HP TouchPad tablet liquidation begins! OMG $99 for a 16GB tablet?!

• Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-20 06:02
  'kay, so as some of you may have heard, HP has decided to sell off their PC business, and they are killing their WebOS based devices--smartphones and tablets. These tablets are thus going to be sold for $99 for the 16GB version, and $150 for the 32GB version.
  
  The sale has already started in Canada, for example. Here's BestBuy's page: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-16gb-touchpad-with-wi-fi-16gb-wifi/10173116.aspx?path=24aa74e36d1cba4ce76fdd5a9f3298cfen02
  Futureshop: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-16gb-touchpad-with-wi-fi-16gb-wifi/10173116.aspx?path=01191e3f32fb2966d8a052fd3272bd05en02
  
  Staples might have the same fire sale.
  
  This should come to the US stores if it hasn't already.
  
  Keep in mind that HP will not support these anymore (ie. most likely no OS updates, few app developers will work on it, etc), so buy at your own risk. But personally? It'll still be useful as an e-reader and as a web browser, at the very least. And if someone figures out how to get Android running on these later on, it would be badass.
  
  I am most likely gonna be buying one tomorrow! Not 100% sure yet, more like 90% sure. xP
• animeshadows wrote on 2011-08-20 06:07

  Quote from Yoorah;558744:

  'kay, so as some of you may have heard, HP has decided to sell off their PC business, and they are killing their WebOS based devices--smartphones and tablets. These tablets are thus going to be sold for $99 for the 16GB version, and $150 for the 32GB version.
  
  The sale has already started in Canada, for example. Here's BestBuy's page: http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-16gb-touchpad-with-wi-fi-16gb-wifi/10173116.aspx?path=24aa74e36d1cba4ce76fdd5a9f3298cfen02
  Futureshop: http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-16gb-touchpad-with-wi-fi-16gb-wifi/10173116.aspx?path=01191e3f32fb2966d8a052fd3272bd05en02
  
  Staples might have the same fire sale.
  
  This should come to the US stores if it hasn't already.
  
  Keep in mind that HP will not support these anymore (ie. most likely no OS updates, few app developers will work on it, etc), so buy at your own risk. But personally? It'll still be useful as an e-reader and as a web browser, at the very least. And if someone figures out how to get Android running on these later on, it would be badass.
  
  I am most likely gonna be buying one tomorrow! Not 100% sure yet, more like 90% sure. xP

  
  
  These have not gone down in price in the US :/ Dissapoint.
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-20 06:23
  They will. It might happen tomorrow or in the next few days.
  Right now I'm trying to research on what alternatives to WebOS there are that one could run on a TouchPad, like I've heard that someone got Fedora running? I wonder how well that works.
  I also wonder about the likelihood of Android being ported to this. If anyone can help dig up any info, do post here!
• Strawberry wrote on 2011-08-20 06:23
  I went to Best Buy today, and was like, gasp. D:
  
  My relative bought one, I didn't. x]
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-08-20 06:42
  wut
  but HP is such a good laptop brand
  
  P.S. it's sold out on best buy
• Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-20 07:49

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;558789:

  
  P.S. it's sold out on best buy

  
  
  It seems it's out of stock at Futureshop, too.
  Oh well, this makes my choice simpler. :( I've been busy researching whether the WebOS is in a good enough state for me to like it and whether I could install an alternative OS on it at some point. x(
• JustNoOne wrote on 2011-08-20 07:58
  whhhaaaaa? why are they dropping out? they're not making enough money so they're just going to sell out? regardless those prices are CRAZY!
• Second wrote on 2011-08-22 09:33
  I managed to get a 32gig at Bestbuy. Futureshop, Bestbuy, and Staples sold out on the first day.
  Check out Ebay, there's thousands trying to make a quick buck.