HP Touchpad Fire sale

Not sure if you guys have been up on the news but HP announced they are getting out of the tablet and cell phone business. This announcement coincident with a fire sale of their newly released (just a few weeks ago) HP touchpad. This touchpad is the closest competitor to the IPAD on the market and they have decided to bow out. The touchpad runs WebOS and seems to be a pretty darn good web browser tablet but lacks in the APP department. For those that dont care about a million apps or Itunes account, this is a great alternative at an insane price.

HP had their price point for the 16g touchpad at $399 and the 32g at $499. The past 2 days they have been on sale for $99 (16g) and $149(32g). Over 500,000 units sold in just 2 days. They are sold out everywhere! Pretty crazy. I managed to pick up one for myself and a friend and I believe a few members on this forum picked up a couple.

HP touchpad commercials with Russell brand (Funny :))



HP touchpad tutorial



Here is a link (in case you've been living under a rock) to one of the hundreds of articles about HPs decision and fire sale

http://www.informationweek.com/byte/news/personal-tech/tablets/231500424


Twitter has not gotten involved in trying to save WebOS and it looks to be drawing some attention.

http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23savewebos///

Great video that shows some of WebOS's features.....this guy should have been making commercials for HP! Its AWESOME! This video or commercial was developed by a guy who supports and loves WebOS



Sources are already talking about a Project that has already started to port Android to the touchpad. "Touchpad would make an amazing Android Tablet" was a quote from the interwebs. I have never used Android so I dont know. I kinda like the WebOS.

http://www.droidmatters.com/news/project-to-port-android-to-the-hp-touchpad-underway/

Sure the IPAD is pretty awesome, but for $700 I couldnt justify spending the money on it. This pricepoint on the touchpad was just too good to pass up.

Tips for those that were lucky enough to get the HP touchpad at a rediculous price. Follow these steps to immediately improve the performance of your touchpad

1) setup palm profile and device
2) update to webos 3.0.2
3) How to improve the performance of your new HP TouchPad | ZDNet (link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-performance-of-your-new-hp-touchpad/3866)

Also follow this link to tips and suggestions on the HP touchpad

http://www.precentral.net/new-touchpad-tips-apps-accessories

If anyone is interested Barns N Noble finally jumped on the bandwagon and lowered their price on the 16g to $100. It wont last im sure!

http://gifts.barnesandnoble.com/HP-TouchPad-Tablet-with-16GB-Memory-WiFi-12GHz-Black/e/886111788637?cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-je6NUbpObpQ-_-10:1

I picked up a 32G. Thanks for the heads up Jarrod!

07Shelby500 wrote:I picked up a 32G. Thanks for the heads up Jarrod!

No problem sir!

Remember these tables also come with 50g of free storage! The cloud FTW

http://blog.box.net/2011/07/01/bringing-box-to-hp-touchpad/

For those that are buying or have baught the touchpad, Verizon has clearanced out their touchpad cases to $5.00 (Regularly $34.00!) and free shipping.

Link is below

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/accessory?action=selectPhone&phoneId=5623&archetypeId=12331&cm_ven=Performics&cm_cat=Affiliate&cm_pla=Primary&cm_ite=**Slick%20Deals**&cm_ite=**Slick%20Deals**

Leather case in action




*** I believe you can get the leather cases on ebay for around $11.00

Here are the WebOS touchpad forums for all of your information needs

http://forums.webosroundup.com/index.php

I got a 32g for the wife. HP ran third or worst behind Apple and Samsung and Asus in most reviews. I've play with both the iPad and Galaxy. Both are real nice units.

Still for the price you just can't beat the HP. I looked this AM and the amazon one is back up to $495. Glad I got mine last night. Thanks Jarrod.

No problem! Hope Trace enjoys her new toy! From the reviews ive seen, the new HP touchpad is going to be an awesome and useful addition around the house. Surfs the web with ease, plays adobe flash, and has access to HULU.... which is perfect.

Ewwwww! Lol

That is the one big bonus over the apple platform. Flash... Jobs just won't cave in.

I just picked up a leather case for the touchpad for $12.00 on ebay. Score

Thanks for getting me one! Jerk...

Buy your own! :)

But I much rather you buy it for me.

I've been burned one too many times on buying discontinued electronic products - still trying to unload my Sony Betamaxes.

David... I still use mine. There are some older "films" that they never converted over to DVD....



BTW... http://gizmodo.com/5833217/10-things-you-can-do-with-a-100-touchpad

I'm ready for this next...

http://iphone5release.org/new-report-claims-apple-set-to-start-iphone-5-pre-orders-on-sept-30-launch-oct-7/

BMMC1 wrote:That is the one big bonus over the apple platform. Flash... Jobs just won't cave in.

Why would he when HTML5 can now do what Flash can. Flash is going away... and very soon.

What Apps are available for Touchpad...Link below

http://www.hp.com/united-states/webos/us/en/apps.html

True... Yep HTML5... Same can be said JavaScript and CSS.

But Jobs never wanted Flash. IHO it's a substandard product. Plus all Adobe products are 100% proprietary. Meaning Jobs couldn't "tweak it" at will.

Not sure how quick Flash will go buhbye though. MS said Silverlight was gonna run Adobe out of town 3-4 years ago. Still waiting for that to happen.

MusicMan66 wrote:

BMMC1 wrote:That is the one big bonus over the apple platform. Flash... Jobs just won't cave in.

Why would he when HTML5 can now do what Flash can. Flash is going away... and very soon.

True....but go ahead and try to watch http://www.crackle.com/ on the Ipad, wont work unfortunately.

And the touchpad does both flash and html5 which again is a plus

We all know the Ipad is the more popular tablet, but for $149 the Touchpad has plenty of power, features and usability.

Shelby10' wrote:

MusicMan66 wrote:

BMMC1 wrote:That is the one big bonus over the apple platform. Flash... Jobs just won't cave in.

Why would he when HTML5 can now do what Flash can. Flash is going away... and very soon.

True....but go ahead and try to watch http://www.crackle.com/ on the Ipad, wont work unfortunately.

Hey, I'm no Apple fanboy. I have an iPhone and iPod, but a Dell PC. :)

And the touchpad does both flash and html5 which again is a plus

We all know the Ipad is the more popular tablet, but for $149 the Touchpad has plenty of power, features and usability.

Very true. You can beat that price point for that kind of usability.

BMMC1 wrote:But I much rather you buy it for me.

Didn't he buy you mole skin once....

03.sonicblue wrote:

BMMC1 wrote:But I much rather you buy it for me.

Didn't he buy you mole skin once....

I swear to all that is holy I baught it!!!

Just "miss-placed it"

I think it was actually foreskin... ;)

BMMC1 wrote:David... I still use mine. There are some older "films" that they never converted over to DVD...

You could just take those to Wal-Mart and have them transferred to DVD.

$1,500 Bounty For Android On HP TouchPad Tablet

http://www.webpronews.com/1500-bounty-for-android-on-hp-touchpad-tablet-2011-08

Metric7 wrote:

BMMC1 wrote:David... I still use mine. There are some older "films" that they never converted over to DVD...

You could just take those to Wal-Mart and have them transferred to DVD.

Tried... something about there "inappropriate content policy". Total BS. I mean really! It wasn't Jarrod's first with a donkey.