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boxst 22 August 2011 01:43 PM

HP Tablet: $99
 
BestBuy in the US just reduced the price of the HP Tablet down to $99 for 16gb and $149 for 32gb.

Sold out online, but if you fancy one and know someone in the US ...

Steve

Gear Head 22 August 2011 01:57 PM

Feck!

This one?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TouchPad-inc...4017837&sr=8-1

boxst 22 August 2011 02:03 PM

Yes ...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Tou...blet&cp=1&lp=2

Wurzel 22 August 2011 02:26 PM

Yep they were selling them in our staff online shop and the server crashed and it is still not responding to logins. We got an email from the shop saying they are all sold out. reason they are so cheap is to get rid of them as we are not going to be making anymore.

JackClark 22 August 2011 03:18 PM

Why would you buy one when no applications will be developed and no updates will be provided.

I warned you'd be a mug to buy one, Playbook is next for the chop.

Dr.No 22 August 2011 06:35 PM

Now dropped to £89 in the UK as of 6pm tonight - Dixons selling 'em...

£115 for the 32GB version.

The only problem now is finding one!

acstua 22 August 2011 07:11 PM

id put money on Android being fettled to go on them at some point shortly

Wurzel 22 August 2011 07:15 PM


Originally Posted by acstua (Post 10198678)
id put money on Android being fettled to go on them at some point shortly

And you would be right it is already under development.

acstua 22 August 2011 07:18 PM

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-...o-hp-touchpad/

so i see :)

belliott69 22 August 2011 07:23 PM

on pc world now.

acstua 22 August 2011 07:30 PM

either im slow or they are changing the price and then setting stock level to 0 :(

topman2180 22 August 2011 08:28 PM

I'm gonna buy one at from work tomorrow I'm lucky enough to work at a wholesaler :notworthy

boxst 22 August 2011 08:36 PM

They are available in-store from tomorrow morning. Reserve&Collect has been set to 0 I believe, so you'll just have to turn up and see..

acstua 22 August 2011 08:39 PM

cheap at Comet now, tryin to buy one online

ive reserved one from Argos,tho price is still up on website

acstua 22 August 2011 09:09 PM

bugger was so close, kept adding too many and by the time the site caught up they;'d all gone heh

JackClark 22 August 2011 09:24 PM


Originally Posted by Dr.No (Post 10198608)
Now dropped to £89 in the UK as of 6pm tonight - Dixons selling 'em...

£115 for the 32GB version.

The only problem now is finding one!

£115 for 32GB, at that price I could be tempted, posh USB stick.

XRS 23 August 2011 12:15 PM

My local Comet are getting a few in tomorrow morning. No reserve and collect, just pot luck.

Wurzel 23 August 2011 01:47 PM

I work for HP and our staff shop sold out within one day and the server was down for most fo the day due to traffic. It was still down this morning and when I finally managed to get on it they were all gone, the ones I had managed to get in my shopping cart were also gone. So I have no idea how they managed to sell out when no one could log in to the online shop. The guy who sits next to me got 2, both delivered this morning and he is happily sitting playing with one of them now.

boxst 23 August 2011 01:52 PM

I went to PC World this morning on my way out and they had a couple but wouldn't sell them for some reason. Most bizarre.

To be honest it looked as though the staff had their eye on them...

Wurzel 23 August 2011 01:59 PM

Seems HP have missed a trick here! Just look how much chaos was caused when they dropped the price of these things and how many have been sold in less then 24 hours. They have probably sold more in the last 24 hours than they when they were priced rediculously.

acstua 23 August 2011 05:27 PM

i think ive got 3 from dabs for me and some work colleagues
but Insight pissed me off :/ our account manager said he'd get me 4 (for some other friends and colleagues) and then an hour later phoned to say the realtime stock system was out and he hadnt got me any :(

hoping i get mine from Dabs

the amount of people flogging for a quick buck is bloody annoying, but unstandable i guess
although why people are then buying them for 260quid plus i dont know

Wurzel 23 August 2011 06:17 PM

If we buy anything internally we are not allowed to sell it for 6 months. Last time we had an offer on iPaqs HP took all the serial numbers of who bought them and trolled ebay looking for them and in some cases buying them back to see if they were ones sold by staff.

StickyMicky 23 August 2011 08:40 PM

Will be interesting if they can be hacked/rooted and some custom roms flashed.

bigsinky 23 August 2011 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by StickyMicky (Post 10200831)
Will be interesting if they can be hacked/rooted and some custom roms flashed.

yes. interesting if the could get android working on it

jura11 23 August 2011 08:48 PM

Here is prize for hacking HP Touch Pad for Android

http://hacknmod.com/hack/hp-touchpad...id-1500-prize/


Jura

Midlife...... 24 August 2011 06:36 PM

You won't be buying a Samsung galaxy / s / II or Ace either LOL

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14652482

Shaun

An0n0m0us 25 August 2011 06:35 PM

I can't believe the hype on HUKD for this thing, it's gone mental on there. Is it actually any good? By the sounds of it it's cr4p out of the box but the hype is over getting android working on it making use of the hardware far better than WebOS and getting a very cheap Ipad rival.

Anyone got one yet?

JackClark 25 August 2011 06:57 PM

It'll make a very nice hobby, but it will never rival the iPad.

acstua 25 August 2011 06:59 PM

i should be getting mine tomorrow, and i really couldnt care less if it rivaled the fabled ipad :P

Midlife...... 25 August 2011 07:02 PM

Where is your's coming from.........I thought they had all sold out ? :D

Shaun


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