell, public relations manager at HP.

"HP will be manufacturing a limited quantity of TouchPads with WebOS during our fourth fiscal quarter 2011, which ends October 31," he said.

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But the company will not continue to make more TouchPads following this production run to meet demand. "HP is discontinuing the development of WebOS devices and is winding down device operations within our fourth fiscal quarter 2011," HP's Budgell wrote.


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