$99 HP Touchpad

Excellent1

AnandTech - Updated: HP TouchPad Reduced to $99 and $149 (16GB & 32GB)

Curious if anyone else is getting one of these just because. I got mine because you can toss a kindle and nook reader app on there, which makes it cheaper than the original platforms, but with color.

Anyway, may be other threads about this, so delete if it's a repeat.

Raidersfan81

Bought 10 of them yesterday flipped all abut 2 for 200 a piece. Made a 800 dollar profit minus the 200.00 for the 2 I'm keeping, so I ended up with 600.00 Net and 2 Touchpads.


TeamAndroid already assembled their team last night and are starting the port process to put the Android OS on them.


Can't beat a 99 dollar Android Tablet

demonfurbie

also cheaper than a rooted nook

it may be worth it just to get one for browsing the web/reader apps like ya said

Raidersfan81

They are pretty much sold out everywhere now. Online and In-store. Everybody was going crazy for them last night, including myself

hiddenknight821

Strange. It's not even sold out as of right now. Amazon and Newegg are still selling them at the original price. Only HP is selling it at a discounted price.

If someone can post a link, then that would be great. I'm just curious to see if they are actually sold out or not.

Raidersfan81

HP is sold out since late yesterday.

Amazon sold out since 3 AM. They are only selling ones ppl are selling for a high price.

Everywhere was pretty much sold out late last night.

OfficeDepot
OfficeMax
Staples
Costco
Target
WalMart
PCrichards.com
Fry's


The moment the price change reflected on people's sites last night they were gone within a few minutes

hiddenknight821

briandy81 wrote: »

HP is sold out since late yesterday.

Amazon sold out since 3 AM. They are only selling ones ppl are selling for a high price.

Everywhere was pretty much sold out late last night.

OfficeDepot
OfficeMax
Staples
Costco
Target
WalMart
PCrichards.com
Fry's


The moment the price change reflected on people's sites last night they were gone within a few minutes

Thanks for the update. Man, I felt bad for the retails that were affected. They shouldn't have assumed the big names will produce positive outcomes.

petedude

hiddenknight821 wrote: »

Strange. It's not even sold out as of right now. Amazon and Newegg are still selling them at the original price. Only HP is selling it at a discounted price.

If someone can post a link, then that would be great. I'm just curious to see if they are actually sold out or not.

The OP posted a thread link that will show you which stores are sold out and which aren't. Many spots, like Amazon, simply haven't lowered the price yet-- those will be the next places to watch.

demonfurbie

dont forget bestbuy is trucking alot of them back to hp they may not have gotten there yet

carwashguy

I got one of 32gb from walmart this morning for $150. Cant beat the price

YuckTheFankees

Hey Te family, best buy just got the ok to sell the hp touchpads for 99. I just bought mine at 630 mtn time. Go get em!

I called earlier in the day and they weren't allow to sell them. And then hp gave them the okay. One per person. My fam bought 3

petedude

My best buy said at about 3:30 they were sold out, that they would have more at 10a tomorrow. I'm hoping to be in line.

steve13ad

I got sucked it this frenzy today. I'll find out tomorrow after a trip to Best Buy to see how I did.....

petedude

Excellent1 wrote: »

I got mine because you can toss a kindle and nook reader app on there, which makes it cheaper than the original platforms, but with color.

Where do you get the Kindle and Nook apps?

cyberguypr

Hurry up and grab this one before it's too late: Amazon.com: HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB 9.7-Inch Tablet Computer: Computers & Accessories

NinjaBoy

Again, looks like this (the price) is for the US market only In the UK, the price is still around the £349 (approx $576) mark.

cyberguypr wrote: »

Hurry up and grab this one before it's too late: Amazon.com: HP TouchPad Wi-Fi 16 GB 9.7-Inch Tablet Computer: Computers & Accessories

Current price $999, what a bargin

cyberguypr

It was even funnier at $9,999 yesterday.

petedude

Well, the computer section geek at Best Buy lied to me. They were still out, today.

I was tempted to make an issue out of it, but didn't really have time. Thankfully, I don't make lots of computer-related purchases there-- and it will likely stay that way for some time to come.

demonfurbie

all places around here are out so i guess ill just have to save up for a grid 10 or transformer

zaxbysauce

I'd wait and grab the Transformer 2 since it is supposed to be the first tablet running Nvidia's quad core Kal El platform. Rumors suggest an October launch.

Raidersfan81

HP.com will be selling all the ones Bestbuy sent back which is around 250k Tablets.

Be on the look out for when they go up, HP said they will be announcing on Twitter when they become available.

MentholMoose

How's the browser on this thing? I have an iPad 2 (received as a gift, otherwise I'd still be waiting for a Honeycomb tablet in my price point) and I use the browser 90% of the time (Youtube 9%, random apps 1%). For $99 I'd buy one just for the browser, as long as it's decent.

carwashguy

i got my second one this morning at best buy. they had 12 of the 32 gb for 150

MentholMoose wrote: »

How's the browser on this thing? I have an iPad 2 (received as a gift, otherwise I'd still be waiting for a Honeycomb tablet in my price point) and I use the browser 90% of the time (Youtube 9%, random apps 1%). For $99 I'd buy one just for the browser, as long as it's decent.

I really like the browser, it has handled everything I have went to. Feels like im on a desktop.

Xcluziv

carwashguy wrote: »

I really like the browser, it has handled everything I have went to. Feels like im on a desktop.

Are there still some available anywhere?

demonfurbie

briandy81 wrote: »

HP.com will be selling all the ones Bestbuy sent back which is around 250k Tablets.

Be on the look out for when they go up, HP said they will be announcing on Twitter when they become available.

you can also call them and they will email you when they are ready ... i was told to be quick when i got the email

demonfurbie

5:30 central amazon.com has them in stock

YuckTheFankees

Amazon.com: FB454UT Smartbuy TouchPad QUALCOMM Snapdragon APQ8060 1.2 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless 9.7" IPS TFT 1GB RAM 16GB: Electronics

Last I saw they were 99

demonfurbie

YuckTheFankees wrote: »

Amazon.com: FB454UT Smartbuy TouchPad QUALCOMM Snapdragon APQ8060 1.2 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless 9.7" IPS TFT 1GB RAM 16GB: Electronics

Last I saw they were 99

yep i ordered one

just for kindle/web browser alone its worth it

cyberguypr

Anybody following the Slickdeals thread on this? It's amazing how people are desperate trying to grab one. I was able to place an order for two 16 gigers on HP SMB site. We'll see if they start cancelling Monday morning.

demonfurbie

if they sell them all (and i think htey will) i wonder how long till someone ports android to it or makes an emulator for it to run android apps

the hardware is better than most of the other android tabs out there its just the os no one wants

qwertyiop

demonfurbie wrote: »

if they sell them all (and i think htey will) i wonder how long till someone ports android to it or makes an emulator for it to run android apps

the hardware is better than most of the other android tabs out there its just the os no one wants

The group that ported android to the nook color already announced that they were going to start working on this.

If I remember correctly honeycomb has support for the CPU in the touchpad