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GeraldKo 2011-08-20 04:46
HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Found this on SlickDeals, and I bought one. So it's real (provided HP actually ships it).

Here's the slickdeals webpage:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862

I got mine by first signing up in their academic program (being an alumnus was adequate):
https://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/s....do?aoid=35252
On returning to the tablets page, the prices were $99 for 16gb and $149 for 32gb.

Also, apparently Canada has retailers already at that price.

(Yes, I looked and another maemo.org thread had mention of this, but I thought it was worth a headline.)

droll 2011-08-20 04:58
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
i believe they are now out of stock.

jschan 2011-08-20 05:01
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Seeing that Best Buy has only sold 25k out of the 270k they had in stock and HP is suggesting all retailers lower their prices to $99/149, it shouldn't be hard to find one.

Kangal 2011-08-20 09:16
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
2 weeks ago Harvey Norman had an introduction to the TouchPad, and upon introduction the price arrived slashed!

I was contemplating getting one, but after these events, not sure/doubtful.

edit: the price is still low, never increased to correct price range.
Something tells me the retailers knew this product will fail before HP did, quite disturbing really.

sachin007 2011-08-20 09:34
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Just got one for 150 at office depot. Currently out of stock though.
Can somebody port meego/harmattan to this.

THanks

luca 2011-08-20 14:03
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
What can you do with one of these? I mean, do they need binary blobs like the nokias or are there free drivers for all of the hardware components?

In case they can be put to use, do you know if/where they're going to offer it at a similar price in Europe?

onion 2011-08-20 14:38
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
afaik, it never came to europe.. too bad.

zymo 2011-08-20 14:44
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by onion (Post 1073583)
afaik, it never came to europe.. too bad.
it’s already available in germany! here is a list of retailers and prices http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/...ackard-hp.html

if the touchpad drops to 99€ i will definitely buy one (or two) :D

luca 2011-08-20 14:48
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zymo (Post 1073586)
if the touchpad drops to 99€ i will definitely buy one (or two) :D
$99 should be 70€ ;) however even that is too much if you cannot install a real Linux on it :p

luca 2011-08-20 14:52
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by onion (Post 1073583)
afaik, it never came to europe.. too bad.
I just discovered that it was supposed to be available in Germany, France, UK and Ireland starting from july.
Unfortunately the press release says that is should have arrived in Spain (and Italy ) during the rest of the year, so I doubt I can find a fire sale over here :(

gerbick 2011-08-20 14:54
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
It's true. I had gotten a TouchPad last week, got it for the $100 off, on top of the $100 off, and there was a $50 instant rebate that was still active, so I paid $249 in total in just a couple of days.

Just got off the phone with Staples, got a $214 ($200 + sales tax) refund.

TouchPad for basically $35 + tax.

zymo 2011-08-20 15:10
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by luca (Post 1073588)
$99 should be 70€ ;) however even that is too much if you cannot install a real Linux on it :p
Actually it would be 68,8121221 Euro :D but in germany we usually get the same price like in US, just not in Dollar but in Euro, that’s why 99€ :)

NOMOS 2011-08-20 15:20
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Can anyone pick one up and ship to me in Europe? Will pay for extra for the effort...

sjgadsby 2011-08-20 15:29
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1073590)
It's true. I had gotten a TouchPad last week, got it for the $100 off, on top of the $100 off, and there was a $50 instant rebate that was still active, so I paid $249 in total in just a couple of days.

Just got off the phone with Staples, got a $214 ($200 + sales tax) refund.

TouchPad for basically $35 + tax.
That's fantastic. You are a god.

Granted, God of Exceptional Discounts on Mobile Linux Devices Unjustly Killed Before Their Time probably doesn't earn you a high follower count even by Discworld standards, but I've dedicated a shrine to you all the same. Okay, I propped a dead N800 up on a table in the basement and said, "Yay, gerbick," but that's something, right?

gerbick 2011-08-20 15:40
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
I feel the love. Your N800 may return to your hands now.

And I'm officially on the quest to port Android, MeeGo or whatever to the TouchPad.

kolos 2011-08-20 15:44
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
The price (70€) is incredible, but where we (from EU) can order it? Amazon still holds its price.

HellFlyer 2011-08-20 15:54
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
No one actually thanked op lol :D

Just ordered one from Best Buy , gonna see if I can find one in Costco as well

MeeGo or Honeycomb on this thing will be awesome :) I think its just a matter of time

MINKIN2 2011-08-20 15:55
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kolos (Post 1073609)
The price (70€) is incredible, but where we (from EU) can order it? Amazon still holds its price.
The chances are we will never see it in the euro-zone for that price. We all know how manufactures like to up prices as soon as they come over here. I would be happy to see it for less than £150 though ;)

kolos 2011-08-20 16:16
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by MINKIN2 (Post 1073614)
The chances are we will never see it in the euro-zone for that price. We all know how manufactures like to up prices as soon as they come over here. I would be happy to see it for less than £150 though ;)
I know, I know. The same story was with "our European" N900, price for us was above 600 €, meanwhile "poor" US market can have it for less then 300 €. :confused:
Anyway, I'm also interested to buy Cordia Tab, but only if this "around 300 $" doesn't mean also "around 300 €". :rolleyes:

GeraldKo 2011-08-20 16:32
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1073607)

And I'm officially on the quest to port Android, MeeGo or whatever to the TouchPad.
Very cool.

kolos 2011-08-20 16:45
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
GeraldKo, you are wrong, cause for Android there is another team already. :p

daperl 2011-08-20 17:09
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
I needed a new mirror in the house.

Sent from my $149 32 GB HP TouchPad.

deluxe 2011-08-20 18:10
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Whatever the price of it, aren't you buying into a platform that was/is/will be poorly supported, if at all in the future. Even Walt Mosberg (and he usually is fair to generous with his assessments) said it was lacking in many areas, and couldn't recommend it.

gerbick 2011-08-20 18:21
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by deluxe (Post 1073676)
Whatever the price of it, aren't you buying into a platform that was/is/will be poorly supported, if at all in the future
Wait. This all sounds so very similar.

marxian 2011-08-20 18:43
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbick (Post 1073684)
Wait. This all sounds so very similar.
Joke:

Q: What's the difference between the N9 and the HP Touchpad?

A: About $600.

daperl 2011-08-20 18:49
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by marxian (Post 1073691)
Joke:

Q: What's the difference between the N9 and the HP Touchpad?

A: About $600.
A: One can be used as a tray.

anapospastos 2011-08-20 19:01
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Dalingreen (developer of cyanogen mod for nook color) just wrote in twitter that he plans to make an android port for touchpad.

"Dear HP, please bring in europe your touchpads on low prices. Webos is dead for you, not for us.

just an open source fanboy"

jcar302 2011-08-20 19:24
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Saw the post on engadget last night, so got up early and went to office depot, landed up getting the last one for $130.
Seems it's been a little chaotic to get one of these things, and palm probably sold more this morning than they have since it launched.
Guys i met this morning were already at their 3rd or 4th place trying to get one, said everywhere they were selling out in just minutes.

It's decent, my asus eee pad is better, but the touchpad gets the job done for browsing and angry birds.
Certainly worth $130.

Now we don't have to fight over the eee pad.
$130 well spent.

MoJo 2011-08-20 19:47
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Probably the best priced tablet development board out right now. MeeGo doesn't seem to have a Tablet UI fork going right now, seems like the perfect system to design for.

daperl 2011-08-20 20:43
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
These just never get old:

http://www.geekwire.com/2011/humor-h...ching-touchpad

somedude 2011-08-20 20:58
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
If anyone is interested walmart still has them in stock for $99

gerbick 2011-08-20 21:28
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by GeraldKo (Post 1073629)
Very cool.
Smarter people than I are on it. I'm playing around with the possibility now though.

keflex 2011-08-20 22:06
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
i'm using a webos phone at the moment (pre 2) so this has me interested, but i'm holding off until we hear more about plans for the 4g touchpad. I'd gladly pay 2-300 for one of those and eke some more time out of my pre 2.

what saddens me about this is like tabco, the appeal in webos was the deep integration between devices. It'll be interesting to see what ice cream sandwich brings to the table.

coderedcomputing 2011-08-20 22:14
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
From the cursory web research, it looks like whatever is not sold out of the brick & mortar stores is being recalled to HP. Wonder if they will still be selling their inventory once the price drop knee-jerk reaction has blown over (and the ebay/craigslist profiteers are done).

If this does get Android ported over, it would be worth the $100+/- investment.

keflex 2011-08-20 22:32
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
In Australia, excess HP stock usually gets sold through online auction sites like graysonline. Is it the same for the USA?

N900L 2011-08-20 22:39
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
too bad walmart doesnt deliver to my country.

MINKIN2 2011-08-20 22:44
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
Just checked back on the fleebay, it looks like we may be able to get a touchpad for around £150 after all. There are loads of auctions springing up from Canada at the moment

chase15 2011-08-20 23:14
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
I had a chance to get one from ebay. A retail store from NY, datavis got it in stock. It was sold-out probably in 10 mins. They have sold 6,378 units in less than 10 mins. ahah.. :D btw, it was the 16Gb for $119. :)

afaq 2011-08-21 00:14
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
This did come out in the UK at Tescos


Anyone know which US retailer still has these in stock?


Updated: and bestbuy UK. Price? £349

Updated 2: The price cut hasnt happened in europe yet - i say wait till monday and we might see this roll out here. No way will the price stay at current price given that HP only sold 100 tablets in the UK (700 across europe) apparently.

daperl 2011-08-21 00:21
Re: HP WebOS TouchPad for $99!
 
3 Attachment(s)
I don't know what the heck I'm doing just yet, but geekery is commencing and app is installed:

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Then I was able to login as root and vi a file.

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