HP TouchPad To Get New Life With Android OS!
The death of WebOS and the demise of the HP Touchpad seemed to make the severely discounted device a “sure fire” relic in the Tablet arena. The “fire sale” HP instigated brought out serious users and novices alike to want one of the $99 or $149 dollar Touchpads. this might not mean that his tablet will be obsolete though as a group of programmers are apparently working to bring the Android OS to the Touchpad. Eric Stevens, a dedicated reader of Nerdles, emailed me two links and I was amazed. First, Erik Hardesty announced on Twitter that he was going…
HP Still Selling Touchpad Online: As of 5:35am eastern time 8/21/2011
UPDATE: The HP web site is now showing “sold out” on all models of the touchpad as of 430pm. The HP Touchpad has become an “in demand” item as Hp cut the price to $149.00 for the 32 Gb model. This is a huge savings. Now going straight to HP will get you a “Sold Out” on the Touchpads. If you go to HP Small Business (LINK REMOVED AS SITE IS SOLS OUT) you will see they are still selling the 32GB tablet for $149.00 while they last. the demand must be high as it took us over an…
HP Touchpad Loses To Ipad: HP Stops Production Amid Low Sales Figures
The HP Touchpad is not much more than a month old. We have had ours here for 3 weeks now and have been putting it through some tests for a review. HP announced today that it was stopping production on the Touchpad and is not planning to use the WebOS operating system in any of its devices. CEO Leo Apotheker told the Christian Science Monitor, “Our TouchPad has not been gaining enough traction in the marketplace. We have made the difficult but necessary decision to shut down the WebOS hardware operations.” They also said that Best Buy had not sold…
