So are they still making a loss at that price? iSuppli seems to think so, they estimate about USD 300 in costs per Touchpad. But if that's true, why did they resume production in late August? And now a developer program for a EOL platform? It all seems sort of bizarre.
$149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
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Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only until the next referendum ;)
Again replying here (what's up with that?!) ... oh ok then :) no offence was taken I just wanted to point out that Europe is not the same as European Union :)
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Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#44Blackberry gave away Playbooks to anyone who developed an app for it, which resulted in a lot of "developers" who produced low-quality, minimally useful apps. Is there some quality control that will limit who counts as a developer for the TouchPad? If not, I expect this will have a similar result. And really, even if they get real mobile developers, it may result in some half-hearted ports unless it becomes clear at…
"So what does the TouchPad cost to build? The teardown by iSuppli pegs the cost of the components used in the 16 gigabyte version, which sells for $499 at retail, at $306.65. Meanwhile, the 32GB version, which sells for $599, costs $328.65 to build. (The difference, obviously, is memory.)"
http://allthingsd.com/20110703/hps-touchpad-teardown-its-dee...
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#45I clicked the devmarketing@palm.com link, and it apparently executes some javascript to unencrypt the actual email address you're supposed to email.
It didn't work, though. I tried Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. I just emailed devmarketing@palm.com directly -- anyone have any insight into this? I see no errors in my Javascript console, but when I paste the JS call in directly into the console, the return value is undefined.
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#46Maybe I'm dumb. Well, I'm definitely dumb. But where the heck to I go to buy this thing? Can't find where on the HP site to do so.
Probably won't see it any time soon on the store: http://twitter.com/#!/BrynaAtHP/status/132202507966496768
You have to send an email including your developer user name to request a coupon.
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#47what? where is the promised $99 good?
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#48Blackberry gave away Playbooks to anyone who developed an app for it, which resulted in a lot of "developers" who produced low-quality, minimally useful apps. Is there some quality control that will limit who counts as a developer for the TouchPad? If not, I expect this will have a similar result. And really, even if they get real mobile developers, it may result in some half-hearted ports unless it becomes clear at…
HP seems to have no mandatory development requirements, meaning a development such as with the Playbook is somewhat unlikely. Also I suspect that RIM wanted to push with this move more the market'ability of their devices in regards to to the availability of apps and developers than to have actually useful apps produced.
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#49I clicked the devmarketing@palm.com link, and it apparently executes some javascript to unencrypt the actual email address you're supposed to email. It didn't work, though. I tried Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. I just emailed devmarketing@palm.com directly -- anyone have any insight into this? I see no errors in my Javascript console, but when I paste the JS call in directly into the console, the return value is undef…
It seems to execute a mailto to the same email address with a subject of "Developer Device Program NA TouchPad"
Re: $149 for a Touchpad if you sign up as a developer
#50I clicked the devmarketing@palm.com link, and it apparently executes some javascript to unencrypt the actual email address you're supposed to email. It didn't work, though. I tried Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. I just emailed devmarketing@palm.com directly -- anyone have any insight into this? I see no errors in my Javascript console, but when I paste the JS call in directly into the console, the return value is undef…
The JavaScript turns it into the address "mailto:devmarketing@palm.com?subject=Developer%20Device%20Program%20NA%20TouchPad" (the same email address, but auto-sets the Subject line). It then immediately sets the page location to this link, and the function returns nothing (aka undefined) which should trigger the browser to do what it would ordinarily do when you click an email link but with the revised address.