HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
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HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
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Re: HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
#2I've been wracking my brain on this one and have yet to come up with a theory that doesn't end in: that place is on fire. I think WebOS is wonderful, and wished HP had stuck to its guns, but this is just strange. It reeks of internal anarchy.
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#3Did HP accidentally just find the best way to break into the tablet market?
Sell hardware at a loss and make it up on software. Console makers have been doing it for some time now.
Re: HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
#4I've been wracking my brain on this one and have yet to come up with a theory that doesn't end in: that place is on fire. I think WebOS is wonderful, and wished HP had stuck to its guns, but this is just strange. It reeks of internal anarchy.
The HP saga is like watching an episode of "Intervention".
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#5They'll make it up on volume, eh?
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#6Why would they start another production run for a discontinued product sold at a loss? Am I missing something or will HP come out next week and say "Surprise! Here is a great new update for the Touchpad" and start selling them for $200?
Re: HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
#7Did HP accidentally just find the best way to break into the tablet market? Sell hardware at a loss and make it up on software. Console makers have been doing it for some time now.
I think you're onto something as that is the only theory that fits.
Otherwise, why would they take more loss as I'm pretty sure this thing costs more than $99/$149 to make.
Another, rather remote theory is, there is a buyer for WebOS, perhaps Samsung per some rumors, and that is funding this batch to get more devices in the market before it is able to bring its own device. But, it seems too far fetched.
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#8What are they thinking!? They are losing tons of cash on each unit and I can't believe that their app store is making up for it.
That said though, I bought one and never thought I'd love it as much as I do. Maybe I'll be able to get a 2nd.
Re: HP to produce one more batch of Touchpads
#9Why would they start another production run for a discontinued product sold at a loss? Am I missing something or will HP come out next week and say "Surprise! Here is a great new update for the Touchpad" and start selling them for $200?
they've probably bought the parts or some such.
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#10Whoever made this decision should be fired.
"We took a $100m loss on the first batch of TouchPads, what's a couple million more?"