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Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by kaiwetzel » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 12:11 AM UTC

bvi wrote: post #7

Since no price was mentioned, and given the tech specs, what's the maximum price HN'ers would pay for the TouchPad? Any takers?

$10 so my beautiful ($250) vacuum cleaner can look down to it.

In all seriousness, they would have to pay me $50/day (minimum) to carry such a heavy, ugly, thick and totally uninspiring gadget around. What has become of a company which bought Compaq just a few years ago? (or,wait, was it the other way around?)

Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by kaiwetzel » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 12:15 AM UTC

mgkimsal wrote: post #20

bvi wrote: post #7

Since no price was mentioned, and given the tech specs, what's the maximum price HN'ers would pay for the TouchPad? Any takers?

$400. I might pay a bit more, but I'd love to see it at a $299 price point. Or perhaps an ability to buy in bulk for client projects at $299.

What's the point, though, at any price point? It's vapor ware, looks like a thick and heavy Samsung Galaxy tab rip-off and it doesn't even run Android. Maybe hospitals can make use of it if it's dish-washer proof but other than that it's a liability, not a product.

Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by Bud » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 1:23 AM UTC

m_eiman wrote: post #14

apress wrote: post #5

Granted the software looks very cool and highlights some of the weaknesses of iOS and the iPad. But it's worrisome that there was no talk of price or battery life and availability was listed as "summer" for wifi and "later" for 3G. I fear the Touchpad will be lapped by the upcoming iPad refresh before it even hits. And how much air went out of the Xoom balloon as soon as the $800 price tag leaked? The iPad definitely…

I think that they'll announce the pricing about when the iPad 2 buzz has died down a bit after that has been announced. That'll let them set the price low enough, if Apple has any more surprises in that area (people expected the iPad to be a lot more expensive). When will they announce the new iPad, btw?

I don't think that waiting til iPad 2 pricing is out will help them magically hit the right price point, at all. This assumes that they can make a competitive product at a cost that lets them profit from it. Big assumption; nobody seems to be very good at that trick just yet. That's why their delivery date is still in Vapormonth, Two Thousand And Soon.

Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by brisance » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 3:04 AM UTC

I hope HP has a plan for reaching out to consumers and getting them to look at the TouchPad because the Apple Stores are doing a very good job at it. People get to use the device and can make a purchase decision easily.

Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by foobarbazetc » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 6:07 AM UTC

amock wrote: post #25

cal5k wrote: post #24

Awesome! Now we only need to develop for iOS, Android, QNX/BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone 7, and WebOS. ;-)

Luckily all those platforms support HTML 5 and on WebOS you can easily deploy your HTML 5 app as a native app and take advantage of the native functionality as well.

Only if you don't care about user experience.

Re: The HP TouchPad

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Post by jarek » Thu, Feb 10, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #24

Awesome! Now we only need to develop for iOS, Android, QNX/BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone 7, and WebOS. ;-)

Ah, if only we could go back to a time where you only had to program for one platform, like Win32.