dumbass.
http://arnovatech.com/products/arn_10/index.html?country=us&...
people's ability to refuse to do a 30 second google search before they spout crap continues to amaze me.
Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
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Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#32It seems I'm in the minority here, but I really like what Arrington is saying. People will pay $100-$200 for a dedicated eBook reader. As much as I love my iPad, it does come with a few extra things that one doesn't necessarily need. There's room in the market for a $200 tablet from a consumer point. I have no idea if it makes sense from the manufacturer's point of view, though. That said, this recently created space…
Why will "people" pay that? I know it's cheaper than the kindle. Apart from the novelty factor though, why would anyone pay that much for a device to read books? I have a 2003 version of an actual ebook reader with a passive screen. If all you are after is an ebook reader I am sure these things would sell for $20 at the most and you could make a happy profit. What a bargain eh? The problem is that the market is not d…
I'm confused, the TouchPad is cheaper than a Kindle, true, but the Kindle has demonstrated that there's a huge market for $100-150 eBook readers. The TouchPad just isn't the right product.
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#33dumbass. http://arnovatech.com/products/arn_10/index.html?country=us&... people's ability to refuse to do a 30 second google search before they spout crap continues to amaze me.
I didn't realize a company was offering Android tablets, $199 for 10" and $99 for 7". That's quite cool. Thank you for posting the link.
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#34dumbass. http://arnovatech.com/products/arn_10/index.html?country=us&... people's ability to refuse to do a 30 second google search before they spout crap continues to amaze me.
The website doesn't help me find how to buy their product... Google shouldn't have to be a part of my journey (I can't find it for sale).
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
When they put WebOS on the iPad it ran twice as fast: http://news.techeye.net/hardware/webos-did-better-on-an-ipad The problem with the ToughPad was that the hardware was appallingly slow.
WebOS is slow on TouchPad due to large amount of logging done in the background. There are patches available for WebOS which decrease / disable logging making the whole user experience quite snappy. The main culprit for slow performance are the logs not the hardware. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/how-to-improve-the-per...
How in the world could it have shipped with that turned on?
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#36I don't think people bought the TouchPads because they wanted a low-quality "couch surfing" device; they bought them because they knew it was an incredible price for the hardware, and with all the media hype happening, they had to buy them before they ran out and then figure out a use for them later. Even I was considering buying one, and I knew I would have played with it for half an hour and then never touched it a…
I'm with you, I think that if the Touchpad had launched at a $99 price, it would not have flown off the shelves the way that it has these last few days. Part of the reason people are buying them is that it is their last hurrah, no Touchpads will ever be made again. There is a very real novelty factor there. On top of that, it is not just a $99 tablet, but rather a $400 savings.
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#37The TouchPad will make a great economics case study for price elasticity of demand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_elasticity_of_demand). I'm sure someone has already worked out a model somewhere.
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#38I don't think people bought the TouchPads because they wanted a low-quality "couch surfing" device; they bought them because they knew it was an incredible price for the hardware, and with all the media hype happening, they had to buy them before they ran out and then figure out a use for them later. Even I was considering buying one, and I knew I would have played with it for half an hour and then never touched it a…
I'm with you, I think that if the Touchpad had launched at a $99 price, it would not have flown off the shelves the way that it has these last few days. Part of the reason people are buying them is that it is their last hurrah, no Touchpads will ever be made again. There is a very real novelty factor there. On top of that, it is not just a $99 tablet, but rather a $400 savings.
Borders stores were packed during liquidation sales, despite the fact that there were few real bargains to be found. People love a perceived bargain.
Re: Dear HP: Please Keep Making Those TouchPads
#39It seems I'm in the minority here, but I really like what Arrington is saying. People will pay $100-$200 for a dedicated eBook reader. As much as I love my iPad, it does come with a few extra things that one doesn't necessarily need. There's room in the market for a $200 tablet from a consumer point. I have no idea if it makes sense from the manufacturer's point of view, though. That said, this recently created space…
I think a whole lot more people would pay $30 a month for a tablet. If you can just pair that with some seemingly valuable service with a low variable cost, you'd have a winner. How about the New York Times tablet? The Playboy tablet? The ESPN College Sports Tablet? The Spotify Tablet? The O'Reilly Safari Tablet?