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发帖数: 8210 | 1 HP's fire sale on its TouchPad tablet computer this week has killed all
Canada inventory, and details on U.S. stock remains sketchy, but there is
still hope for a bargain.
According to online deals forum, Slickdeals, the only retailers left with
anything left in stock are the ones carrying them at full-price. That means
this deal is essentially over, and for Canadians this was confirmed.
"HP Canada is out. Completely. FOREVA! Don't call them," Hp's Bryna Corcoran
Tweeted on Thursday.
The situation in the US is even less clear. HP had made multiple promises to
replenish inventories, but thus far the company hasn't given any solid
updates through out the whole of last week, after inventories dried up this
pas weekend.
"I don't have precise ETA on when more are coming in. Just that YES HP Home
and Home office store will get some soon." She later followed up with this
message on Friday: "Confirmed: Breaking news is that we're not getting any
news on when - today and through weekend."
While the deal may be over for many, you don't necessarily have to pay full
price. It seems scalpers have picked up the discounted TouchPad and they are
moving quickly on Ebay. The regularly priced $499 tablet is going for
around $255 on the online auction shop.
Granted, this is a far-cry from the give-away price of $99, but below $300
is still less than the $499 iPad, and Android based competitors as well.
Comparatively, the Amazon Kindle is $140, meaning slightly less than $100
more can get you a fully fledged tablet computer, but still save over
competing brands.
Following the company's dismal earnings announcement, HP said that, among
other things, it would shed its tablet computer division, and subsequently
started liquidating all of the TouchPad inventory on Saturday.
The fire sale marked the "lowest price ever" for the tablet, with 16GB
versions dropping to $99 and $149 for 32GB. Major electronics retailers sold
out nearly instantly, but HP confirmed it still has more to push down the
channel -- except in Canada.
The company will take a $1 billion charge to write-off the hardware business
of WebOS, and moves towards "higher value, higher margin growth categories,
" focus its strategic priorities of "cloud, solutions, and software," and "
drive differentiation."
The fire sale marks a bitter end to a much-hyped device that was only able
to see 48 days as a potential iPad contender. Its operating system, dubbed
webOS, was picked up from a Palm acquisition last July for $1.8 billion. It
was hailed as a viable alternative to Apple's own iOS and Google's Android.
Despite multiple price drops and plenty of hype, the tablet suffered from
tepid reviews and a lacking software ecosystem.
While the tablet itself will no longer be made, the future of the operating
system may find other opportunities in other devices as representatives have
hinted on further development, but remained scant on details.
"Yesterday we announced that we will focus on the future of webOS as a
software platform but we will no longer be producing webOS devices," said
HP's global developer relations SVP, Richard Kerris. "While this was a
difficult decision, it's one that will strengthen our ability to focus on
further innovating with webOS as we forge our path forward."
Kerris' statement should come as good news to the consumers who snapped up
the TouchPad tablet after it hit shelves July 1. It also should reassure
consumers who picked up the tablet this weekend as prices dropped in a fire
sales across the country.
Without further development, it would have meant consumers would be stuck
with only the apps that currently exists, of which there are not many. It
would also mean webOS based smartphones and tablets would never see an
upgrade.
"We will continue to support, innovate and develop the webOS App Catalog,
Kerris said. "Our intent is to enhance our merchandising and presentation of
your great products and to continue to build our webOS app ecosystem."
While HP still sees a future for the webOS and its associated apps, its
unclear what that future will exactly be.
During a conference call with investors, HP chief Leo Apotheker said the
company will seek to gain value from WebOS in an as-yet-to-be-determined
fashion, adding to the mystery.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/204897/20110827/ebay-hp-touchpa | s*******l
发帖数: 8210 | 2 【摘要】：
正在修正不再做webOS产品的说法。
另外，hp的最新关于pc unit 的说法在今天改成了“We Prefer to spin off
PC
Unit。” | e**a
发帖数: 321 | 3 1. HP从来就没有说过放弃webOS，只是放弃webOS硬件(touch pads, pre*.......）.
2. 当天就是说只是有意向spin off pc部门，有啥改正可言？
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