$99 HP Touchpad

zaxbysauce

MrRyte wrote: »

Came across another link that feels that the TouchPad is NOT worth it at $99-
4 Reasons to Avoid the $99 HP TouchPad (Guide For Normal People) - International Business Times

Quote from the article:


So how many of you actually plan on taking it apart and "frankenstein-ing" it to make more appeasing?

The Nook 2 Android poeple are doing it, which means putting Android on it will be as simple as buying an SD card from them and inserting it in the Touchpad. For the first month or so it will require some rudimentary Android knowledge to do, but no one is going to be swapping the CPU or messing with the internals, that is just whoever wrote the article using extreme hyperbole to try and prove a bad point.

petedude

zaxbysauce wrote: »

All of that is a moot point, as it will be running Android in a week or two at most. Until then it surfs the web and runs Nook/Kindle just fine (not to mention the web browser supports flash natively). Oh and it prints to pretty much any HP wireless printer right out of the box.

Depends on how much time TeamAndroid has available to work on this port-- if they have absolutely nothing else to do, and no lives, yeah, I can see a week.

I'll just be happy if Gingerbread arrives before HP stops support in 4Q (and I doubt HP will stop support cold in 4Q. . . I think there will be some negligible web support available for some time after that).

Besides all the other possible WebOS futures mentioned already, I figure it's also possible HP could have some change of heart-- even if they don't start producing the tablets again, they might find a willing licensee. I'd have to think that this Touchpad fire sale has been like a mini-Black Friday for some retailers and got them traffic they wouldn't have had otherwise. Hopefully it's made an impression on the marketplace-- if people would run out to buy a quality tablet at $100, what would it take to make that happen again?

zaxbysauce

petedude wrote:

Depends on how much time TeamAndroid has available to work on this port-- if they have absolutely nothing else to do, and no lives, yeah, I can see a week.

They are already doing limited testing. I could see nightly builds being available in the next two weeks with a stable build in the next month or so. Considering Linux was already running on it before all this it is not a big jump to push Android.

effekted

Just snagged 2 32GB's from CDW with corporate discount, $140 a pop. GL if you're able to still get one from it, they had approx. 3,000 when they dropped and their site and internal systems have crashed several times from the amount of people.

Bl8ckr0uter

I hope they still have some next week when I get paid.

RockinRobin

Still holding out hope I can track a couple down from somewhere.

demonfurbie

RockinRobin wrote: »

Still holding out hope I can track a couple down from somewhere.

get on the newegg.com price drop email

and the hp.com email notifyer

effekted

You can try CDW, may take a while because their site is getting hit pretty hard. Before I got off the phone (about 20 min or so ago) they had a couple thousand 32GB's left but the 16GB's are gone.

Lizano

CDW is now down.

MrRyte

effekted wrote: »

You can try CDW, may take a while because their site is getting hit pretty hard. Before I got off the phone (about 20 min or so ago) they had a couple thousand 32GB's left but the 16GB's are gone.

Damn....I was kinda hoping to snag a 16GB. Oh well; guess an extra 16GB couldn't hurt....

Devilsbane

MrRyte wrote: »

Came across this article while looking into buying one:
Why You Should Avoid the HP TouchPad (Even at $99) - International Business Times

For those that have one already-given its lack of upgrades, support or expandability, would the TouchPad be adequate for simple web browsing (shopping, email, researching recipes, Facebook, etc.?)



EDIT-Just realized that it won't even allow Firefox web browser.....bummer....

Again, I have the 2 year old palm pre with the same web browser. My only complaint is RAM as my 2 year old device only has 256 megs. Touchpad has 1GB

demonfurbie

wait till nov and it will have android on it

lochmoigh

Pays to have a CDW Rep, I have one watching out for me in case the orders are not fulfilled.
Should know something by this evening.

Lizano

wonder if should just get one for $399 and then wait for a refund...HP said they were gonna refund people who bought it at full price.

demonfurbie

Lizano wrote: »

wonder if should just get one for $399 and then wait for a refund...HP said they were gonna refund people who bought it at full price.

if ya read the fine print its only if ya pay full price on the hp site

Lizano

demonfurbie wrote: »

if ya read the fine print its only if ya pay full price on the hp site

yeah I thought you still buy for that price on the hp website, but just realized you cant.

lochmoigh

I got a Order confirmation form PC express and then the site imploded, So I will wait and see.

Final order number sent, I got one.

demonfurbie

now that hp has killed webos i wonder how long till we get a firesale on the playbook from rim ... who also got dropped by hp

qwertyiop

demonfurbie wrote: »

now that hp has killed webos i wonder how long till we get a firesale on the playbook from rim ... who also got dropped by hp

They havn't exactly killed webos, what they killed was the mobile market. I read that they plan on keeping webos and using it for other clases of devices.

I read somewhere that they plan on announcing in a few weeks the future of the platform be it selling it, or open sourcing it.

undomiel

qwertyiop wrote: »

I read somewhere that they plan on announcing in a few weeks the future of the platform be it selling it, or open sourcing it.

I would doubt open sourcing, more likely the options on the table are selling it or licensing it.

demonfurbie

well i just got off the phone with amazon/onSale and they said i was going to be canceled if they cant get anymore from hp

something about i ordered after the stock was depleted. i guess ill have to wait on hp.com now

Devilsbane

qwertyiop wrote: »

They havn't exactly killed webos, what they killed was the mobile market. I read that they plan on keeping webos and using it for other clases of devices.

I read somewhere that they plan on announcing in a few weeks the future of the platform be it selling it, or open sourcing it.

I'm thinking this is WebOs' big break. Now that there are going to be 2 million devices in the wild running it, there is going to be a demand for app development and updates on it.

BobbyDC

demonfurbie wrote: »

well i just got off the phone with amazon/onSale and they said i was going to be canceled if they cant get anymore from hp

something about i ordered after the stock was depleted. i guess ill have to wait on hp.com now

When did you order yours? I ordered one from them last night around 6 ET.

demonfurbie

BobbyDC wrote: »

When did you order yours? I ordered one from them last night around 6 ET.

5:30 central

we will either get cancellation emails or confirmation emails on tuesday

i also called hp they will be getting the last of the stock anytime so sign up for the notifier on there site just be quick when ya get the email

Raidersfan81

petedude wrote: »

Depends on how much time TeamAndroid has available to work on this port-- if they have absolutely nothing else to do, and no lives, yeah, I can see a week.

I'll just be happy if Gingerbread arrives before HP stops support in 4Q (and I doubt HP will stop support cold in 4Q. . . I think there will be some negligible web support available for some time after that).

The lead guy on this project is a goober teenager with no life according to himself so it will be out soon.

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BobbyDC

demonfurbie wrote: »

5:30 central

we will either get cancellation emails or confirmation emails on tuesday

i also called hp they will be getting the last of the stock anytime so sign up for the notifier on there site just be quick when ya get the email

That sucks. So far I've had orders cancelled from ecost, B&N, and CDW. lol

MrRyte

Went to BB; the guy at the store said that all of the BB's in San Antonio have been sold out since Saturday evening. So unless HP has made a final shipment of the TouchPad, suffice to say that they're ALL GONE.......

Damn; really needed to get one too....

petedude

BobbyDC wrote: »

That sucks. So far I've had orders cancelled from ecost, B&N, and CDW. lol

Yup, just got a cancellation from one of these myself.

Now I have to wait on HP and NewEgg.

demonfurbie

well hp.com says they will get more instock at that price so we will see

Devilsbane

demonfurbie wrote: »

well hp.com says they will get more instock at that price so we will see

Here is my question... why $100? I can see why they weren't selling for $400. So why not try $300 or even $200. I'm sure even at $200 they would be flying off the shelves. Maybe it would take a week rather than just a few hours but it would be a ton more money into their pocket.