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Analysis: What can be taken away from HP's success with the Touchpad?

Apple's iPad has been crushing the com[etition in the tablet market, but suddenly HP's discontinued TouchPad is red hot and Lenovo has entered the market with the first ThinkPad tablets that are now available. The 10.1-inch ThinkPad is built around the Android system, the most competitive tablet platform to Apple's iOS used in the iPad tablet. The ThinkPad is also geared toward the business market, not the consumer market. Lenovo introduced its first business-class Android-based...

HP thought its webOS system was a bust, so the company decided to kill webOS devices, including the TouchPad tablet and smartphones. But once HP discounted the slow-selling TouchPad to $99 just seven weeks after launching the product consumers flocked in, selling the tablet out of stock.

PC giant Hewlett Packard's decision last Thursday to spin off its PC business and drop all WebOS devices barely 2 months after the company launched TouchPad has left retailers such as Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, and Wal-Mart scrambling to offload their stock of TouchPad by slashing the price of the tablet to $99. However, despite the fire sale, should you buy a TouchPad?

Not only do buyers who partake in the HP TouchPad sale, expected to continue this week, get a heavily discounted $99 tablet computer, but they also receive a free 50GB of lifetime cloud storage through Box.net.

Hewlett-Packard Co has filed a case in a U.S. court against AU Optronics, saying the Taiwanese company conspired to fix the prices of thin film liquid crystal display panels, court documents showed.

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U.S. tech giant Hewlett-Packard Co has filed a case against AU Optronics, saying the Taiwanese company conspired to fix the prices of thin film liquid crystal display panels, court documents show.

With so many HP TouchPad's sold after the $99 dollar sale it's time to take a look at some of the best apps for the product:

People are still trying to get their hands on the HP TouchPad and the HP Pre 3 smartphone even though the highly discounted gadgets are being discontinued. People are on eBay bidding on TouchPad tablets that are going for around $300, which is just $99 less than the device's last discounted retail price. The discounted retail price for the 16 GB version was $399, and the 32 GB was selling for $499.

Thousands have rushed to buy HP's TouchPad when it was discontinued, and the price slashed to $99. But there are not as many TouchPad apps available as iPad apps. Here's 10 for new must-have apps for TouchPad buyers.

Hewlet-Packard, commonly known as HP, announced Thursday that it would stop selling its recently launched TouchPad tablet as well as all WebOS-based smartphones, such as the Palm Pre 2, HP Veer, and the upcoming Palm Pre 3. The company told retailers to discount their discontinued products for consumers shortly after.

While the HP TouchPad Sale madness continues, promised by HP which said there will be another round of $99 TouchPads available this week, Lenovo released its ThinkPad tablet device.

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If you've missed the HP TouchPad blowout sale, don't fret, more are just around the corner.

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While the HP TouchPad is basking in excess demands for it with its new price drop to $99, the developers who made apps for HP tablet and WebOS are being eyed as well.

With the HP TouchPad getting sold out at $99 like hot cakes customers seem to have deepened their interest in tablet devices. The stores in US have already become empty of the HP tablets. But there is nothing to worry as more stock will be entering these stores by this week.

Here is the list of the top features and apps.

HP has canceled its U.S. plans for the Pre 3 altogether.

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The HP TouchPad is in greater demand and has been selling like wildfire from retailer shelves than ever before after the company cut the price of its fading tablet to as low as $99.99.

HP wouldn't really be enjoying the rare opportunity to feel like Apple, watching its buyers crowding stores to grab a TouchPad selling at $99. Many are poking fun at the makers of the tablet touted as iPad 2 killer, for meeting with a fate none would have imagined when it was introduced in the market back on July 1, this year.

When HP launched its TouchPad tablet 48 days ago there were no takers for the device, which came at a price of $500 for 16GB version and $600 for 32GB version.

The $99 HP TouchPad are selling out fast and Bryna Corcoran, the company's social media manager, tweeted on Monday that more of the cheap tablet is expected early his week. But if you can't get your hands on the TouchPad, try these suggested alternatives.

HP has marked down its short-lived TouchPad tablet so much that the customer can have the 16GB model for $99, and the 32GB model for $149. But is it even worth it at $99?

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You still have a second chance to snag one of those $99 HP TouchPads, as the company's social media manager Bryna Corcoran on Monday tweeted the sale is expected to continue early this week.