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Who bought a $100 (or $150) TouchPad?
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I got a 16GB from OfficeMax when they decided to sell instead of return them to HP. I'm not going to lie, I like it pretty well. I think this thing could have sold really well if they had priced it around $299. Can't say I have even been a tablet guy, but for $99 I figured why not?
I have found over 20,000 in stock and ready to ship on monday. They are at full price but I have confirmed by HP that they will refund the difference if you can't get the reseller to. These are HP authorized resellers so if you call and ask they should sell if at $99/$149 if not just buy it and call HP themselves.
My impressions
My 3 year old uses our iPads (well, not my iPad 2) hard and has learned a TON from the apps available. When I heard about this deal last night, I figured, why not? It will at least be a decent video player.
So I woke up at 8 and went to Wal-Mart and was told instantly it was online only. Checked the site, sold out. Called the store and spoke to a manager who would not price match due to the massive difference in price. I saw on some forums though that when others got the item scanned at Wal-Mart it showed the price drop in the computer.
So I went back in at 9 and the manager and coworkers were on the phone trying to figure out what was going on since they were getting calls left and right now. I informed them of the liquidation and it was confirmed with a scan.
I walked out with a 32 gig and 6 others I know (family and friends) did the same...
Now for my thoughts:
- hardware wise it's like a giant iPhone 3G. A bit more weight than the iPad and my volume down button is mushy. My in-law's is fine though.
- The whole OS seems a step slower than the iPad.
- Love the Notification system, can't wait to compare to iOS 5.
- Love the photo app's integration with Facebook and the way the system links your various accounts
- App availability pales in comparison to iOS5. The apps designed for the phone version of WebOS sometimes scale full screen, sometimes don't. Quality of the apps seems lower unless it's coming from one of the known developers.
- Flash seems to run ok, which is a huge deal, because my daughter can now use Nick Jr. and Sesame Street websites with no problem.
- Hulu works along with Crackle! No Netflix streaming :c(
- Had issues loading files with Lion. The ePub app didn't want to see anything I put on there until I simply moved them around in a Windows 7 VM.
- ePub app is terribly slow at opening an ePub file (2-3 min) and importing it into the App's library.
- Didn't see a good Twitter client
- Front Camera seemed to lag a bit on the one test call I did, although I've yet to try it since doing a system update.
- Over the Air update was painfully slow even though it was only 38 MB. It would go from downloading to throwing up an error. Thankfully it picks up where it left off. Update requires battery to be at least 50% and took 15 minutes to install.
- Powering the device on from an off state takes a good while
- I could not get .m4v's to play. They are all done in Handbrake with the appleTV preset and do fine on the iPad/iPhone. The Touchpad sees the files, the artwork, etc. It will launch it and give you a play button with a timeline but fails to play the video. I didn't see any "AirVideo" type apps to let me stream from my MacPro.
- Maps app using Bing with Birds eye view is nice.
Overall, it's a steal at $99/$150 and a joke at $399/$499. My in-laws simply wanted something for the kitchen to replace their desk calendar, address book, display photos/videos, browse the web and email along with epicurious app. It does all of that extremely well and has some other features they'll take advantage of like Skype, TuneIn Radio etc.
For myself, it will be a good 'around the house' tablet. I use my iPad 2 at work heavily and can do pretty much anything on it. Shuffle files around, VNC, RDP, SMB, Notes with Evernote, edit standard office files, run Citrix, etc.
I don't see the Touchpad replacing my iPad for work purposes. The Touchpad does have a Citrix client, but won't give the me the option to launch the .ica file like the iPad. The Touchpad doesn't even allow me to get that far in the browser session.
I'll need to poke around the App Store on it more, but I'm not going to sink cash into Apps on this thing.
My 3 year old uses our iPads (well, not my iPad 2) hard and has learned a TON from the apps available. When I heard about this deal last night, I figured, why not? It will at least be a decent video player.
So I woke up at 8 and went to Wal-Mart and was told instantly it was online only. Checked the site, sold out. Called the store and spoke to a manager who would not price match due to the massive difference in price. I saw on some forums though that when others got the item scanned at Wal-Mart it showed the price drop in the computer.
So I went back in at 9 and the manager and coworkers were on the phone trying to figure out what was going on since they were getting calls left and right now. I informed them of the liquidation and it was confirmed with a scan.
I walked out with a 32 gig and 6 others I know (family and friends) did the same...
Now for my thoughts:
- hardware wise it's like a giant iPhone 3G. A bit more weight than the iPad and my volume down button is mushy. My in-law's is fine though.
- The whole OS seems a step slower than the iPad.
- Love the Notification system, can't wait to compare to iOS 5.
- Love the photo app's integration with Facebook and the way the system links your various accounts
- App availability pales in comparison to iOS5. The apps designed for the phone version of WebOS sometimes scale full screen, sometimes don't. Quality of the apps seems lower unless it's coming from one of the known developers.
- Flash seems to run ok, which is a huge deal, because my daughter can now use Nick Jr. and Sesame Street websites with no problem.
- Hulu works along with Crackle! No Netflix streaming :c(
- Had issues loading files with Lion. The ePub app didn't want to see anything I put on there until I simply moved them around in a Windows 7 VM.
- ePub app is terribly slow at opening an ePub file (2-3 min) and importing it into the App's library.
- Didn't see a good Twitter client
- Front Camera seemed to lag a bit on the one test call I did, although I've yet to try it since doing a system update.
- Over the Air update was painfully slow even though it was only 38 MB. It would go from downloading to throwing up an error. Thankfully it picks up where it left off. Update requires battery to be at least 50% and took 15 minutes to install.
- Powering the device on from an off state takes a good while
- I could not get .m4v's to play. They are all done in Handbrake with the appleTV preset and do fine on the iPad/iPhone. The Touchpad sees the files, the artwork, etc. It will launch it and give you a play button with a timeline but fails to play the video. I didn't see any "AirVideo" type apps to let me stream from my MacPro.
- Maps app using Bing with Birds eye view is nice.
Overall, it's a steal at $99/$150 and a joke at $399/$499. My in-laws simply wanted something for the kitchen to replace their desk calendar, address book, display photos/videos, browse the web and email along with epicurious app. It does all of that extremely well and has some other features they'll take advantage of like Skype, TuneIn Radio etc.
For myself, it will be a good 'around the house' tablet. I use my iPad 2 at work heavily and can do pretty much anything on it. Shuffle files around, VNC, RDP, SMB, Notes with Evernote, edit standard office files, run Citrix, etc.
I don't see the Touchpad replacing my iPad for work purposes. The Touchpad does have a Citrix client, but won't give the me the option to launch the .ica file like the iPad. The Touchpad doesn't even allow me to get that far in the browser session.
I'll need to poke around the App Store on it more, but I'm not going to sink cash into Apps on this thing.
If you go into it another way, it simply says out of stock. There is even a button to notify if more come in stock, but it isn't working either, gives a server too busy error.
I think it's for the best, as while it is cheap, it will be a dead end product line, so no new apps or updates will be available soon.
Not true.
I spoke with an HP rep who said that they would absolutely not refund the difference and that it was up to the retailer to refund it.
They wouldn't even provide any documentation stating the new price so that I could take that to the store as "proof" so that they would price match.
I tried to get another one and gave up as well. Error after error for an hour. Tried different browsers, cleared cache, etc... and didn't matter. HP's website is a joke.
Thanks! I just got a 16 GB one for my roommate. There was a $20 shipping charge, but he didn't care.
For those trying, you just have to be patient. I took me 3 hours. Let the page load for how ever long it needs. If an error or timeout occurs, go back one page and try again. Patience is extremely important. Put on a movie or a couple episodes of Mad Men like we did.
My dad pick me up a 32GB at Sams Club since they had bunch of 32GB left and no 16GB. I should have told him to pick up 2 instead of telling him to go look for a 16GB else where since that's wat I wanted. Now I can't even have 2 32GB instead just 1 
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Bought 4 so far.. 1 from OfficeMax and 3 from eBay ($125). Going to my local Best Buy tomorrow with my girlfriend to get 4 more total (1 of each capacity per person).
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I have to ask: why do you want so many?
Abyssgh0st said:
I have to ask: why do you want so many?
finally got a 32gb from bestbuy! (hopefully) haha going back to sleep woke up just in time for the bestbuy deal
woke up just in time for the bestbuy dealI just got 2 through the BestBuy website (1 by me, the other by my wife). Hopefully the order will go through. I am not looking for something to replace my iPad, but more for something to give to my kids so they stop nagging to use it to play Angry Birds. I figure this would be good for that plus give them each something to watch movies on and browse their kid websites.
