This might be worth getting just to use as a browser. If they bring down the price of the 64GB model to around $150, I might get it just to try installing Windows 8 ARM on it.
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Proton2
Gary G Mount
I am like so totally getting one of these.
I have never bothered to read a review of this HP WebOS tablet. I have no idea what its capabilities are. Now where is that Engadget review I saw a while back?
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Hmm, bestbuy.com still has them at $300/$400.
Wait, now it's not showing up at all.
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It looks like all the online retailers that discounted them are sold out.
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Bass
I need better writers.
Anyone managed to get one?
Apparently people are porting Ubuntu and Android to it:
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Ian2
In geeks we trust ...
Rumour is that HP UK will be announcing any discounts tomorrow - I imagine they might have come to their senses by then - I'm guessing GBP249 for the 32GB and GBP179 for the 16GB. (though it would have to be 100 less for each to attract me.)
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vesuvius
Count Orlock
@Ian2: 99 bucks is like 60 quid, £99.99 would do it for me
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I read that BestBuy sold all 275,000 units they had remaining yesterday. I've also read stories that the BB employees themselves were hoarding them. Bastages.
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Bass
I need better writers.
Good for them. They deserve something besides their crappy hourly wage.
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Well, I ordered one from OnSale by way of Amazon. I've heard about some orders getting cancelled, so let's see what happens.
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dahat
inanity makes my head hurt
I went into a local Best Buy this morning right after open looking for something else... seeing a pile of people in the PC area I walked towards it and was told by a blueshirt with a clipboard "If you are here for a Touch Pad, we are out."
I had a quick chat with him about the details... sounds like they only had 9 units in stock, people had been lined up since at least 8 am (store opened @10)... and so they started handing out #'s to folks... only to have others try to buy said #'s while in line and well before the store opened.
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Proton2
Gary G Mount
Every place I went to was sold out, out of stock. I ended up buying a case for my BlackBerry PlayBook instead, which cost me about half the price of a 16GB Touchpad.
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Ian2
In geeks we trust ...
Anyone in the US kind enough to act as a forwarding-on address for one of these? (will pay costs)
Email me at rd3d2{at]hotmail.co.uk
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@Ian2:I may end up with an extra one.
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Ian2
In geeks we trust ...
@cbae:Thanks.
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Ian2
In geeks we trust ...
Update: Just had a go at ordering from the UK via BundleBox and blogged the steps here:
http://rd3d2.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/how-to-buy-a-firesale-hp-touchpad-in-the-uk/
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Honestly, what's with the sudden demand for these? There can't be that many people hacking it and putting Android on it.
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@spivonious:Price drop of 80% and you don't understand the sudden demand?
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