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is shedding 2,350 jobs -- some 9 percent of its workforce -- as the state readies it for a return to private hands.Are people buying the HP Touchpad en masse to make a profit of it? Seems that way.
There's still time. The availability of HP TouchPads will become a reality as HP promised that a second wave of $99 table computers will be available for sale this week.
Analysis: What can be taken away from HP's success with the Touchpad?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you didn't get the HP TouchPad that's on sale for $99, hang in there. The company's social media manager Bryna Corcoran tweeted on Monday that the second leg of the sale is expected to continue this week.
If you've missed the HP TouchPad blowout sale, you're in luck: Round 2 is just around the corner.
HP's turnaround is impressive, but it will prove to be short-lived.
The HP TouchPad sale is slated to continue with more discounted tablet computers priced at $99 available this week, with the sale rumored to spread to Europe.
Don't feel bad if you've missed the first boat to acquire a $99 tablet computer, the HP TouchPad sale is expected to continue this week according to HP's social media manager who says a second wave of the firesale will begin early in the week.
After Hewlett-Packard pulled the plug on its tablet computer, major electronics retailers have been quickly selling out of the HP TouchPad at a discounted price of $99 for 16GB and $149 for 32GB at some stores.
Harvey Norman, exclusive retailer of HP TouchPad in Australia, has decided to pull the device from shelves, expediting the liquidation of HP's tablet computer from the market barely weeks after its launch.
