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Forums - Gaming - WebOS TouchPad crashes & burn with epic failure... Fire sale tonight on system.

kingofwale on 19 August 2011
mrstickball said:

Am buying 2 right now direct from HP. 2, 32GBs for $299

According to HP, they are out of 16GB models, and have about 2,500 left of the 32GB models.

149 is all i'm willing to pay for 32gb. sneaked one by bestbuy and hope they ship



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mrstickball on 19 August 2011

HP.com may have a few left. I called them for my order, and the lady I dealt with said they sold 16,000 of the 16GB models last hour alone.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

TadpoleJackson on 19 August 2011

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862

That works. I just got the 32GB version :)



h2o1977 on 19 August 2011

i want to get a few....those links are getting alot of traffic...I can't get in...



HappySqurriel on 19 August 2011
kingofwale said:
mrstickball said:

Am buying 2 right now direct from HP. 2, 32GBs for $299

According to HP, they are out of 16GB models, and have about 2,500 left of the 32GB models.

149 is all i'm willing to pay for 32gb. sneaked one by bestbuy and hope they ship

I did the same thing, but I have doubts that it will ship ...



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h2o1977 on 19 August 2011

i have had no luck...can anyone post a link....I really want one...



TadpoleJackson on 20 August 2011
h2o1977 said:
i have had no luck...can anyone post a link....I really want one...


Go through my link or just try to get one tomorrow from the stores when they open



famousringo on 20 August 2011
mrstickball said:

Hewlett Packard bought Palm, makers of WebOS around a year ago, hoping to merge their smartphones with their PC division to make tablet PCs. The result was the TouchPad. Unfortunately, the TouchPad is arguably one of the worst failures in years, and failed to sell much more than 1/10th of their initial shipment.


The only thing that comes close in recent years is the Kin. But that was based on an aquisition half the size, and I'm pretty sure it involved a much smaller initial shipment and launch campaign, too. The crazy part is that they kept promoting it right up until the brutal end, with ads, price drops, and a brand new 64GB model launching on the same day it got axed.

Everybody talks about how great webOS is, but nobody can seem to execute with it. Enjoy your cheap Touchpads, a lot of the reviews say it's the second best tablet out there.



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Joelcool7 on 20 August 2011

Hey last time I bought a fire sale item it was Zune. I bought my Zune for 99$ just to realize it's app store in Canada had been taken offline and I couldn't access anything but my MP3's legally. No movies no anything. I was left with a 99$ paper weight.

My question is, if I go out and buy one of these will I have access to the App store. Will I be able to get software for it and if I can will that software actually continue to work. Will I be able to connect to the internet with Wifi or will it be a useless paper weight like my Zune was.

I'm really cautious as I am unemployed, but would love a tablet. Thinking of buying one just don't wanna be screwed over again!



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HappySqurriel on 20 August 2011
Joelcool7 said:

Hey last time I bought a fire sale item it was Zune. I bought my Zune for 99$ just to realize it's app store in Canada had been taken offline and I couldn't access anything but my MP3's legally. No movies no anything. I was left with a 99$ paper weight.

My question is, if I go out and buy one of these will I have access to the App store. Will I be able to get software for it and if I can will that software actually continue to work. Will I be able to connect to the internet with Wifi or will it be a useless paper weight like my Zune was.

I'm really cautious as I am unemployed, but would love a tablet. Thinking of buying one just don't wanna be screwed over again!


I would expect a pretty viable system for months (at least) and possibly years, but I would think that you would want to install Android as soon as it became possible